diff --git a/web/app.js b/web/app.js
index 36ef5d47a..2f0018e81 100644
--- a/web/app.js
+++ b/web/app.js
@@ -1023,7 +1023,6 @@ const PDFViewerApplication = {
     // Set the necessary API parameters, using all the available options.
     const apiParams = AppOptions.getAll(OptionKind.API);
     const params = {
-      canvasMaxAreaInBytes: AppOptions.get("canvasMaxAreaInBytes"),
       ...apiParams,
       ...args,
     };
diff --git a/web/app_options.js b/web/app_options.js
index 970b0ba83..dbde2ed7b 100644
--- a/web/app_options.js
+++ b/web/app_options.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   canvasMaxAreaInBytes: {
     /** @type {number} */
     value: -1,
-    kind: OptionKind.BROWSER,
+    kind: OptionKind.BROWSER + OptionKind.API,
   },
   isInAutomation: {
     /** @type {boolean} */