diff --git a/ecs/cmd/main/main.go b/ecs/cmd/main/main.go
index 70468704..85802552 100644
--- a/ecs/cmd/main/main.go
+++ b/ecs/cmd/main/main.go
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ func UpCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOptions)
 }
 
 type downOptions struct {
-	KeepLoadBalancer bool
-	DeleteCluster    bool
+	DeleteCluster bool
 }
 
 func DownCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOptions) *cobra.Command {
@@ -149,11 +148,11 @@ func DownCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOption
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				return client.ComposeDown(&project.Name, opts.KeepLoadBalancer, opts.DeleteCluster)
+				return client.ComposeDown(project.Name, opts.DeleteCluster)
 			}
 			// project names passed as parameters
 			for _, name := range args {
-				err := client.ComposeDown(&name, opts.KeepLoadBalancer, opts.DeleteCluster)
+				err := client.ComposeDown(name, opts.DeleteCluster)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@ func DownCommand(clusteropts *clusterOptions, projectOpts *compose.ProjectOption
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.KeepLoadBalancer, "keep-load-balancer", false, "Keep Load Balancer for further use")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.DeleteCluster, "delete-cluster", false, "Delete cluster")
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go b/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go
index 18557231..5c52e928 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go
+++ b/ecs/pkg/amazon/down.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-func (c *client) ComposeDown(projectName *string, keepLoadBalancer, deleteCluster bool) error {
+func (c *client) ComposeDown(projectName string, deleteCluster bool) error {
 	err := c.api.DeleteStack(projectName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go b/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go
index b3075082..d2e2b1a2 100644
--- a/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go
+++ b/ecs/pkg/compose/api.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package compose
 import "github.com/awslabs/goformation/v4/cloudformation"
 
 type API interface {
-	Convert(project *Project, loadBalancerArn *string) (*cloudformation.Template, error)
-	ComposeUp(project *Project, loadBalancerArn *string) error
-	ComposeDown(projectName *string, keepLoadBalancer, deleteCluster bool) error
+	Convert(project *Project) (*cloudformation.Template, error)
+	ComposeUp(project *Project) error
+	ComposeDown(projectName string, deleteCluster bool) error
 }