diff --git a/src/CLI2.cpp b/src/CLI2.cpp
index f2d6eb27b..9236ce490 100644
--- a/src/CLI2.cpp
+++ b/src/CLI2.cpp
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ void CLI2::prepareFilter ()
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Return all the MISCELLANEOUS args.
-const std::vector <std::string> CLI2::getWords (bool filtered)
+const std::vector <std::string> CLI2::getWords ()
 {
   std::vector <std::string> words;
   for (auto& a : _args)
diff --git a/src/CLI2.h b/src/CLI2.h
index 505d9c2f0..29818259e 100644
--- a/src/CLI2.h
+++ b/src/CLI2.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public:
   void addFilter (const std::string& arg);
   void addContextFilter ();
   void prepareFilter ();
-  const std::vector <std::string> getWords (bool filtered = true);
+  const std::vector <std::string> getWords ();
   bool canonicalize (std::string&, const std::string&, const std::string&) const;
   std::string getBinary () const;
   std::string getCommand (bool canonical = true) const;