diff --git a/lib/include/libcfg.h b/lib/include/libcfg.h
index 01a014c..1d5b2a7 100644
--- a/lib/include/libcfg.h
+++ b/lib/include/libcfg.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	 */
 	unsigned int allow_block : 1;
 
-	int (*handle)(void *obj, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags);
+	int (*handle)(void *obj, char *arg, rdline_t *rd);
 } cfg_param_t;
 
 /*
@@ -92,11 +92,10 @@ int pack_argv(char *str);
 
 /*
 	Parse a configuration file containing '<keyword> [arguments...]' lines.
-	The cfgobj and flags are passed to the callback in the params array.
+	The cfgobj is passed to the callback in the params array.
 
 	Returns zero on success.
  */
-int rdcfg(void *cfgobj, rdline_t *rd, const cfg_param_t *params, size_t count,
-	  int flags);
+int rdcfg(void *cfgobj, rdline_t *rd, const cfg_param_t *params, size_t count);
 
 #endif /* LIBCONFIG_H */
diff --git a/lib/init/rdsvc.c b/lib/init/rdsvc.c
index 7d70232..7f7bc29 100644
--- a/lib/init/rdsvc.c
+++ b/lib/init/rdsvc.c
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ static int try_pack_argv(char *str, rdline_t *rd)
 	return count;
 }
 
-static int svc_desc(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
+static int svc_desc(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd)
 {
 	service_t *svc = user;
-	(void)flags;
 
 	if (try_unescape(arg, rd))
 		return -1;
@@ -54,10 +53,9 @@ static int svc_desc(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
 	return svc->desc == NULL ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
-static int svc_tty(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
+static int svc_tty(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd)
 {
 	service_t *svc = user;
-	(void)flags;
 
 	if (strncmp(arg, "truncate", 8) == 0 && isspace(arg[8])) {
 		svc->flags |= SVC_FLAG_TRUNCATE_OUT;
@@ -73,11 +71,10 @@ static int svc_tty(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
 	return svc->ctty == NULL ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
-static int svc_exec(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
+static int svc_exec(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd)
 {
 	service_t *svc = user;
 	exec_t *e, *end;
-	(void)flags;
 
 	svc->flags |= SVC_FLAG_HAS_EXEC;
 
@@ -104,10 +101,9 @@ static int svc_exec(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int svc_before(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
+static int svc_before(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd)
 {
 	service_t *svc = user;
-	(void)flags;
 
 	if (svc->before != NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %zu: 'before' dependencies respecified\n",
@@ -123,10 +119,9 @@ static int svc_before(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
 	return (svc->num_before < 0) ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
-static int svc_after(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
+static int svc_after(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd)
 {
 	service_t *svc = user;
-	(void)flags;
 
 	if (svc->after != NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %zu: 'after' dependencies respecified\n",
@@ -142,11 +137,10 @@ static int svc_after(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
 	return (svc->num_after < 0) ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
-static int svc_type(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
+static int svc_type(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd)
 {
 	service_t *svc = user;
 	int count = try_pack_argv(arg, rd);
-	(void)flags;
 
 	if (count < 1)
 		return -1;
@@ -190,11 +184,10 @@ fail_limit:
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int svc_target(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd, int flags)
+static int svc_target(void *user, char *arg, rdline_t *rd)
 {
 	service_t *svc = user;
 	int target;
-	(void)flags;
 
 	if (try_unescape(arg, rd))
 		return -1;
@@ -253,7 +246,7 @@ service_t *rdsvc(int dirfd, const char *filename)
 	svc->id = -1;
 
 	if (rdcfg(svc, &rd, svc_params,
-		  sizeof(svc_params) / sizeof(svc_params[0]), 0)) {
+		  sizeof(svc_params) / sizeof(svc_params[0]))) {
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/libcfg/rdcfg.c b/lib/libcfg/rdcfg.c
index d3fc947..8bcc804 100644
--- a/lib/libcfg/rdcfg.c
+++ b/lib/libcfg/rdcfg.c
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ static int splitkv(rdline_t *rd, char **k, char **v)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int rdcfg(void *cfgobj, rdline_t *rd, const cfg_param_t *params, size_t count,
-	  int flags)
+int rdcfg(void *cfgobj, rdline_t *rd, const cfg_param_t *params, size_t count)
 {
 	const cfg_param_t *p;
 	char *key, *value;
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ int rdcfg(void *cfgobj, rdline_t *rd, const cfg_param_t *params, size_t count,
 				;
 
 			if (*value != '\0') {
-				ret = p->handle(cfgobj, value, rd, flags);
+				ret = p->handle(cfgobj, value, rd);
 				if (ret)
 					return -1;
 			}
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ int rdcfg(void *cfgobj, rdline_t *rd, const cfg_param_t *params, size_t count,
 			while ((ret = rdline(rd)) == 0) {
 				if (strcmp(rd->line, "}") == 0)
 					break;
-				if (p->handle(cfgobj, rd->line, rd, flags))
+				if (p->handle(cfgobj, rd->line, rd))
 					return -1;
 			}
 
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ int rdcfg(void *cfgobj, rdline_t *rd, const cfg_param_t *params, size_t count,
 				return -1;
 			if (ret > 0)
 				goto fail_bra;
-		} else if (p->handle(cfgobj, value, rd, flags)) {
+		} else if (p->handle(cfgobj, value, rd)) {
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}