diff --git a/gridded_glm/libexec/_minute_gridder.py b/gridded_glm/libexec/_minute_gridder.py
index 1d9758cf301cfd463575aa79ce40c7e48a680222..3b2411e102d467d1716861010a9a975c48a04502 100644
--- a/gridded_glm/libexec/_minute_gridder.py
+++ b/gridded_glm/libexec/_minute_gridder.py
@@ -48,38 +48,6 @@ def create_parser():
     parser.add_argument(dest='filenames', metavar='filename', nargs='+')
     return parser
 
-"""
-old arguments for reference
-
-FIXME: remove this whole comment once everything is working
-
-    parser.add_argument('--dx', metavar='km',
-                        default=10.0, type=float,
-                        help='approximate east-west grid spacing')
-    parser.add_argument('--dy', metavar='km',
-                        default=10.0, type=float,
-                        help='approximate north-south grid spacing')
-    parser.add_argument('--dt', metavar='seconds',
-                        default=60.0, type=float,
-                        help='frame duration')
-    parser.add_argument('--width', metavar='distance in km',
-                        default=400.0,
-                        type=float, help='total width of the grid')
-    parser.add_argument('--height', metavar='distance in km',
-                        default=400.0,
-                        type=float, help='total height of the grid')
-    parser.add_argument('--nevents', metavar='minimum events per flash',
-                        type=int, dest='min_events', default=1,
-                        help='minimum number of events per flash')
-    parser.add_argument('--ngroups', metavar='minimum groups per flash',
-                        type=int, dest='min_groups', default=1,
-                        help='minimum number of groups per flash')
-    parser.add_argument('--subdivide-grid', metavar='sqrt(number of subgrids)',
-                        type=int, default=1,
-                        help="subdivide the grid this many times along "
-                             "each dimension")
-"""
-
 
 def get_resolution(args):
     closest_resln = 2.0 # hardcoding resolution to 2.0 for now. see nearest_resolution in make_glm_grids for how we could expose this if we change our minds.