diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/parser.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/parser.py
index fbf0a1ab051..4985a39cf45 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/parser.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/parser.py
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ def load_command_table(self, command_loader):
                 continue
 
             command_verb = command_name.split()[-1]
-            # To work around http://bugs.python.org/issue9253, we artificially add any new
-            # parsers we add to the "choices" section of the subparser.
-            subparser.choices[command_verb] = command_verb
 
             # inject command_module designer's help formatter -- default is HelpFormatter
             fc = metadata.formatter_class or argparse.HelpFormatter