diff --git a/cpp/include/DataStorm/Node.h b/cpp/include/DataStorm/Node.h
index 9d1a6983971..21760e5bf14 100644
--- a/cpp/include/DataStorm/Node.h
+++ b/cpp/include/DataStorm/Node.h
@@ -46,80 +46,6 @@ namespace DataStorm
          */
         Node(Ice::CommunicatorPtr communicator);
 
-        /**
-         * Construct a DataStorm node.
-         *
-         * A node is the main DataStorm object. It is required to construct topics. This constructor parses the
-         * command line arguments into Ice properties and initialize a new Node. The constructor initializes the
-         * Ice communicator using the given Ice arguments. If the communicator creation fails, an Ice exception is
-         * raised.
-         *
-         * @param argc The number of command line arguments in the argv array.
-         * @param argv The command line arguments.
-         * @param iceArgs Additional arguments which are passed to the Ice::initialize function in addition to the
-         *                argc and argv arguments.
-         */
-        template<class... T> Node(int& argc, const char* argv[], T&&... iceArgs) : _ownsCommunicator(true)
-        {
-            init(argc, argv, std::forward<T>(iceArgs)...);
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Construct a DataStorm node.
-         *
-         * A node is the main DataStorm object. It is required to construct topics. This constructor parses the
-         * command line arguments into Ice properties and initialize a new Node. The constructor initializes the
-         * Ice communicator using the given Ice arguments. If the communicator creation fails, an Ice exception is
-         * raised.
-         *
-         * @param argc The number of command line arguments in the argv array.
-         * @param argv The command line arguments.
-         * @param iceArgs Additional arguments which are passed to the Ice::initialize function in addition to the
-         *                argc and argv arguments.
-         */
-        template<class... T> Node(int& argc, char* argv[], T&&... iceArgs) : _ownsCommunicator(true)
-        {
-            init(argc, argv, std::forward<T>(iceArgs)...);
-        }
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        /**
-         * Construct a DataStorm node.
-         *
-         * A node is the main DataStorm object. It is required to construct topics. This constructor parses the
-         * command line arguments into Ice properties and initialize a new Node. The constructor initializes the
-         * Ice communicator using the given Ice arguments. If the communicator creation fails, an Ice exception is
-         * raised.
-         *
-         * @param argc The number of command line arguments in the argv array.
-         * @param argv The command line arguments.
-         * @param iceArgs Additional arguments which are passed to the Ice::initialize function in addition to the
-         *                argc and argv arguments.
-         */
-        template<class... T> Node(int& argc, const wchar_t* argv[], T&&... iceArgs) : _ownsCommunicator(true)
-        {
-            init(argc, argv, std::forward<T>(iceArgs)...);
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Construct a DataStorm node.
-         *
-         * A node is the main DataStorm object. It is required to construct topics. This constructor parses the
-         * command line arguments into Ice properties and initialize a new Node. The constructor initializes the
-         * Ice communicator using the given Ice arguments. If the communicator creation fails, an Ice exception is
-         * raised.
-         *
-         * @param argc The number of command line arguments in the argv array.
-         * @param argv The command line arguments.
-         * @param iceArgs Additional arguments which are passed to the Ice::initialize function in addition to the
-         *                argc and argv arguments.
-         */
-        template<class... T> Node(int& argc, wchar_t* argv[], T&&... iceArgs) : _ownsCommunicator(true)
-        {
-            init(argc, argv, std::forward<T>(iceArgs)...);
-        }
-#endif
-
         /**
          * Construct a DataStorm node.
          *
@@ -187,15 +113,6 @@ namespace DataStorm
         Ice::ConnectionPtr getSessionConnection(const std::string& ident) const noexcept;
 
     private:
-        template<typename V, class... T> void init(int& argc, V argv, T&&... iceArgs)
-        {
-            auto communicator = Ice::initialize(argc, argv, std::forward<T>(iceArgs)...);
-            auto args = Ice::argsToStringSeq(argc, argv);
-            args = communicator->getProperties()->parseCommandLineOptions("DataStorm", args);
-            Ice::stringSeqToArgs(args, argc, argv);
-            init(communicator);
-        }
-
         void init(const Ice::CommunicatorPtr&);
 
         std::shared_ptr<DataStormI::Instance> _instance;
diff --git a/cpp/src/IceBridge/IceBridge.cpp b/cpp/src/IceBridge/IceBridge.cpp
index 514a41cca35..6c3c6894829 100644
--- a/cpp/src/IceBridge/IceBridge.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/IceBridge/IceBridge.cpp
@@ -594,10 +594,6 @@ BridgeService::initializeCommunicator(
     InitializationData initData = initializationData;
     initData.properties = createProperties(argc, argv, initializationData.properties);
 
-    StringSeq args = argsToStringSeq(argc, argv);
-    args = initData.properties->parseCommandLineOptions("IceBridge", args);
-    stringSeqToArgs(args, argc, argv);
-
     //
     // Disable automatic retry by default.
     //