diff --git a/pisi/cli/commonargs.py b/pisi/cli/commonargs.py
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index b60d146c..00000000
--- a/pisi/cli/commonargs.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-from optparse import OptionParser
-
-def add(parser):
-
-    parser.add_option("-D", "--destdir", action="store")
-    parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true",
-                      dest="verbose", default=False,
-                      help="detailed output")
-    parser.add_option("-d", "--debug", action="store_true", default=True)
-    parser.add_option("-n", "--dry-run", action="store_true", default=False,
-                      help = "do not perform any action, just show what\
-                      would be done")
-    return parser