diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index f32bfe42..a2b70326 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -934,8 +934,8 @@ function _add_markershape(plotattributes::AKW)
 end
 
 "Handle all preprocessing of args... break out colors/sizes/etc and replace aliases."
-function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW, replace_aliases = true)
-    replace_aliases && replaceAliases!(plotattributes, _keyAliases)
+function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
+    replaceAliases!(plotattributes, _keyAliases)
 
     # clear all axis stuff
     # if haskey(plotattributes, :axis) && plotattributes[:axis] in (:none, nothing, false)
diff --git a/src/pipeline.jl b/src/pipeline.jl
index 5b4d9bf5..ef846dd1 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.jl
+++ b/src/pipeline.jl
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function _process_userrecipe(plt::Plot, kw_list::Vector{KW}, recipedata::RecipeD
     # when the arg tuple is empty, that means there's nothing left to recursively
     # process... finish up and add to the kw_list
     kw = recipedata.plotattributes
-    preprocessArgs!(kw, false)
+    preprocessArgs!(kw)
     _preprocess_userrecipe(kw)
     warnOnUnsupported_scales(plt.backend, kw)
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function _process_plotrecipe(plt::Plot, kw::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW}, still_to_p
         datalist = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(kw, Val{st}, plt)
         warn_on_recipe_aliases!(datalist, :plot, st)
         for data in datalist
-            preprocessArgs!(data.plotattributes, false)
+            preprocessArgs!(data.plotattributes)
             if data.plotattributes[:seriestype] == st
                 error("Plot recipe $st returned the same seriestype: $(data.plotattributes)")
             end
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ function _process_seriesrecipe(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW)
         # assuming there was no error, recursively apply the series recipes
         for data in datalist
             if isa(data, RecipeData)
-                preprocessArgs!(data.plotattributes, false)
+                preprocessArgs!(data.plotattributes)
                 if data.plotattributes[:seriestype] == st
                     error("The seriestype didn't change in series recipe $st.  This will cause a StackOverflow.")
                 end