diff --git a/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/appendLinesAlongPolyline.cpp b/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/appendLinesAlongPolyline.cpp
index 0774cc64529f8bb40bdf529dbfdf6d15257b5797..1b6625b70fed37ca7b93144392a9cacd9fdfa33f 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/appendLinesAlongPolyline.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/appendLinesAlongPolyline.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         "the name of the geometry file");
     cmd.add(geoFileArg);
 
-    TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> gmsh_path_arg("g", "gmsh-path",
+    TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> gmsh_path_arg("", "gmsh-path",
                                                "the path to the gmsh binary",
                                                false, "", "path as string");
     cmd.add(gmsh_path_arg);
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/MeshGeoTools/computeSurfaceNodeIDsInPolygonalRegion.cpp b/Applications/Utils/MeshGeoTools/computeSurfaceNodeIDsInPolygonalRegion.cpp
index b628eceb948208b963ac90e86dcf2e7a9b14fdd1..355c00e3269973ce4554dadae6a2c24898bd2e25 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/MeshGeoTools/computeSurfaceNodeIDsInPolygonalRegion.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/MeshGeoTools/computeSurfaceNodeIDsInPolygonalRegion.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         true, "", "file name of input geometry");
     cmd.add(geo_in);
 
-    TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> gmsh_path_arg("g", "gmsh-path",
+    TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> gmsh_path_arg("", "gmsh-path",
                                                "the path to the gmsh binary",
                                                false, "", "path as string");
     cmd.add(gmsh_path_arg);