diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83c17fa5..9d272d9b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ api-keys.yaml
 debug_results.txt
 tests/myparser.py
 venv
+.mypy_cache
diff --git a/theHarvester/__main__.py b/theHarvester/__main__.py
index 533d9da6..9cf0b2fc 100644
--- a/theHarvester/__main__.py
+++ b/theHarvester/__main__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ def start():
                         hunter, intelx,
                         linkedin, linkedin_links, netcraft, securityTrails, threatcrowd,
                         trello, twitter, vhost, virustotal, yahoo''')
-    parser.add_argument('-x', '--exclude', help='exclude options when using all sources', type=str)
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     try: