diff --git a/lib/apex/igate_tcp.rb b/lib/apex/igate_tcp.rb
index d2a9cd13cc732faf1cb74d33b5e506ff15ce32a0..2ee79cd72e2cbdb8349986ed9d08bf153edc5bb9 100644
--- a/lib/apex/igate_tcp.rb
+++ b/lib/apex/igate_tcp.rb
@@ -5,13 +5,8 @@ module Apex
         DEFAULT_APRSIS_FILTER_PORT = 14580
 
         protected
-        def initialize(user, password='-1', input_url=None)
+        def initialize(user, password='-1')
             @user = user
-            if input_url
-                @url = input_url
-            else
-                @url = DEFAULT_APRSIS_URL
-            end
             @auth = ['user', user, 'pass', password, 'vers', 'APEX-APRS Ruby Module'].join(' ')
             @aprsis_sock = nil
             @data_buffer = ''