diff --git a/scripts/waflib/sdl2.py b/scripts/waflib/sdl2.py
index 30d46b53..d3679726 100644
--- a/scripts/waflib/sdl2.py
+++ b/scripts/waflib/sdl2.py
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@ import os
 
 def options(opt):
 	grp = opt.add_option_group('SDL2 options')
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--sdl2', action='store', type='string', dest = 'SDL2_PATH', default = None,
+	grp.add_option('--sdl2', action='store', dest = 'SDL2_PATH', default = None,
 		help = 'path to precompiled SDL2 library(required for Windows)')
 
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--skip-sdl2-sanity-check', action='store_false', default = True, dest='SDL2_SANITY_CHECK',
+	grp.add_option('--skip-sdl2-sanity-check', action='store_false', default = True, dest='SDL2_SANITY_CHECK',
 		help = 'skip checking SDL2 sanity')
 
 def my_dirname(path):
diff --git a/scripts/waflib/xcompile.py b/scripts/waflib/xcompile.py
index 4a2ec5cb..b83cc314 100644
--- a/scripts/waflib/xcompile.py
+++ b/scripts/waflib/xcompile.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Android:
 
 def options(opt):
 	android = opt.add_option_group('Android options')
-	android.add_option('--android', action='store', type='string', dest='ANDROID_OPTS', default=None,
+	android.add_option('--android', action='store', dest='ANDROID_OPTS', default=None,
 		help='enable building for android, format: --android=<arch>,<toolchain>,<api>, example: --android=arm,4.9,26')
 
 def configure(conf):
diff --git a/vgui_support/wscript b/vgui_support/wscript
index 0cdc0b18..20aa25a8 100644
--- a/vgui_support/wscript
+++ b/vgui_support/wscript
@@ -10,16 +10,13 @@ top = '.'
 
 def options(opt):
 	grp = opt.add_option_group('VGUI options')
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--vgui', action = 'store', type='string', dest = 'VGUI_DEV',
+	grp.add_option('--vgui', action = 'store', dest = 'VGUI_DEV',
 		help = 'path to vgui-dev repo', default='' )
 
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--disable-vgui', action = 'store_true', dest = 'NO_VGUI',
+	grp.add_option('--disable-vgui', action = 'store_true', dest = 'NO_VGUI',
 		help = 'disable vgui_support', default=False )
 
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--skip-vgui-sanity-check', action = 'store_false', dest = 'VGUI_SANITY_CHECK',
+	grp.add_option('--skip-vgui-sanity-check', action = 'store_false', dest = 'VGUI_SANITY_CHECK',
 		help = 'skip checking VGUI sanity', default=True )
 	return
 
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index acf7642b..da503401 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -39,28 +39,22 @@ def subdirs():
 def options(opt):
 	grp = opt.add_option_group('Common options')
 
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--build-type', action='store', type='string', dest='BUILD_TYPE', default = None,
+	grp.add_option('--build-type', action='store', dest='BUILD_TYPE', default = None,
 		help = 'build type: debug, release or none(custom flags)')
 
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--dedicated', action = 'store_true', dest = 'DEDICATED', default = False,
+	grp.add_option('--dedicated', action = 'store_true', dest = 'DEDICATED', default = False,
 		help = 'build Xash Dedicated Server(XashDS)')
 
-        grp.add_option(
-		'--single-binary', action = 'store_true', dest = 'SINGLE_BINARY', default = False,
+        grp.add_option(	'--single-binary', action = 'store_true', dest = 'SINGLE_BINARY', default = False,
 		help = 'build single "xash" binary instead of xash.dll/libxash.so (forced for dedicated)')
 
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--64bits', action = 'store_true', dest = 'ALLOW64', default = False,
+	grp.add_option('--64bits', action = 'store_true', dest = 'ALLOW64', default = False,
 		help = 'allow targetting 64-bit engine')
 
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--win-style-install', action = 'store_true', dest = 'WIN_INSTALL', default = False,
+	grp.add_option('--win-style-install', action = 'store_true', dest = 'WIN_INSTALL', default = False,
 		help = 'install like Windows build, ignore prefix, useful for development')
 
-	grp.add_option(
-		'--skip-subprojects', action='store', type = 'string', dest = 'SKIP_SUBDIRS', default=None,
+	grp.add_option('--skip-subprojects', action='store', dest = 'SKIP_SUBDIRS', default=None,
 		help = 'don\'t recurse into specified subprojects. Current subdirs: ' + str(subdirs()))
 
 	for i in SUBDIRS: