diff --git a/qemu/Makefile b/qemu/Makefile
index ffa8e517..04c5d39e 100644
--- a/qemu/Makefile
+++ b/qemu/Makefile
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ qapi-modules = $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/qapi/common.json
 qapi-types.c qapi-types.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
-		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b -i $<, \
+		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b $<, \
 		"  GEN   $@")
 qapi-visit.c qapi-visit.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
-		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b -i $<, \
+		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b $<, \
 		"  GEN   $@")
 
 clean:
diff --git a/qemu/scripts/qapi.py b/qemu/scripts/qapi.py
index 7f59f9f6..c6f30995 100644
--- a/qemu/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/qemu/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -983,10 +983,9 @@ def parse_command_line(extra_options = "", extra_long_options = []):
 
     try:
         opts, args = getopt.gnu_getopt(sys.argv[1:],
-                                       "chp:i:o:" + extra_options,
+                                       "chp:o:" + extra_options,
                                        ["source", "header", "prefix=",
-                                        "input-file=", "output-dir="]
-                                       + extra_long_options)
+                                        "output-dir="] + extra_long_options)
     except getopt.GetoptError, err:
         print >>sys.stderr, "%s: %s" % (sys.argv[0], str(err))
         sys.exit(1)
@@ -1001,8 +1000,6 @@ def parse_command_line(extra_options = "", extra_long_options = []):
         o, a = oa
         if o in ("-p", "--prefix"):
             prefix = a
-        elif o in ("-i", "--input-file"):
-            input_file = a
         elif o in ("-o", "--output-dir"):
             output_dir = a + "/"
         elif o in ("-c", "--source"):
@@ -1016,8 +1013,9 @@ def parse_command_line(extra_options = "", extra_long_options = []):
         do_c = True
         do_h = True
 
-    if len(args) != 0:
-        print >>sys.stderr, "%s: too many arguments" % sys.argv[0]
+    if len(args) != 1:
+        print >>sys.stderr, "%s: need exactly one argument" % sys.argv[0]
         sys.exit(1)
+    input_file = args[0]
 
     return (input_file, output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix, extra_opts)