diff --git a/importers/src/main/groovy/whelk/importer/ImporterMain.groovy b/importers/src/main/groovy/whelk/importer/ImporterMain.groovy
index 43c6f5e550..60052ebd26 100644
--- a/importers/src/main/groovy/whelk/importer/ImporterMain.groovy
+++ b/importers/src/main/groovy/whelk/importer/ImporterMain.groovy
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ImporterMain {
     }
 
     @Command(args='SOURCE_URL DATASET_URI [DATASET_DESCRIPTION_FILE]',
-             flags='--skip-index --replace-main-ids --force-delete')
+             flags='--skip-index --replace-main-ids')
     void dataset(String sourceUrl, String datasetUri, String datasetDescPath=null, Map flags) {
         Whelk whelk = Whelk.createLoadedSearchWhelk(props)
         if (flags['skip-index']) {