diff --git a/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py b/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py
index 42829990..b92ad221 100644
--- a/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py
+++ b/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ async def open_pikerd(
             # having the root have more then permissions to
             # spawn other specialized daemons I think?
             enable_modules=_root_modules,
-
             loglevel=loglevel,
             debug_mode=debug_mode,
             registry_addr=registry_addr,
@@ -330,7 +329,6 @@ async def maybe_open_pikerd(
     # configured address
     async with open_pikerd(
         loglevel=loglevel,
-        debug_mode=kwargs.get('debug_mode', False),
         registry_addr=registry_addr,
 
         # ahabd (docker super) specific controls
diff --git a/piker/ui/cli.py b/piker/ui/cli.py
index 9b8385f2..15b3e9f6 100644
--- a/piker/ui/cli.py
+++ b/piker/ui/cli.py
@@ -181,9 +181,6 @@ def chart(
             'debug_mode': pdb,
             'loglevel': tractorloglevel,
             'name': 'chart',
-            'enable_modules': [
-                'piker.clearing._client'
-            ],
             'registry_addr': config.get('registry_addr'),
         },
     )