diff --git a/scripts/Muon/GUI/ElementalAnalysis/PeriodicTable/periodic_table_presenter.py b/scripts/Muon/GUI/ElementalAnalysis/PeriodicTable/periodic_table_presenter.py
index f6fe36c6ce206b004fdb132edc296ee1220a6ad8..62a59ff7185d6753cd02bd5e6ecd109be09cb51a 100644
--- a/scripts/Muon/GUI/ElementalAnalysis/PeriodicTable/periodic_table_presenter.py
+++ b/scripts/Muon/GUI/ElementalAnalysis/PeriodicTable/periodic_table_presenter.py
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ class PeriodicTablePresenter(object):
     def element_data(self, element):
         return self.model.peak_data[element]
 
-    def select_element(self, element, deselect=False):
+    def select_element(self, element):
         self.view.ptable.setElementSelected(element, True)
 
-    def deselect_element(self, element, deselect=False):
+    def deselect_element(self, element):
         self.view.ptable.setElementSelected(element, False)
 
     def is_selected(self, element):