diff --git a/bin/cdist b/bin/cdist
index 339ecfa8..7e3e9a1c 100755
--- a/bin/cdist
+++ b/bin/cdist
@@ -659,7 +659,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser['banner'].set_defaults(func=banner)
 
    parser['config'] = parser['sub'].add_parser('config',
-                                                aliases=['deploy'],
                                                 parents=[parser['most']])
    parser['config'].add_argument('host', nargs='+',
       help='one or more hosts to operate on')