diff --git a/cmd/scan.go b/cmd/scan.go
index 5bdbcff..164e20d 100644
--- a/cmd/scan.go
+++ b/cmd/scan.go
@@ -79,18 +79,8 @@ var ScanCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		// format and combine flag and positional args
 		targetHosts = append(targetHosts, urlx.FormatHosts(args, ports, scheme, verbose)...)
-		targetHosts = append(targetHosts, urlx.FormatHosts(hosts, ports, scheme, verbose)...)
 
-		// add more hosts specified with `--subnet` flag
-		if debug {
-			log.Debug().Msg("adding hosts from subnets")
-		}
 		for _, subnet := range subnets {
-			// subnet string is empty so nothing to do here
-			if subnet == "" {
-				continue
-			}
-
 			// generate a slice of all hosts to scan from subnets
 			subnetHosts := magellan.GenerateHostsWithSubnet(subnet, &subnetMask, ports, scheme)
 			targetHosts = append(targetHosts, subnetHosts...)
@@ -180,8 +170,6 @@ var ScanCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	// scanCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&hosts, "host", []string{}, "set additional hosts to scan")
-	ScanCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&hosts, "host", nil, "Add individual hosts to scan. (example: https://my.bmc.com:5000; same as using positional args)")
 	ScanCmd.Flags().IntSliceVar(&ports, "port", nil, "Adds additional ports to scan for each host with unspecified ports.")
 	ScanCmd.Flags().StringVar(&scheme, "scheme", "https", "Set the default scheme to use if not specified in host URI. (default is 'https')")
 	ScanCmd.Flags().StringVar(&protocol, "protocol", "tcp", "Set the default protocol to use in scan. (default is 'tcp')")