diff --git a/kallithea/lib/middleware/simplehg.py b/kallithea/lib/middleware/simplehg.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/middleware/simplehg.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/middleware/simplehg.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class SimpleHg(BaseVCSController):
 
         hgrc = os.path.join(repo_path, '.hg', 'hgrc')
 
-        repoui = make_ui('file', hgrc, False)
+        repoui = make_ui('file', hgrc)
 
         if repoui:
             #overwrite our ui instance with the section from hgrc file
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/utils.py b/kallithea/lib/utils.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/utils.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/utils.py
@@ -316,13 +316,12 @@ ui_sections = ['alias', 'auth',
                 'ui', 'web', ]
 
 
-def make_ui(read_from='file', path=None, checkpaths=True, clear_session=True):
+def make_ui(read_from='file', path=None, clear_session=True):
     """
     A function that will read python rc files or database
     and make an mercurial ui object from read options
 
     :param path: path to mercurial config file
-    :param checkpaths: check the path
     :param read_from: read from 'file' or 'db'
     """