diff --git a/grudge/symbolic/primitives.py b/grudge/symbolic/primitives.py
index ef6ce5a7d38f92b3693b8132c305a500f7a8954f..78261d658e2871379f042ee0d714e2d8cd9e3547 100644
--- a/grudge/symbolic/primitives.py
+++ b/grudge/symbolic/primitives.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ def mv_normal(dd, ambient_dim, dim=None):
     return cse(mv, "normal", cse_scope.DISCRETIZATION)
 
 
-def normal(dd, ambient_dim, dim=None, quadrature_tag=None):
+def normal(dd, ambient_dim, dim=None):
     return mv_normal(dd, ambient_dim, dim).as_vector()
 
 # }}}