diff --git a/cmd.c b/cmd.c
index 10a8688b2d..4e7579b982 100644
--- a/cmd.c
+++ b/cmd.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 cmdinfo_t	*cmdtab;
 int		ncmds;
 
-static argsfunc_t	args_func;
 static checkfunc_t	check_func;
 static int		ncmdline;
 static char		**cmdline;
@@ -127,22 +126,6 @@ void add_user_command(char *optarg)
     cmdline[ncmdline-1] = optarg;
 }
 
-static int
-args_command(
-	int	index)
-{
-	if (args_func)
-		return args_func(index);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void
-add_args_command(
-	argsfunc_t	af)
-{
-	args_func = af;
-}
-
 static void prep_fetchline(void *opaque)
 {
     int *fetchable = opaque;
@@ -155,7 +138,7 @@ static char *get_prompt(void);
 
 void command_loop(void)
 {
-    int c, i, j = 0, done = 0, fetchable = 0, prompted = 0;
+    int c, i, done = 0, fetchable = 0, prompted = 0;
     char *input;
     char **v;
     const cmdinfo_t *ct;
@@ -171,14 +154,7 @@ void command_loop(void)
         if (c) {
             ct = find_command(v[0]);
             if (ct) {
-                if (ct->flags & CMD_FLAG_GLOBAL) {
-                    done = command(ct, c, v);
-                } else {
-                    j = 0;
-                    while (!done && (j = args_command(j))) {
-                        done = command(ct, c, v);
-                    }
-                }
+                done = command(ct, c, v);
             } else {
                 fprintf(stderr, _("command \"%s\" not found\n"), v[0]);
             }
diff --git a/cmd.h b/cmd.h
index b763b198c4..8e6f7538c4 100644
--- a/cmd.h
+++ b/cmd.h
@@ -41,12 +41,10 @@ extern int		ncmds;
 void help_init(void);
 void quit_init(void);
 
-typedef int (*argsfunc_t)(int index);
 typedef int (*checkfunc_t)(const cmdinfo_t *ci);
 
 void add_command(const cmdinfo_t *ci);
 void add_user_command(char *optarg);
-void add_args_command(argsfunc_t af);
 void add_check_command(checkfunc_t cf);
 
 const cmdinfo_t *find_command(const char *cmd);
diff --git a/qemu-io.c b/qemu-io.c
index 5e6680b247..4288b8cc0f 100644
--- a/qemu-io.c
+++ b/qemu-io.c
@@ -1888,15 +1888,6 @@ static int open_f(int argc, char **argv)
     return openfile(argv[optind], flags, growable);
 }
 
-static int init_args_command(int index)
-{
-    /* only one device allowed so far */
-    if (index >= 1) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-    return ++index;
-}
-
 static int init_check_command(const cmdinfo_t *ct)
 {
     if (ct->flags & CMD_FLAG_GLOBAL) {
@@ -2043,7 +2034,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     add_command(&wait_break_cmd);
     add_command(&abort_cmd);
 
-    add_args_command(init_args_command);
     add_check_command(init_check_command);
 
     /* open the device */