diff --git a/wpiformat/test/test_licenseupdate.py b/wpiformat/test/test_licenseupdate.py
index 7f046575..339a1419 100644
--- a/wpiformat/test/test_licenseupdate.py
+++ b/wpiformat/test/test_licenseupdate.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
 def test_licenseupdate():
     year = str(date.today().year)
 
-    task = LicenseUpdate(year)
+    task = LicenseUpdate()
     test = TaskTest(task)
 
     file_appendix = \
diff --git a/wpiformat/wpiformat/__init__.py b/wpiformat/wpiformat/__init__.py
index 4334cef4..74811a8f 100644
--- a/wpiformat/wpiformat/__init__.py
+++ b/wpiformat/wpiformat/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import argparse
-from datetime import date
 import math
 import multiprocessing as mp
 import os
@@ -235,13 +234,6 @@ def main():
         type=int,
         default=mp.cpu_count(),
         help="number of jobs to run (default is number of cores)")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-y",
-        dest="year",
-        type=int,
-        default=date.today().year,
-        help=
-        "year to use when updating license headers (default is current year)")
     parser.add_argument(
         "-clang",
         dest="clang_version",
@@ -352,7 +344,7 @@ def main():
         BraceComment(),
         CIdentList(),
         IncludeGuard(),
-        LicenseUpdate(str(args.year)),
+        LicenseUpdate(),
         JavaClass(),
         Newline(),
         Stdlib(),
diff --git a/wpiformat/wpiformat/licenseupdate.py b/wpiformat/wpiformat/licenseupdate.py
index be61856e..2eedebfb 100644
--- a/wpiformat/wpiformat/licenseupdate.py
+++ b/wpiformat/wpiformat/licenseupdate.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """This task updates the license header at the top of the file."""
 
+from datetime import date
 import os
 import regex
 import subprocess
@@ -11,16 +12,6 @@
 
 class LicenseUpdate(Task):
 
-    def __init__(self, current_year):
-        """Constructor for LicenseUpdate task.
-
-        Keyword arguments:
-        current_year -- year string
-        """
-        Task.__init__(self)
-
-        self.__current_year = current_year
-
     def should_process_file(self, config_file, name):
         license_regex = config_file.regex("licenseUpdateExclude")
 
@@ -150,7 +141,7 @@ def run_pipeline(self, config_file, name, lines):
         # If file hasn't been committed yet, use current calendar year as end of
         # copyright year range
         if last_year == "":
-            last_year = self.__current_year
+            last_year = str(date.today().year)
 
         success, first_year, appendix = self.__try_regex(
             lines, last_year, license_template)