diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/maxmind.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/maxmind.rb
index ab57f8b28250d83134fa1d9007e7bdfda876293b..5f0912e0d872531d07892d470ba2966d32b31575 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/maxmind.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/maxmind.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
 
     private # ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    def results(query, reverse = false)
+    def results(query)
       # don't look up a loopback address, just return the stored result
       return [reserved_result] if loopback_address?(query)
       begin
-        doc = fetch_data(query, reverse)
+        doc = fetch_data(query)
         if doc && doc.size == 10
           return [doc]
         else