diff --git a/app/models/mixins/retirement_mixin.rb b/app/models/mixins/retirement_mixin.rb
index 56550bf56d0..69645532017 100644
--- a/app/models/mixins/retirement_mixin.rb
+++ b/app/models/mixins/retirement_mixin.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def make_retire_request(*src_ids, requester)
       klass = (name.demodulize + "RetireRequest").constantize
       options = {:src_ids => src_ids.presence, :__request_type__ => klass.request_types.first}
       set_retirement_requester(options[:src_ids], requester)
-      klass.make_request(nil, options, requester, true)
+      klass.make_request(nil, options, requester)
     end
 
     def retire(ids, options = {})
diff --git a/spec/models/service/retirement_management_spec.rb b/spec/models/service/retirement_management_spec.rb
index d3817cba641..3170ca4e137 100644
--- a/spec/models/service/retirement_management_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/service/retirement_management_spec.rb
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@
   end
 
   it "with one src_id" do
-    expect(ServiceRetireRequest).to receive(:make_request).with(nil, {:src_ids => [@service.id], :__request_type__ => "service_retire"}, user, true)
+    expect(ServiceRetireRequest).to receive(:make_request).with(nil, {:src_ids => [@service.id], :__request_type__ => "service_retire"}, user)
     @service.class.to_s.demodulize.constantize.make_retire_request(@service.id, user)
   end
 
   it "with src_ids" do
-    expect(ServiceRetireRequest).to receive(:make_request).with(nil, {:src_ids => [@service.id, service_with_owner.id], :__request_type__ => "service_retire"}, user, true)
+    expect(ServiceRetireRequest).to receive(:make_request).with(nil, {:src_ids => [@service.id, service_with_owner.id], :__request_type__ => "service_retire"}, user)
     @service.class.to_s.demodulize.constantize.make_retire_request(@service.id, service_with_owner.id, user)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/vm/retirement_management_spec.rb b/spec/models/vm/retirement_management_spec.rb
index b618e2cbc3b..a877d8576b7 100644
--- a/spec/models/vm/retirement_management_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/vm/retirement_management_spec.rb
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@
 
   describe "retire request" do
     it "with one src_id" do
-      expect(VmRetireRequest).to receive(:make_request).with(nil, {:src_ids => [@vm.id], :__request_type__ => "vm_retire"}, user, true)
+      expect(VmRetireRequest).to receive(:make_request).with(nil, {:src_ids => [@vm.id], :__request_type__ => "vm_retire"}, user)
       Vm.make_retire_request(@vm.id, user)
     end
 
     it "with many src_ids" do
-      expect(VmRetireRequest).to receive(:make_request).with(nil, {:src_ids => [@vm.id, vm2.id], :__request_type__ => "vm_retire"}, user, true)
+      expect(VmRetireRequest).to receive(:make_request).with(nil, {:src_ids => [@vm.id, vm2.id], :__request_type__ => "vm_retire"}, user)
       Vm.make_retire_request(@vm.id, vm2.id, user)
     end
   end