diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9505084..067f63de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ Usage:
   talhelper gensecret [flags]
 
 Flags:
-  -c, --config-file string       File containing configurations for talhelper (default "talconfig.yaml")
   -f, --from-configfile string   Talos cluster node configuration file to generate secret from
   -h, --help                     help for gensecret
 ```
diff --git a/cmd/gensecret.go b/cmd/gensecret.go
index 98f86d03..2c9896f8 100644
--- a/cmd/gensecret.go
+++ b/cmd/gensecret.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	gensecretFromCfg  string
-	gensecretCfgFile  string
 )
 
 var gensecretCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -27,6 +26,5 @@ var gensecretCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(gensecretCmd)
 
-	gensecretCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&gensecretCfgFile, "config-file", "c", "talconfig.yaml", "File containing configurations for talhelper")
 	gensecretCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&gensecretFromCfg, "from-configfile", "f", "", "Talos cluster node configuration file to generate secret from")
 }