diff --git a/command/refresh.go b/command/refresh.go
index 1a531f1d9..4ab3932f4 100644
--- a/command/refresh.go
+++ b/command/refresh.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type RefreshCommand struct {
 func (c *RefreshCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	args = c.Meta.process(args)
 	cmdFlags := c.Meta.extendedFlagSet("refresh")
-	cmdFlags.StringVar(&c.Meta.statePath, "state", DefaultStateFilename, "path")
+	cmdFlags.StringVar(&c.Meta.statePath, "state", "", "path")
 	cmdFlags.IntVar(&c.Meta.parallelism, "parallelism", DefaultParallelism, "parallelism")
 	cmdFlags.StringVar(&c.Meta.stateOutPath, "state-out", "", "path")
 	cmdFlags.StringVar(&c.Meta.backupPath, "backup", "", "path")