diff --git a/src/gui/src/WebClient.cpp b/src/gui/src/WebClient.cpp
index f9ae1843..6de6d9ca 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/WebClient.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/WebClient.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ int WebClient::getEdition(
 	QString responseJson;
 	int edition = Unknown;
 	try {
-		QStringList args("--login-auth");
-		responseJson = request(email, password, args);
+		responseJson = request(email, password);
 	}
 	catch (std::exception& e)
 	{
@@ -91,9 +90,9 @@ int WebClient::getEdition(
 
 QString WebClient::request(
 	const QString& email,
-	const QString& password,
-	QStringList& args)
+	const QString& password)
 {
+	QStringList args("--login-auth");
 	// hash password in case it contains interesting chars.
 	QString credentials(email + ":" + hash(password) + "\n");
 	return m_CoreInterface.run(args, credentials);
diff --git a/src/gui/src/WebClient.h b/src/gui/src/WebClient.h
index 7eecc845..84e2f744 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/WebClient.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/WebClient.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #define WEBCLIENT_H
 
 #include <QString>
-#include <QStringList>
 #include <QObject>
 
 #include "CoreInterface.h"
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ signals:
 
 private:
 	QString request(const QString& email,
-			const QString& password,
-			QStringList& args);
+			const QString& password);
 
 private:
 	QString m_Email;