diff --git a/scripts/fourmolu b/scripts/fourmolu
index c53b1c1..827fec1 100755
--- a/scripts/fourmolu
+++ b/scripts/fourmolu
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo "Please specify the command-line options to pass to 'fourmolu'" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 git_root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
 fourmolu=$(nix-build "${git_root}/nix/pkgs.nix" --attr haskellPackages.fourmolu  --no-out-link)
diff --git a/scripts/nixpkgs-fmt b/scripts/nixpkgs-fmt
index 71bd9fd..e4c81d6 100755
--- a/scripts/nixpkgs-fmt
+++ b/scripts/nixpkgs-fmt
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo "Please specify the command-line options to pass to 'nixpkgs-fmt'" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 git_root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
 nixpkgs_fmt=$(nix-build "${git_root}/nix/pkgs.nix" --attr nixpkgs-fmt  --no-out-link)