diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssigner/lib/raservice.py b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssigner/lib/raservice.py
index 1412f7d581867eefb0cb2f56411446cc00960f20..4d42e693fff1d614c37f14b166c4ad7a874108f2 100755
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssigner/lib/raservice.py
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssigner/lib/raservice.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ from lofar.sas.resourceassignment.rataskspecified.RABusListener import RATaskSpe
 from lofar.messaging.RPC import RPC, RPCException
 
 import lofar.sas.resourceassignment.resourceassignmentservice.rpc as rarpc
-from lofar.sas.resourceassignment.resourceassigner.config import DEFAULT_BUSNAME, DEFAULT_SERVICENAME
 from lofar.sas.resourceassignment.resourceassigner.config import RATASKSPECIFIED_NOTIFICATION_BUSNAME, RATASKSPECIFIED_NOTIFICATIONNAME
 from lofar.sas.resourceassignment.resourceassigner.assignment import ResourceAssigner
 
@@ -88,8 +87,6 @@ def main():
     parser = OptionParser("%prog [options]",
                           description='runs the resourceassigner service')
     parser.add_option('-q', '--broker', dest='broker', type='string', default=None, help='Address of the qpid broker, default: localhost')
-    parser.add_option("-b", "--busname", dest="busname", type="string", default=DEFAULT_BUSNAME, help="Name of the bus exchange on the qpid broker, default: %s" % DEFAULT_BUSNAME)
-    parser.add_option("-s", "--servicename", dest="servicename", type="string", default=DEFAULT_SERVICENAME, help="Name for this service, default: %s" % DEFAULT_SERVICENAME)
     parser.add_option("--notification_busname", dest="notification_busname", type="string", default=RATASKSPECIFIED_NOTIFICATION_BUSNAME, help="Name of the notification bus on which taskspecified messages are published, default: %s" % RATASKSPECIFIED_NOTIFICATION_BUSNAME)
     parser.add_option("--notification_subject", dest="notification_subject", type="string", default=RATASKSPECIFIED_NOTIFICATIONNAME, help="Subject of the published taskspecified messages to listen for, default: %s" % RATASKSPECIFIED_NOTIFICATIONNAME)
     parser.add_option("--radb_busname", dest="radb_busname", type="string", default=RADB_BUSNAME, help="Name of the bus on which the radb service listens, default: %s" % RADB_BUSNAME)