diff --git a/pufferlib/pufferl.py b/pufferlib/pufferl.py
index 929c300b48..9f457ed776 100644
--- a/pufferlib/pufferl.py
+++ b/pufferlib/pufferl.py
@@ -596,16 +596,11 @@ def load_config(env_name):
         help='num_layers of the enemy checkpoint (defaults to primary)')
     parser.add_argument('--load-id', type=str,
         default=None, help='Kickstart/eval from from a finished Wandbrun')
-    parser.add_argument('--render-mode', type=str, default='auto',
-        choices=['auto', 'human', 'ansi', 'rgb_array', 'raylib', 'None'])
     parser.add_argument('--wandb', action='store_true', help='Use wandb for logging')
     parser.add_argument('--wandb-project', type=str, default='puffer4')
     parser.add_argument('--wandb-group', type=str, default='debug')
     parser.add_argument('--tag', type=str, default=None, help='Tag for experiment')
     parser.add_argument('--slowly', action='store_true', help='Use PyTorch training backend')
-    parser.add_argument('--save-frames', type=int, default=0)
-    parser.add_argument('--gif-path', type=str, default='eval.gif')
-    parser.add_argument('--fps', type=float, default=15)
     parser.description = f':blowfish: PufferLib [bright_cyan]{pufferlib.__version__}[/]' \
         ' demo options. Shows valid args for your env and policy'
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pufferl_cli_flags.py b/tests/test_pufferl_cli_flags.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70395f0168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pufferl_cli_flags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def test_eval_gif_flags_are_not_registered_without_capture_support():
+    source = Path('pufferlib/pufferl.py').read_text()
+
+    assert '--render-mode' not in source
+    assert '--save-frames' not in source
+    assert '--gif-path' not in source
+    assert '--fps' not in source