diff --git a/docs/osbuild.1.rst b/docs/osbuild.1.rst
index 249e2b1a..5bf4c6aa 100644
--- a/docs/osbuild.1.rst
+++ b/docs/osbuild.1.rst
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ is not listed here, **osbuild** will deny startup and exit with an error.
 -h, --help                      print usage information and exit immediately
 --store=DIR                     directory where intermediary file system trees
                                 are stored
---sources=PATH                  json file containing a dictionary of source
-                                configuration
 --secrets=PATH                  json file containing a dictionary of secrets
                                 that are passed to sources
 -l DIR, --libdir=DIR            directory containing stages, assemblers, and
diff --git a/osbuild/main_cli.py b/osbuild/main_cli.py
index acd19d72..fbaa4481 100644
--- a/osbuild/main_cli.py
+++ b/osbuild/main_cli.py
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ def parse_arguments(sys_argv):
     parser.add_argument("--store", metavar="DIRECTORY", type=os.path.abspath,
                         default=".osbuild",
                         help="directory where intermediary os trees are stored")
-    parser.add_argument("--sources", metavar="FILE", type=os.path.abspath,
-                        help="json file containing a dictionary of source configuration")
     parser.add_argument("-l", "--libdir", metavar="DIRECTORY", type=os.path.abspath, default="/usr/lib/osbuild",
                         help="the directory containing stages, assemblers, and the osbuild library")
     parser.add_argument("--checkpoint", metavar="ID", action="append", type=str, default=None,
@@ -120,10 +118,6 @@ def osbuild_cli():
     pipeline = manifest.get("pipeline", {})
     sources_options = manifest.get("sources", {})
 
-    if args.sources:
-        with open(args.sources) as f:
-            sources_options = json.load(f)
-
     pipeline = osbuild.load(pipeline, sources_options)
 
     if args.checkpoint: