diff --git a/cura/CuraApplication.py b/cura/CuraApplication.py
index 47cc94f972..dfdb50515f 100755
--- a/cura/CuraApplication.py
+++ b/cura/CuraApplication.py
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ class CuraApplication(QtApplication):
         # Variables set from CLI
         self._files_to_open = []
         self._use_single_instance = False
-        self._trigger_early_crash = False  # For debug only
 
         self._single_instance = None
 
@@ -292,7 +291,10 @@ class CuraApplication(QtApplication):
             sys.exit(0)
 
         self._use_single_instance = self._cli_args.single_instance
-        self._trigger_early_crash = self._cli_args.trigger_early_crash
+        # FOR TESTING ONLY
+        if self._cli_args.trigger_early_crash:
+            assert not "This crash is triggered by the trigger_early_crash command line argument."
+
         for filename in self._cli_args.file:
             self._files_to_open.append(os.path.abspath(filename))
 
diff --git a/cura_app.py b/cura_app.py
index 164e32e738..8df12d771a 100755
--- a/cura_app.py
+++ b/cura_app.py
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ parser.add_argument("--debug",
                     default = False,
                     help = "Turn on the debug mode by setting this option."
                     )
-parser.add_argument("--trigger-early-crash",
-                    dest = "trigger_early_crash",
-                    action = "store_true",
-                    default = False,
-                    help = "FOR TESTING ONLY. Trigger an early crash to show the crash dialog."
-                    )
 known_args = vars(parser.parse_known_args()[0])
 
 if not known_args["debug"]: