diff --git a/tupak/core/utils.py b/tupak/core/utils.py
index 82d3af182c1853c515230e9d825863aa676a89da..270aaa32c0a8c564b8554b3be6ed5b7a275197d3 100644
--- a/tupak/core/utils.py
+++ b/tupak/core/utils.py
@@ -435,10 +435,6 @@ def set_up_command_line_arguments():
                         help="Force clean data, never use cached data")
     parser.add_argument("-u", "--use-cached", action="store_true",
                         help="Force cached data and do not check its validity")
-    parser.add_argument("-d", "--detectors",  nargs='+',
-                        default=['H1', 'L1', 'V1'],
-                        help=("List of detectors to use in open data calls, "
-                              "e.g. -d H1 L1 for H1 and L1"))
     parser.add_argument("-t", "--test", action="store_true",
                         help=("Used for testing only: don't run full PE, but"
                               " just check nothing breaks"))
diff --git a/tupak/gw/detector.py b/tupak/gw/detector.py
index e597ab89d638b4c3dde7071e652ff81f49d3981f..34b347c5360c2342c2b634cbc00adba4b1faa936 100644
--- a/tupak/gw/detector.py
+++ b/tupak/gw/detector.py
@@ -2023,10 +2023,7 @@ def get_event_data(
     interferometers = []
 
     if interferometer_names is None:
-        if utils.command_line_args.detectors:
-            interferometer_names = utils.command_line_args.detectors
-        else:
-            interferometer_names = ['H1', 'L1', 'V1']
+        interferometer_names = ['H1', 'L1', 'V1']
 
     for name in interferometer_names:
         try: