diff --git a/skimage/util/shape.py b/skimage/util/shape.py
index b8ceec02..b786ec1c 100644
--- a/skimage/util/shape.py
+++ b/skimage/util/shape.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def view_as_blocks(arr_in, block_shape):
     return arr_out
 
 
-def view_as_windows(arr_in, window_shape, step=1, min_overlap=False):
+def view_as_windows(arr_in, window_shape, step=1):
     """Rolling window view of the input n-dimensional array.
 
     Windows are overlapping views of the input array, with adjacent windows
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ def view_as_windows(arr_in, window_shape, step=1, min_overlap=False):
     step : integer or tuple of length arr_in.ndim
         Indicates step size at which extraction shall be performed.
         If integer is given, then the step is uniform in all dimensions.
-    min_overlap: bool, optional
-        When True, selects a ``step`` that will give full coverage of
-        ``arr_in`` with minimal overlap.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -229,18 +226,6 @@ def view_as_windows(arr_in, window_shape, step=1, min_overlap=False):
     if not (len(window_shape) == ndim):
         raise ValueError("`window_shape` is incompatible with `arr_in.shape`")
 
-    if min_overlap:
-        # start with no overlap
-        step = list(window_shape)
-        # subtract the initial window shape from the overall shape
-        remainder = np.array(arr_in.shape) - np.array(window_shape)
-        # shrink the step size in each direction as needed
-        # to get full coverage
-        for (ind, size) in enumerate(window_shape):
-            num_steps = int(np.ceil(arr_in.shape[ind] / size))
-            while step[ind] * (num_steps - 1) > remainder[ind]:
-                step[ind] -= 1
-
     if isinstance(step, numbers.Number):
         if step < 1:
             raise ValueError("`step` must be >= 1")
diff --git a/skimage/util/tests/test_shape.py b/skimage/util/tests/test_shape.py
index e6dfbc87..7a6a785d 100644
--- a/skimage/util/tests/test_shape.py
+++ b/skimage/util/tests/test_shape.py
@@ -176,21 +176,5 @@ def test_view_as_windows_step_tuple():
                          [22, 23]]]])
 
 
-def test_view_as_windows_min_overlap():
-    A = np.arange(24).reshape((6, 4))
-    B = view_as_windows(A, (3, 2), min_overlap=True)
-    assert B.shape == (2, 2, 3, 2)
-    assert B.size == A.size
-
-    A = np.arange(512 * 512).reshape((512, 512))
-    B = view_as_windows(A, (10, 10), min_overlap=True)
-    assert B.shape == (56, 56, 10, 10)
-    assert B.size >= A.size
-
-    C = view_as_windows(A, (11, 9), min_overlap=True)
-    assert C.shape == (51, 63, 11, 9)
-    assert C.size >= A.size
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     np.testing.run_module_suite()