diff --git a/mwclient/listing.py b/mwclient/listing.py
index d6bc1e82d07e67d9ccc66c2c65f6c85d87f0a0b1..975c34dd9b42d6e0163d4db0529b896a1c7e53c5 100644
--- a/mwclient/listing.py
+++ b/mwclient/listing.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ class List(object):
         if limit is None:
             limit = site.api_limit
         self.args[self.prefix + 'limit'] = str(limit)
-        if 'continue' not in self.args:
-            self.args['continue'] = ''
 
         self.count = 0
         self.max_items = max_items
diff --git a/tests/test_page.py b/tests/test_page.py
index 2461c624591efae41f8b2f5f312eaa22470da3b2..add982c0ceca729fb0f6d7bccdd568f4d9a26610 100644
--- a/tests/test_page.py
+++ b/tests/test_page.py
@@ -203,13 +203,13 @@ class TestPageApiArgs(unittest.TestCase):
         args = self.get_last_api_call_args()
 
         assert text == self.page_text
+        print 'args', args
         assert args == {
             'prop': 'revisions',
             'rvdir': 'older',
             'titles': self.page.page_title,
             'rvprop': 'content|timestamp',
-            'rvlimit': '1',
-            'continue': ''
+            'rvlimit': '1'
         }
 
     def test_get_section_text(self):