diff --git a/launchable/commands/subset.py b/launchable/commands/subset.py
index 0e2f9160f..af2aa8ff7 100644
--- a/launchable/commands/subset.py
+++ b/launchable/commands/subset.py
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@
     help='subsetting by confidence from 0% to 100%',
     type=PERCENTAGE,
 )
-@click.option(
-    '--similarity',
-    'similarity',
-    help='subsetting by similarity from 0 to 1.0. Tests scoring above this value are included in the subset.',
-    type=click.FloatRange(min=0, max=1.0),
-)
 @click.option(
     '--goal-spec',
     'goal_spec',
@@ -248,7 +242,6 @@ def subset(
     test_suite: Optional[str] = None,
     is_get_tests_from_guess: bool = False,
     use_case: Optional[str] = None,
-    similarity: Optional[float] = None,
 ):
     app = context.obj
     tracking_client = TrackingClient(Command.SUBSET, app=app)
@@ -517,11 +510,6 @@ def get_payload(
                     "type": "subset-by-goal-spec",
                     "goal": goal_spec
                 }
-            elif similarity is not None:
-                payload["goal"] = {
-                    "type": "subset-by-similarity",
-                    "similarity": similarity
-                }
             else:
                 payload['useServerSideOptimizationTarget'] = True