diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py
index c768faea914..8b91f45cfd6 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py
@@ -239,8 +239,5 @@ def find(parser, args):
                   mode=args.mode,
                   long=args.long,
                   very_long=args.very_long,
-#ifdef NEW
                   show_flags=args.show_flags)
-#else /* not NEW */
                   namespace=args.namespace)
-#endif /* not NEW */