diff --git a/lib/do_instances.js b/lib/do_instances.js
index 08a8678..d2805e8 100644
--- a/lib/do_instances.js
+++ b/lib/do_instances.js
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ function do_instances(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
     if (opts.help) {
         this.do_help('help', {}, [subcmd], callback);
         return;
-    } else if (args.length > 1) {
-        callback(new Error('too many args: ' + args));
-        return;
     }
 
     var columns = opts.o.trim().split(',');
diff --git a/lib/do_packages.js b/lib/do_packages.js
index 4113b7e..50c84e3 100644
--- a/lib/do_packages.js
+++ b/lib/do_packages.js
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ function do_packages (subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
     if (opts.help) {
         this.do_help('help', {}, [subcmd], callback);
         return;
-    } else if (args.length > 1) {
-        callback(new Error('too many args: ' + args));
-        return;
     }
 
     var columns = 'shortid,name,default,memory,disk'.split(',');