diff --git a/runtags b/runtags
index cb3b94af8..ffd00a02c 100755
--- a/runtags
+++ b/runtags
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 PLAYBOOK="iiab.yml"
 INVENTORY="ansible_hosts"
 # Pass cmdline options for ansible
-ARGS="$@"
 
 if [ -f /etc/iiab/iiab.env ]
 then