diff --git a/tools/distrib/check_copyright.py b/tools/distrib/check_copyright.py
index 888d973d85ff558d029f1f2d13ce9eb49d6b1a68..e0d2f47d294727a9fba431375c9f533f8132c340 100755
--- a/tools/distrib/check_copyright.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/check_copyright.py
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ argp.add_argument('-a', '--ancient',
                   default=0,
                   action='store_const',
                   const=1)
-argp.add_argument('-f', '--fix',
-                  default=False,
-                  action='store_true');
 argp.add_argument('--precommit',
                   default=False,
                   action='store_true')