diff --git a/executorlib/executor/flux.py b/executorlib/executor/flux.py
index a41f0f47..145ccc73 100644
--- a/executorlib/executor/flux.py
+++ b/executorlib/executor/flux.py
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ def __init__(
         plot_dependency_graph: bool = False,
         plot_dependency_graph_filename: Optional[str] = None,
         log_obj_size: bool = False,
-        terminate_tasks_on_shutdown: bool = True,
     ):
         """
         The executorlib.FluxClusterExecutor leverages either the message passing interface (MPI), the SLURM workload
diff --git a/executorlib/executor/slurm.py b/executorlib/executor/slurm.py
index 6ceac729..bf3e48c7 100644
--- a/executorlib/executor/slurm.py
+++ b/executorlib/executor/slurm.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ def __init__(
         plot_dependency_graph: bool = False,
         plot_dependency_graph_filename: Optional[str] = None,
         log_obj_size: bool = False,
-        terminate_tasks_on_shutdown: bool = True,
     ):
         """
         The executorlib.SlurmClusterExecutor leverages either the message passing interface (MPI), the SLURM workload
@@ -281,7 +280,6 @@ def __init__(
         plot_dependency_graph: bool = False,
         plot_dependency_graph_filename: Optional[str] = None,
         log_obj_size: bool = False,
-        terminate_tasks_on_shutdown: bool = True,
     ):
         """
         The executorlib.SlurmJobExecutor leverages either the message passing interface (MPI), the SLURM workload
diff --git a/tests/test_fluxclusterexecutor.py b/tests/test_fluxclusterexecutor.py
index 3e27d5e1..cfb838aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_fluxclusterexecutor.py
+++ b/tests/test_fluxclusterexecutor.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ def test_executor(self):
             resource_dict={"cores": 2, "cwd": "executorlib_cache"},
             block_allocation=False,
             cache_directory="executorlib_cache",
-            terminate_tasks_on_shutdown=False,
         ) as exe:
             cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
             fs1 = exe.submit(mpi_funct, 1)
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ def test_executor_no_cwd(self):
             resource_dict={"cores": 2},
             block_allocation=False,
             cache_directory="executorlib_cache",
-            terminate_tasks_on_shutdown=True,
         ) as exe:
             cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
             fs1 = exe.submit(mpi_funct, 1)
diff --git a/tests/test_slurmclusterexecutor.py b/tests/test_slurmclusterexecutor.py
index aa4f2c67..41d0f94b 100644
--- a/tests/test_slurmclusterexecutor.py
+++ b/tests/test_slurmclusterexecutor.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def test_executor(self):
             resource_dict={"cores": 2, "cwd": "executorlib_cache", "submission_template": submission_template},
             block_allocation=False,
             cache_directory="executorlib_cache",
-            terminate_tasks_on_shutdown=False,
         ) as exe:
             cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
             fs1 = exe.submit(mpi_funct, 1)
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ def test_executor_no_cwd(self):
             resource_dict={"cores": 2, "submission_template": submission_template},
             block_allocation=False,
             cache_directory="executorlib_cache",
-            terminate_tasks_on_shutdown=True,
         ) as exe:
             cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
             fs1 = exe.submit(mpi_funct, 1)