diff --git a/nglview/widget.py b/nglview/widget.py
index a025f80e..004f0a5f 100644
--- a/nglview/widget.py
+++ b/nglview/widget.py
@@ -191,9 +191,8 @@ def __init__(self,
                  parameters=None,
                  gui=False,
                  theme='default',
-                 default=True,
-                 **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+                 default=True):
+        super().__init__()
 
         self._gui = None
         self._init_gui = gui