diff --git a/src/pygit2.c b/src/pygit2.c
index 5bfd89b..6727e65 100644
--- a/src/pygit2.c
+++ b/src/pygit2.c
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ hash(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
 
 PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
-    {"init_repository", init_repository, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
-     init_repository__doc__},
+    {"init_repository", init_repository, METH_VARARGS, init_repository__doc__},
     {"discover_repository", discover_repository, METH_VARARGS,
      discover_repository__doc__},
     {"hashfile", hashfile, METH_VARARGS, hashfile__doc__},