diff --git a/utils/afqmctools/afqmctools/inputs/from_pyscf.py b/utils/afqmctools/afqmctools/inputs/from_pyscf.py
index 8bdfd29e8..faf5cf462 100644
--- a/utils/afqmctools/afqmctools/inputs/from_pyscf.py
+++ b/utils/afqmctools/afqmctools/inputs/from_pyscf.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from afqmctools.wavefunction.pbc import write_wfn_pbc
 
 
 def write_qmcpack(chkfile, hamil_file, threshold, comm=None,
-                  ortho_ao=False, gdf=False, kpoint=False, verbose=False,
+                  ortho_ao=False, kpoint=False, verbose=False,
                   cas=None, qmc_input=None, wfn_file=None,
                   write_hamil=True, ndet_max=None, real_chol=False,
                   phdf=False, low=0.1, high=0.95, dense=False):
diff --git a/utils/afqmctools/bin/pyscf_to_afqmc.py b/utils/afqmctools/bin/pyscf_to_afqmc.py
index edb7f4535..a4eb8db98 100755
--- a/utils/afqmctools/bin/pyscf_to_afqmc.py
+++ b/utils/afqmctools/bin/pyscf_to_afqmc.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def main(args):
     write_qmcpack(options.chk_file, options.hamil_file, options.thresh,
                   comm=comm,
                   ortho_ao=options.ortho_ao,
-                  kpoint=options.kpoint_sym, gdf=options.gdf,
+                  kpoint=options.kpoint_sym, 
                   verbose=options.verbose, cas=options.cas,
                   qmc_input=options.qmc_input,
                   wfn_file=options.wfn_file,