diff --git a/qubes-rpc/qubes.repos.Disable b/qubes-rpc/qubes.repos.Disable
index 0f35c4a..afac982 100755
--- a/qubes-rpc/qubes.repos.Disable
+++ b/qubes-rpc/qubes.repos.Disable
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ base = dnf.Base()
 
 base.read_all_repos()
 
-reponame = sys.stdin.readline()
+reponame = sys.argv[1]
 repo = base.repos[reponame]
 
 # Loosely based on write_raw_configfile() from DNF source code,
diff --git a/qubes-rpc/qubes.repos.Enable b/qubes-rpc/qubes.repos.Enable
index 3ba25bf..62c8a01 100755
--- a/qubes-rpc/qubes.repos.Enable
+++ b/qubes-rpc/qubes.repos.Enable
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ base = dnf.Base()
 
 base.read_all_repos()
 
-reponame = sys.stdin.readline()
+reponame = sys.argv[1]
 repo = base.repos[reponame]
 
 # Loosely based on write_raw_configfile() from DNF source code,