diff --git a/app/xdg-app-builtins-list-remotes.c b/app/xdg-app-builtins-list-remotes.c
index fffe7e59..0d1a647b 100644
--- a/app/xdg-app-builtins-list-remotes.c
+++ b/app/xdg-app-builtins-list-remotes.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ xdg_app_builtin_list_remotes (int argc, char **argv, GCancellable *cancellable,
 
   if (!opt_user && !opt_system)
     {
-      opt_user = TRUE;
       opt_system = TRUE;
     }