diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58ec0d8..28636b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 sanity-kind: ROBOT_MISC_ARGS += -i sanity
 sanity-kind: bbsim-kind
 
-bbsim-kind: ROBOT_MISC_ARGS += -v num_onus:1 -X
+bbsim-kind: ROBOT_MISC_ARGS += -X
 bbsim-kind: voltha-podtest
 
 # virtualenv for the robot tools