diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df400b91513135a0d5a861039e0746e7d8b847ae..558916f44edb06805363a50a5140a34e57a458e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ changed functionality, fixed bugs).
 ## Version 2.0.5 (in development)
 
 - Vacuum SQLite database at startup.
+- Removed `--factory-startup` from the default Blender command. This can be passed
+  to the Worker using the {blender} variable definition instead.
 
 
 ## Version 2.0.4 (released 201-05-09)
diff --git a/flamenco_worker/commands.py b/flamenco_worker/commands.py
index 8417ba0101824a370c9049a61159f1a8a4ccda46..573c139f04e7081719152e993ad33f99e19d5664 100644
--- a/flamenco_worker/commands.py
+++ b/flamenco_worker/commands.py
@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ class BlenderRenderCommand(AbstractSubprocessCommand):
     def _build_blender_cmd(self, settings):
         cmd = settings['blender_cmd'][:]
         cmd += [
-            '--factory-startup',
             '--enable-autoexec',
             '-noaudio',
             '--background',
diff --git a/tests/test_commands_blender_render.py b/tests/test_commands_blender_render.py
index 38950b3504806fcc809527ea72189748822831dd..719ca54a3092fcef410adca195b2df6720f8c532 100644
--- a/tests/test_commands_blender_render.py
+++ b/tests/test_commands_blender_render.py
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ class BlenderRenderTest(AbstractCommandTest):
                 __file__,
                 '--with',
                 '--cli=args for CLI',
-                '--factory-startup',
                 '--enable-autoexec',
                 '-noaudio',
                 '--background',