diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
index 48eaf7ac..8c70144e 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/App.py
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ class App(Base):
 
     def _add_arguments(self, parser):
         super()._add_arguments(parser)
-        parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', action='store_true',
-            default=False, help='Output debug information to stderr')
         parser.add_argument('-t', '--topdir', nargs=1, default = [], help='Project Path')
         parser.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', nargs=1, default = [ self.projs_root ],
             help='Parent directory of project source directories')
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ class App(Base):
 
     async def _run(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
 
-        self.opt_debug = args.debug
         self.opt_os = args.os
 
         if args.prefix is not None: