diff --git a/metaflow/cli.py b/metaflow/cli.py
index 8f9d66856ac..2ca9e525ce5 100644
--- a/metaflow/cli.py
+++ b/metaflow/cli.py
@@ -504,13 +504,14 @@ def step(
     default=None,
     help="Tags for this instance of the step.",
 )
-@click.option(
-    "--aws-tags",
-    multiple=True,
-    default=None,
-    help="AWS tags.")
+# @click.option(
+#     "--aws-tags",
+#     multiple=True,
+#     default=None,
+#     help="AWS tags.")
 @click.pass_obj
-def init(obj, run_id=None, task_id=None, tags=None, aws_tags=None, **kwargs):
+# def init(obj, run_id=None, task_id=None, tags=None, aws_tags=None, **kwargs):
+def init(obj, run_id=None, task_id=None, tags=None, **kwargs):
     # init is a separate command instead of an option in 'step'
     # since we need to capture user-specified parameters with
     # @add_custom_parameters. Adding custom parameters to 'step'
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@ def init(obj, run_id=None, task_id=None, tags=None, aws_tags=None, **kwargs):
     # variables.
 
     obj.metadata.add_sticky_tags(tags=tags)
-    obj.metadata.add_sticky_tags(tags=aws_tags)
+    # obj.metadata.add_sticky_tags(tags=aws_tags)
 
     runtime = NativeRuntime(
         obj.flow,
diff --git a/metaflow/plugins/aws/step_functions/step_functions.py b/metaflow/plugins/aws/step_functions/step_functions.py
index 966d3c393a7..28bc3c2b415 100644
--- a/metaflow/plugins/aws/step_functions/step_functions.py
+++ b/metaflow/plugins/aws/step_functions/step_functions.py
@@ -936,8 +936,8 @@ def _step_cli(self, node, paths, code_package_url, user_code_retries):
             # Assign tags to run objects.
             if self.tags:
                 params.extend("--tag %s" % tag for tag in self.tags)
-            if self.aws_tags:
-                params.extend("--aws-tags %s" % aws_tag for aws_tag in self.aws_tags)
+            # if self.aws_tags:
+            #     params.extend("--aws-tags %s" % aws_tag for aws_tag in self.aws_tags)
 
             # If the start step gets retried, we must be careful not to
             # regenerate multiple parameters tasks. Hence, we check first if