diff --git a/loopy/target/execution.py b/loopy/target/execution.py
index d5d8959dff00fae93c8bbfdb094eb6382b9a6614..61788df2dd9d32978a550990fb7c84501f76e856 100644
--- a/loopy/target/execution.py
+++ b/loopy/target/execution.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class ExecutionWrapperGeneratorBase(object):
                     "%s=None" % idi.name
                     for idi in implemented_data_info
                     if issubclass(idi.arg_class, KernelArgument)
-                    ] + ['**kwargs'])
+                    ])
 
         gen.add_to_preamble("from __future__ import division")
         gen.add_to_preamble("")