diff --git a/internal/cmd/db_create.go b/internal/cmd/db_create.go
index bc1d54e7..bdf8159e 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/db_create.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/db_create.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ func init() {
 	dbCmd.AddCommand(createCmd)
 	addGroupFlag(createCmd)
 	addFromDBFlag(createCmd)
-	addDbFromFileFlag(createCmd)
 	addLocationFlag(createCmd, "Location ID. If no ID is specified, closest location to you is used by default.")
 
 	addWaitFlag(createCmd, "Wait for the database to be ready to receive requests.")
diff --git a/internal/cmd/from_file_flag.go b/internal/cmd/from_file_flag.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e9fa4434..00000000
--- a/internal/cmd/from_file_flag.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-var fromFileFlag string
-
-func addDbFromFileFlag(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&fromFileFlag, "from-file", "", "create the database from a local SQLite3-compatible file")
-}