diff --git a/ceilometerclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py b/ceilometerclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
index a4209f78..436a62bf 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
@@ -1388,10 +1388,8 @@ class ShellResourceListCommandTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
     def test_resource_list(self):
         resource = resources.Resource(mock.Mock(), self.RESOURCE)
         self.cc.resources.list.return_value = [resource]
-
         ceilometer_shell.do_resource_list(self.cc, self.args)
         self.cc.resources.list.assert_called_once_with(q=[],
-                                                       links=None,
                                                        limit=None)
 
         self.assertEqual('''\
@@ -1404,12 +1402,10 @@ class ShellResourceListCommandTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
 
     @mock.patch('sys.stdout', new=six.StringIO())
     def test_resource_list_with_links(self):
-        self.args.meter_links = True
         resource = resources.Resource(mock.Mock(), self.RESOURCE)
         self.cc.resources.list.return_value = [resource]
         ceilometer_shell.do_resource_list(self.cc, self.args)
         self.cc.resources.list.assert_called_once_with(q=[],
-                                                       links=True,
                                                        limit=None)
         self.assertEqual('''\
 +-------------+-----------+---------+------------+
diff --git a/ceilometerclient/v2/shell.py b/ceilometerclient/v2/shell.py
index 00417983..02102c9c 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -1060,14 +1060,11 @@ def do_alarm_history(cc, args={}):
 @utils.arg('-q', '--query', metavar='<QUERY>',
            help='key[op]data_type::value; list. data_type is optional, '
                 'but if supplied must be string, integer, float, or boolean.')
-@utils.arg('--meter-links', dest='meter_links', action='store_true',
-           help='If specified, meter links will be generated.')
 @utils.arg('-l', '--limit', metavar='<NUMBER>',
            help='Maximum number of resources to return.')
 def do_resource_list(cc, args={}):
     """List the resources."""
     resources = cc.resources.list(q=options.cli_to_array(args.query),
-                                  links=args.meter_links,
                                   limit=args.limit)
 
     field_labels = ['Resource ID', 'Source', 'User ID', 'Project ID']