diff --git a/lightningd/params.c b/lightningd/params.c
index 483fdbfa3..6148b6dd0 100644
--- a/lightningd/params.c
+++ b/lightningd/params.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <lightningd/params.h>
 
 struct param {
-	const tal_t *ctx;
 	const char *name;
 	bool is_set;
 	param_cb cb;
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ struct param {
 
 static void param_add(struct param **params,
 		      const char *name, param_cb cb, void *arg,
-		      const tal_t *ctx, size_t argsize)
+		      size_t argsize)
 {
 #if DEVELOPER
 	assert(name);
@@ -30,14 +29,13 @@ static void param_add(struct param **params,
 	tal_resize(params, tal_count(*params) + 1);
 	last = &(*params)[tal_count(*params) - 1];
 
-	last->ctx = ctx;
 	last->is_set = false;
 	last->name = name;
 	last->cb = cb;
 	last->arg = arg;
 	last->argsize = argsize;
-	/* Non-NULL means we are supposed to allocate iff found */
-	if (last->ctx)
+	/* Non-0 means we are supposed to allocate iff found */
+	if (last->argsize != 0)
 		*(void **)last->arg = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ static bool make_callback(struct command *cmd,
 	if (def->argsize && def->cb != (param_cb)json_tok_tok) {
 		*(void **)def->arg
 			= arg
-			= tal_alloc_(def->ctx, def->argsize, false, false,
+			= tal_alloc_(cmd, def->argsize, false, false,
 				     "param");
 	} else
 		arg = def->arg;
@@ -290,7 +288,7 @@ static bool param_parse_arr(struct command *cmd,
 bool param_parse(struct command *cmd, const char *buffer,
 		 const jsmntok_t tokens[], ...)
 {
-	struct param *params = tal_arr(tmpctx, struct param, 0);
+	struct param *params = tal_arr(cmd, struct param, 0);
 	const char *name;
 	va_list ap;
 
@@ -298,9 +296,8 @@ bool param_parse(struct command *cmd, const char *buffer,
 	while ((name = va_arg(ap, const char *)) != NULL) {
 		param_cb cb = va_arg(ap, param_cb);
 		void *arg = va_arg(ap, void *);
-		const tal_t *ctx = va_arg(ap, const tal_t *);
 		size_t argsize = va_arg(ap, size_t);
-		param_add(&params, name, cb, arg, ctx, argsize);
+		param_add(&params, name, cb, arg, argsize);
 	}
 	va_end(ap);
 
diff --git a/lightningd/params.h b/lightningd/params.h
index 9312018f5..056c7da78 100644
--- a/lightningd/params.h
+++ b/lightningd/params.h
@@ -65,27 +65,27 @@ typedef bool(*param_cb)(const char *buffer, const jsmntok_t *tok, void *arg);
 				      (cb), (arg),			\
 				      const char *,			\
 				      const jsmntok_t *),		\
-		  (arg), NULL, 0
+		  (arg), 0
 /*
  * Same as above but for optional parameters.
  */
-#define param_opt(ctx, name, cb, arg)				\
+#define param_opt(name, cb, arg)				\
 		  name"",					\
 		  typesafe_cb_preargs(bool, void *,		\
 				      (cb), *(arg),		\
 				      const char *,		\
 				      const jsmntok_t *),	\
-		  (arg), (ctx), sizeof(**arg)
+		  (arg), sizeof(**arg)
 
 /*
  * For when you want an optional raw token.
  *
  * Note: weird sizeof() does type check that arg really is a (const) jsmntok_t **.
  */
-#define param_opt_tok(ctx, name, arg)					\
+#define param_opt_tok(name, arg)					\
 		      name"",						\
 		      json_tok_tok,					\
 		      (arg) + 0*sizeof(*(arg) == (jsmntok_t *)NULL),	\
-		      (ctx), sizeof(const jsmntok_t *)
+		      sizeof(const jsmntok_t *)
 
 #endif /* LIGHTNING_LIGHTNINGD_PARAMS_H */
diff --git a/lightningd/test/run-params.c b/lightningd/test/run-params.c
index ce82cfe8a..2180a64ea 100644
--- a/lightningd/test/run-params.c
+++ b/lightningd/test/run-params.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static void tok_tok(void)
 
 		struct json *j = json_parse(cmd, "{}");
 		assert(param_parse(cmd, j->buffer, j->toks,
-				   param_opt_tok(cmd, "satoshi", &tok), NULL));
+				   param_opt_tok("satoshi", &tok), NULL));
 
 		/* make sure it *is* NULL */
 		assert(tok == NULL);
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ static void null_params(void)
 			   param_req("1", json_tok_u64, &ints[1]),
 			   param_req("2", json_tok_u64, &ints[2]),
 			   param_req("3", json_tok_u64, &ints[3]),
-			   param_opt(tmpctx, "4", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[0]),
-			   param_opt(tmpctx, "5", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[1]),
-			   param_opt(tmpctx, "6", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[2]),
+			   param_opt("4", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[0]),
+			   param_opt("5", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[1]),
+			   param_opt("6", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[2]),
 			   NULL));
 	for (int i = 0; i < tal_count(ints); ++i)
 		assert(ints[i] == i + 10);
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ static void null_params(void)
 			   param_req("1", json_tok_u64, &ints[1]),
 			   param_req("2", json_tok_u64, &ints[2]),
 			   param_req("3", json_tok_u64, &ints[3]),
-			   param_opt(tmpctx, "4", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[0]),
-			   param_opt(tmpctx, "5", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[1]),
-			   param_opt(tmpctx, "6", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[2]),
+			   param_opt("4", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[0]),
+			   param_opt("5", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[1]),
+			   param_opt("6", json_tok_u64, &intptrs[2]),
 			   NULL));
 	assert(*intptrs[0] == 14);
 	assert(intptrs[1] == NULL);
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void bad_programmer(void)
 		param_parse(cmd, j->buffer, j->toks,
 			    param_req("u64", json_tok_u64, &ival),
 			    param_req("double", json_tok_double, &dval),
-			    param_opt(tmpctx, "msatoshi",
+			    param_opt("msatoshi",
 				      json_tok_number, &msatoshi),
 			    param_req("riskfactor", json_tok_double,
 				      &riskfactor), NULL);
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static void add_members(struct param **params,
 					      &ints[i],
 					      const char *,
 					      const jsmntok_t *),
-			  &ints[i], NULL, 0);
+			  &ints[i], 0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@ static void sendpay(void)
 	if (!param_parse(cmd, j->buffer, j->toks,
 			 param_req("route", json_tok_tok, &routetok),
 			 param_req("cltv", json_tok_number, &cltv),
-			 param_opt_tok(tmpctx, "note", &note),
-			 param_opt(tmpctx, "msatoshi", json_tok_u64, &msatoshi),
+			 param_opt_tok("note", &note),
+			 param_opt("msatoshi", json_tok_u64, &msatoshi),
 			 NULL))
 		assert(false);