diff --git a/pulsar/main.py b/pulsar/main.py
index 02bb4f931bff00010e7eb11867b6439933b31ad3..1706b1ad2ef80d454527864fd80d6ae4d17b4070 100644
--- a/pulsar/main.py
+++ b/pulsar/main.py
@@ -284,8 +284,6 @@ class PulsarManagerConfigBuilder(PulsarConfigBuilder):
 
 
 def main(argv=None):
-    if argv is None:
-        argv = sys.argv
     mod_docstring = sys.modules[__name__].__doc__
     arg_parser = ArgumentParser(
         description=mod_docstring,
diff --git a/pulsar/scripts/config.py b/pulsar/scripts/config.py
index 6a0757dc566f4c379372047a9ea1b205f0e24664..53f45df827d3b0d19761943906dd2c4a1d3e877a 100644
--- a/pulsar/scripts/config.py
+++ b/pulsar/scripts/config.py
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ $libdrmaa_line
 
 
 def main(argv=None):
-    if argv is None:
-        argv = sys.argv
     dependencies = []
     arg_parser = PlatformArgumentParser(description=DESCRIPTION)
     arg_parser.add_argument("--directory",