diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b16c6be..7e790a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -147,14 +147,6 @@ Height of the packaged application, defaults to `800px`.
 
 Set the user agent to run the created app with.
 
-#### [show-dev-tools]
-
-```
-'-d, --show-dev-tools'
-```
-
-Show developer tools when running the app.
-
 ## How It Works
 
 A template app with the appropriate event listeners and callbacks set up is included in the `./app` folder. When the `nativefier` command is executed, this folder is copied to a temporary directory with the appropriate parameters in a configuration file, and is packaged into an app with [Electron Packager](https://github.com/maxogden/electron-packager).
diff --git a/app/main.js b/app/main.js
index 54ad50b..9d11f56 100644
--- a/app/main.js
+++ b/app/main.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ app.on('ready', function() {
             }
         }
     );
-    
+
     buildMenu(app, mainWindow);
 
     // uncomment to show dev tools for the main window
diff --git a/src/buildApp.js b/src/buildApp.js
index 6728af5..5c10eb9 100644
--- a/src/buildApp.js
+++ b/src/buildApp.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function buildApp(options, callback) {
 
     async.waterfall([
         callback => {
-            copyPlaceholderApp(options.dir, tmpPath, options.name, options.targetUrl, options.badge, options.width, options.height, options.userAgent, options.showDevTools, callback);
+            copyPlaceholderApp(options.dir, tmpPath, options.name, options.targetUrl, options.badge, options.width, options.height, options.userAgent, callback);
         },
 
         (tempDir, callback) => {
@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@ function buildApp(options, callback) {
  * @param {number} width
  * @param {number} height
  * @param {string} userAgent
- * @param {boolean} showDevTools
  * @param {tempDirCallback} callback
  */
-function copyPlaceholderApp(srcAppDir, tempDir, name, targetURL, badge, width, height, userAgent, showDevTools, callback) {
+function copyPlaceholderApp(srcAppDir, tempDir, name, targetURL, badge, width, height, userAgent, callback) {
     copy(srcAppDir, tempDir, error => {
 
         if (error) {
@@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ function copyPlaceholderApp(srcAppDir, tempDir, name, targetURL, badge, width, h
             badge: badge,
             width: width,
             height: height,
-            userAgent: userAgent,
-            showDevTools: showDevTools
+            userAgent: userAgent
         };
 
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tempDir, '/nativefier.json'), JSON.stringify(appArgs));
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index 03d45a7..10d286d 100755
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ function main(program) {
                 program.width,
                 program.height,
                 program.userAgent,
-                program.showDevTools,
                 callback);
         },
 
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ if (require.main === module) {
         .option('-w, --width <value>', 'set window width, defaults to 1280px', parseInt)
         .option('-h, --height <value>', 'set window height, defaults to 800px', parseInt)
         .option('-u, --user-agent <value>', 'set the user agent string for the app')
-        .option('-d, --show-dev-tools', 'show developer tools when running the app')
         .parse(process.argv);
 
     if (!process.argv.slice(2).length) {
diff --git a/src/options.js b/src/options.js
index c565b8f..06efb24 100644
--- a/src/options.js
+++ b/src/options.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ function optionsFactory(name,
                         width = 1280,
                         height = 800,
                         userAgent,
-                        showDevTools,
                         callback) {
 
     if (!validator.isURL(targetUrl, {require_protocol: true})) {
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ function optionsFactory(name,
         badge: badge,
         width: width,
         height: height,
-        userAgent: userAgent,
-        showDevTools: showDevTools
+        userAgent: userAgent
     };
 
     if (name && name.length > 0) {