diff --git a/rq/scripts/__init__.py b/rq/scripts/__init__.py
index 6b45403..fc31d09 100644
--- a/rq/scripts/__init__.py
+++ b/rq/scripts/__init__.py
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ def setup_default_arguments(args, settings):
     if args.socket is None and socket:
         args.socket = socket
 
-    pid = settings.get('PID_FILE', False)
-    if args.pid is None and pid:
-        args.pid = pid
-
     if args.db is None:
         args.db = settings.get('REDIS_DB', 0)
 
diff --git a/rq/scripts/rqworker.py b/rq/scripts/rqworker.py
index 24aa714..b7e58fe 100755
--- a/rq/scripts/rqworker.py
+++ b/rq/scripts/rqworker.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='store_true', default=False, help='Show more output')
     parser.add_argument('--quiet', '-q', action='store_true', default=False, help='Show less output')
     parser.add_argument('--sentry-dsn', action='store', default=None, metavar='URL', help='Report exceptions to this Sentry DSN')
-    parser.add_argument('--pid', '-i', action='store', default=None,
+    parser.add_argument('--pid', action='store', default=None,
                         help='Write PID to this file')
     parser.add_argument('queues', nargs='*', help='The queues to listen on (default: \'default\')')