Isn't there any way to do it?

I have made jsFiddle which is not working in IE.

The piece of code is given below:

The HTML

<select id="testing">
    <option value="1">Option 1</option>
    <option value="2">Option 2</option>
    <option value="3">Option 3</option>
</select>

The jQuery

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('select#testing option').eq(1).attr({
        disabled: 'disabled'
    });
});

The CSS

select option[disabled] {display: none;}

Any pointer would be helpful.

Note: I cannot use .remove() method.