diff --git a/bin/c++2py.in b/bin/c++2py.in
index c5ed8c2..3e02f5a 100755
--- a/bin/c++2py.in
+++ b/bin/c++2py.in
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ parser.add_argument('--includes', '-I', action='append',  help='Includes to pass
 parser.add_argument('--system_includes', '-isystem', action='append',  help='System includes to pass to clang')
 parser.add_argument('--cxxflags', default = '', help='Options to pass to clang')
 parser.add_argument('--target_file_only', action='store_true', help='Disable recursion into included header files')
-parser.add_argument('--wrapped_members_as_shared_refs', action='store_true', help='Disable recursion into included header files')
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ W= Cpp2Desc(filename = args.filename,
             shell_command = shell_command,
             parse_all_comments = args.parse_all_comments,
             namespace_to_factor= (), # unused now
-            target_file_only = args.target_file_only,
-            wrapped_members_as_shared_refs = args.wrapped_members_as_shared_refs
+            target_file_only = args.target_file_only
             )
 
 # Make the desc file
diff --git a/c++/cpp2py/py_converter.hpp b/c++/cpp2py/py_converter.hpp
index 3f8e4a0..2a77cd6 100644
--- a/c++/cpp2py/py_converter.hpp
+++ b/c++/cpp2py/py_converter.hpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace cpp2py {
       if (p == nullptr) return NULL;
       py_type *self = (py_type *)p->tp_alloc(p, 0);
       if (self != NULL) {
-        if constexpr (is_ref && wrapped_members_as_shared_refs) {
+        if constexpr (is_ref) {
 	  // Keep parent alive for lifetime of self
           if (parent != nullptr) {
             self->parent = parent;
diff --git a/cpp2py/cpp2desc.py b/cpp2py/cpp2desc.py
index f5ba14f..2aac4c4 100644
--- a/cpp2py/cpp2desc.py
+++ b/cpp2py/cpp2desc.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Cpp2Desc:
     """ """
     def __init__(self, filename, namespaces=(), classes= (), namespace_to_factor= (), appname= '',
                  modulename = '', moduledoc ='', use_properties = False, members_read_only = True,  converters = (),
-                 compiler_options=None, includes= None, system_includes= None, libclang_location = None, shell_command = '', parse_all_comments = True, target_file_only = False, wrapped_members_as_shared_refs = False):
+                 compiler_options=None, includes= None, system_includes= None, libclang_location = None, shell_command = '', parse_all_comments = True, target_file_only = False):
         """
            Parse the file at construction
 
@@ -59,12 +59,9 @@ def __init__(self, filename, namespaces=(), classes= (), namespace_to_factor= ()
 
            target_file_only : bool
                       Neglect any included files during desc generation [default = False]
-
-           wrapped_members_as_shared_refs : bool
-                      For classes with members which are a wrapped type, do not copy them on access but return them as shared references instead. Note that members with types that are only converted (e.g. std::vector) will continue to be copied on access [default = False]
         """
-        for x in ['filename', 'namespaces', 'classes', 'namespace_to_factor', 'appname', 'modulename', 'moduledoc',
-                  'use_properties', 'members_read_only', 'shell_command', 'target_file_only', 'wrapped_members_as_shared_refs']:
+        for x in ['filename', 'namespaces', 'classes', 'namespace_to_factor', 'appname', 'modulename', 'moduledoc', 
+                  'use_properties', 'members_read_only', 'shell_command', 'target_file_only']:
             setattr(self, x, locals()[x])
         self.DE = dependency_analyzer.DependencyAnalyzer(converters)
         # parse the file
diff --git a/cpp2py/mako/desc.py b/cpp2py/mako/desc.py
index 1c9b5cc..742febf 100644
--- a/cpp2py/mako/desc.py
+++ b/cpp2py/mako/desc.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from cpp2py.wrap_generator import *
 
 # The module
-module = module_(full_name = "${W.modulename}", doc = r"${doc.replace_latex(W.moduledoc)}", app_name = "${W.appname}", wrapped_members_as_shared_refs = ${W.wrapped_members_as_shared_refs})
+module = module_(full_name = "${W.modulename}", doc = r"${doc.replace_latex(W.moduledoc)}", app_name = "${W.appname}")
 
 # Imports
 %if import_list:
diff --git a/cpp2py/mako/wrap.cxx b/cpp2py/mako/wrap.cxx
index dd73dcb..6c547b7 100644
--- a/cpp2py/mako/wrap.cxx
+++ b/cpp2py/mako/wrap.cxx
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 #include<iostream> //for std::cout...
 using dcomplex = std::complex<double>;
 
-// global options
-constexpr bool wrapped_members_as_shared_refs = ${int(module.wrapped_members_as_shared_refs)};
-
 // first the basic stuff
 #include <cpp2py/cpp2py.hpp>
 #include <cpp2py/converters/string.hpp>
diff --git a/cpp2py/wrap_generator.py b/cpp2py/wrap_generator.py
index ebe05bd..0dca66c 100644
--- a/cpp2py/wrap_generator.py
+++ b/cpp2py/wrap_generator.py
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ class module_:
     """
        Representation of a module
     """
-    def __init__(self, full_name,  doc = '', app_name = None, wrapped_members_as_shared_refs = False) :
+    def __init__(self, full_name,  doc = '', app_name = None) :
         """
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -701,7 +701,6 @@ def __init__(self, full_name,  doc = '', app_name = None, wrapped_members_as_sha
 
         """
         self.full_name = full_name if app_name is None or app_name=="triqs" else app_name+"."+full_name
-        self.wrapped_members_as_shared_refs = wrapped_members_as_shared_refs
         self.name = full_name.rsplit('.',1)[-1]
         self.doc = doc
         self.classes = {}    # dict : string -> class_. Key is the Python type