diff --git a/bin/is b/bin/is
index b52e8deee6f68ae89b74519d501a9c16deb62389..9ec371fd19bc46d2ec272b842451799831bd1791 100755
--- a/bin/is
+++ b/bin/is
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def c_del(parser, args):
     '''
     repoman = load_repositories(args)
     repo = select_one_repository(repoman)
-    repo.delete(args.image_name, args.image_version, keep=args.keep)
+    repo.delete(args.image_name, args.image_version)
 
 def c_install(parser, args):
     '''