diff --git a/_reformat-common.bash b/_reformat-common.bash
index e9096e2..ec4972a 100644
--- a/_reformat-common.bash
+++ b/_reformat-common.bash
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ function custom_formatter() {
 # FIXME: This needs to be made customizable
 function sniff_file_type() {
     ff=$1
-    shift
 
     maybe_custom=$(custom_sniff "$ff")
     if [[ "$maybe_custom" != "" ]]; then