diff --git a/data-access/engine/src/vlkb/src/main.cpp b/data-access/engine/src/vlkb/src/main.cpp
index dd39f234319d3803e8cbaa48762574b9c4ac58f1..f2aa035995992d38d33857d64d5d5d70d670862b 100644
--- a/data-access/engine/src/vlkb/src/main.cpp
+++ b/data-access/engine/src/vlkb/src/main.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ int cmd_mergefiles(int argc, char * argv[])
 
 int cmd_imcopy(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
-   if((argc == 4))
+   if(argc == 4)
    {
       std::string infilename{argv[1]};
       int extnum = std::stoi(std::string{argv[2]});
@@ -221,12 +221,11 @@ int cmd_imcopy(int argc, char * argv[])
 
 int cmd_imcopydav(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
-   if((argc == 4) || (argc == 5))
+   if(argc == 4)
    {
       std::string url{argv[1]};
       int extnum = std::stoi(std::string{argv[2]});
       std::string pixfilter{argv[3]};
-      std::string temp_root = ((argc == 5) ? argv[4] : "/tmp" );
       try
       {
          imcopydav(url, extnum, pixfilter);
@@ -241,11 +240,10 @@ int cmd_imcopydav(int argc, char * argv[])
    else
    {
       std::cerr
-         << "Usage:  imcopydav url extnum [a:b c:d ...] <temp-root>\n"
+         << "Usage:  imcopydav url extnum [a:b c:d ...]\n"
          << "\n"
          << "Send to stdout a subimage of N-dimesional FITS-file HDU with N-element pixel filter.\n"
          << "HDU is given by extension number (0=Primary HDU, 1=Ext1, ...)"
-         << "<temp-root> is rw storage to hold the fits-cut while streaming (optional, default is '/tmp')"
          << "Examples: \n"
          << "   vlkb imcopydav http://localhost:80/tmp/testfile.fits 0 [1:100,1:100,1:100]\n";
       return EXIT_FAILURE;