diff --git a/src/daemon/start-pulseaudio-x11.in b/src/daemon/start-pulseaudio-x11.in
index 620e50f34..63ed740cc 100755
--- a/src/daemon/start-pulseaudio-x11.in
+++ b/src/daemon/start-pulseaudio-x11.in
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-@PA_BINARY@ --start "$@"
-
 if [ x"$DISPLAY" != x ] ; then
 
     @PACTL_BINARY@ load-module module-x11-publish "display=$DISPLAY" > /dev/null