diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 5d143d143..5046c7a47 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -665,14 +665,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     # subsystem
     def get_subsystems(args):
-        print_dict(rpc.subsystem.get_subsystems(args.client, args))
+        print_dict(rpc.subsystem.get_subsystems(args.client))
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('get_subsystems', help=""""Print subsystems array in initialization order. Each subsystem
     entry contain (unsorted) array of subsystems it depends on.""")
     p.set_defaults(func=get_subsystems)
 
     def get_subsystem_config(args):
-        print_dict(rpc.subsystem.get_subsystem_config(args.client, args))
+        print_dict(rpc.subsystem.get_subsystem_config(args.client, args.name))
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('get_subsystem_config', help=""""Print subsystem configuration""")
     p.add_argument('name', help='Name of subsystem to query')
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py b/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py
index db734f902..c8e662bcb 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-def get_subsystems(client, args):
+def get_subsystems(client):
     return client.call('get_subsystems')
 
 
-def get_subsystem_config(client, args):
-    params = {'name': args.name}
+def get_subsystem_config(client, name):
+    params = {'name': name}
     return client.call('get_subsystem_config', params)