diff --git a/epicyon.py b/epicyon.py
index 0a1cac8e1..b6ce17bd4 100644
--- a/epicyon.py
+++ b/epicyon.py
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ if args.speaker:
     elif args.gnunet:
         proxyType = 'gnunet'
 
-    runSpeakerClient(baseDir, session, proxyType, httpPrefix,
+    runSpeakerClient(baseDir, proxyType, httpPrefix,
                      nickname, domain, port, args.password,
                      args.screenreader, args.language,
                      args.debug)
diff --git a/speaker_client.py b/speaker_client.py
index 5aab3d27d..bc7daf984 100644
--- a/speaker_client.py
+++ b/speaker_client.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from speaker import getSpeakerRate
 from speaker import getSpeakerRange
 
 
-def runSpeakerClient(baseDir: str, session, proxyType: str, httpPrefix: str,
+def runSpeakerClient(baseDir: str, proxyType: str, httpPrefix: str,
                      nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, password: str,
                      screenreader: str, systemLanguage: str,
                      debug: bool) -> None: