diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 45f482d3e..03e3e3db1 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -206,17 +206,6 @@ fn create_app<'a, 'b>(
                 .min_values(1)
                 .group("vm-config"),
         )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name("vhost-user-net")
-                .long("vhost-user-net")
-                .help(
-                    "Network parameters \"mac=<mac_addr>,sock=<socket_path>, \
-                     num_queues=<number_of_queues>,queue_size=<size_of_each_queue>\"",
-                )
-                .takes_value(true)
-                .min_values(1)
-                .group("vm-config"),
-        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("vsock")
                 .long("vsock")