diff --git a/lib/runner.js.map b/lib/runner.js.map
diff --git a/src/api-client.ts b/src/api-client.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface GitHubApiDetails {
 }
 
 export interface GitHubApiExternalRepoDetails {
-  externalRepoAuth: string | undefined;
+  externalRepoAuth?: string;
   url: string;
 }
 

diff --git a/src/runner.ts b/src/runner.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ interface InitArgs {
   githubUrl: string;
   githubAuth: string;
   githubAuthStdin: boolean;
-  externalRepositoryToken: string | undefined;
   debug: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -115,10 +114,6 @@ program
     "--github-auth-stdin",
     "Read GitHub Apps token or personal access token from stdin."
   )
-  .option(
-    "--external-repository-token <token>",
-    "A token for fetching external config files and queries if they reside in a private repository."
-  )
   .option(
     "--languages <languages>",
     "Comma-separated list of languages to analyze. Otherwise detects and analyzes all supported languages from the repo."
@@ -167,7 +162,6 @@ program
 
       const apiDetails = {
         auth,
-        externalRepoAuth: cmd.externalRepositoryToken,
         url: parseGithubUrl(cmd.githubUrl),
       };