diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
index 2fc77af41..cfeaa2762 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ screen = AccountsScreen{
   }
 
 initAccountsScreen :: Maybe AccountName -> Day -> AppState -> AppState
-initAccountsScreen mselacct d st@AppState{aopts=opts, aargs=args, ajournal=j, aScreen=s@AccountsScreen{}} =
+initAccountsScreen mselacct d st@AppState{aopts=opts, ajournal=j, aScreen=s@AccountsScreen{}} =
   st{aScreen=s{asState=is''}}
    where
     is' = list (Name "accounts") (V.fromList items) 1
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ initAccountsScreen mselacct d st@AppState{aopts=opts, aargs=args, ajournal=j, aS
          --{query_=unwords' $ locArgs l}
     ropts = (reportopts_ cliopts)
             {
-              query_=unwords' args,
               balancetype_=HistoricalBalance -- XXX balanceReport doesn't respect this yet
             }
     cliopts = cliopts_ opts
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ drawAccountsItem fmt _sel item =
     render $ str $ showitem item
 
 handleAccountsScreen :: AppState -> Vty.Event -> EventM (Next AppState)
-handleAccountsScreen st@AppState{aargs=args, aScreen=scr@AccountsScreen{asState=is}} e = do
+handleAccountsScreen st@AppState{aScreen=scr@AccountsScreen{asState=is}} e = do
     d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
     -- c <- getContext
     -- let h = c^.availHeightL
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ handleAccountsScreen st@AppState{aargs=args, aScreen=scr@AccountsScreen{asState=
         Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '9') [] -> continue $ initAccountsScreen (Just acct) d $ setDepth 9 st
         Vty.EvKey (Vty.KLeft) []     -> continue $ popScreen st
         Vty.EvKey (Vty.KRight) []    -> do
-          let st' = screenEnter d args RS.screen{rsAcct=acct} st
+          let st' = screenEnter d RS.screen{rsAcct=acct} st
           vScrollToBeginning $ viewportScroll "register"
           continue st'
 
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
index 32b7c9a8c..e75273ce1 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@ runBrickUi opts j = do
   let
     theme = maybe defaultTheme (fromMaybe defaultTheme . getTheme) $
             maybestringopt "theme" $ rawopts_ $ cliopts_ opts
-    args = words' $ query_ $ reportopts_ $ cliopts_ opts
     scr = AS.screen
     st = (sInitFn scr) d
          AppState{
             aopts=opts
-           ,aargs=args
            ,ajournal=j
            ,aScreen=scr
            ,aPrevScreens=[]
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
index fde9ae04e..e59838558 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
@@ -38,14 +38,13 @@ screen = RegisterScreen{
   }
 
 initRegisterScreen :: Day -> AppState -> AppState
-initRegisterScreen d st@AppState{aargs=args, aopts=opts, ajournal=j, aScreen=s@RegisterScreen{rsAcct=acct}} =
+initRegisterScreen d st@AppState{aopts=opts, ajournal=j, aScreen=s@RegisterScreen{rsAcct=acct}} =
   st{aScreen=s{rsState=l}}
   where
     -- gather arguments and queries
     ropts = (reportopts_ $ cliopts_ opts)
             {
               depth_=Nothing,
-              query_=unwords' args,
               balancetype_=HistoricalBalance
             }
     -- XXX temp
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UITypes.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UITypes.hs
index cc04a8d76..a0d2a75ce 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UITypes.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UITypes.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import Hledger.UI.Options
 -- from, brick's App.
 data AppState = AppState {
    aopts :: UIOpts          -- ^ command-line options at startup
-  ,aargs :: [String]        -- ^ command-line arguments at startup
+  -- ,aargs :: [String]        -- ^ command-line arguments at startup
   ,ajournal :: Journal      -- ^ the parsed journal
   ,aScreen :: Screen        -- ^ the currently active screen
   ,aPrevScreens :: [Screen] -- ^ previously visited screens
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIUtils.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIUtils.hs
index 6ce799372..93068d4f6 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIUtils.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIUtils.hs
@@ -45,12 +45,10 @@ popScreen st = st
 
 -- | Enter a new screen, saving the old screen & state in the
 -- navigation history and initialising the new screen's state.
--- Extra args can be passed to the new screen's init function,
--- these can be eg query arguments.
-screenEnter :: Day -> [String] -> Screen -> AppState -> AppState
-screenEnter d args scr st = (sInitFn scr) d $
-                            pushScreen scr
-                            st{aargs=args}
+screenEnter :: Day -> Screen -> AppState -> AppState
+screenEnter d scr st = (sInitFn scr) d $
+                       pushScreen scr
+                       st
 
 -- | In the EventM monad, get the named current viewport's width and height,
 -- or (0,0) if the named viewport is not found.