diff --git a/src/static/js/collab_client.js b/src/static/js/collab_client.js
index 15ef38cf9..3be119302 100644
--- a/src/static/js/collab_client.js
+++ b/src/static/js/collab_client.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Gate extends Promise {
 /** Call this when the document is ready, and a new Ace2Editor() has been created and inited.
     ACE's ready callback does not need to have fired yet.
     "serverVars" are from calling doc.getCollabClientVars() on the server. */
-const getCollabClient = (ace2editor, serverVars, initialUserInfo, options, _pad) => {
+const getCollabClient = (ace2editor, serverVars, initialUserInfo, _pad) => {
   const editor = ace2editor;
   pad = _pad; // Inject pad to avoid a circular dependency.
 
diff --git a/src/static/js/pad.js b/src/static/js/pad.js
index 2945b5216..11435e0ea 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad.js
@@ -471,9 +471,8 @@ const pad = {
     await padeditor.init(pad.padOptions.view || {}, this);
     padeditbar.init();
 
-    pad.collabClient = getCollabClient(
-        padeditor.ace, clientVars.collab_client_vars, pad.myUserInfo,
-        {colorPalette: pad.getColorPalette()}, pad);
+    pad.collabClient =
+        getCollabClient(padeditor.ace, clientVars.collab_client_vars, pad.myUserInfo, pad);
     pad.collabClient.setOnUserJoin(pad.handleUserJoin);
     pad.collabClient.setOnUpdateUserInfo(pad.handleUserUpdate);
     pad.collabClient.setOnUserLeave(pad.handleUserLeave);