diff --git a/scripts/gdal_helper.py b/scripts/gdal_helper.py
index bad5eb99d..97a4c85a0 100644
--- a/scripts/gdal_helper.py
+++ b/scripts/gdal_helper.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from aws_helper import get_bucket_name_from_path, get_credentials, is_s3
 from linz_logger import get_log
@@ -30,13 +30,17 @@ def command_to_string(command: List[str]) -> str:
     return " ".join(command)
 
 
-def run_gdal(command: List[str], input_file: str = "", output_file: str = "") -> "subprocess.CompletedProcess[bytes]":
+def run_gdal(
+    command: List[str],
+    input_file: Optional[str] = None,
+    output_file: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> "subprocess.CompletedProcess[bytes]":
     """Run the GDAL command. The permissions to access to the input file are applied to the gdal environment.
 
     Args:
         command (List[str]): each arguments of the GDAL command.
-        input_file (str, optional): the input file path. Defaults to "".
-        output_file (str, optional): the output file path. Defaults to "".
+        input_file (str, optional): the input file path.
+        output_file (str, optional): the output file path.
 
     Raises:
         cpe: CalledProcessError is raised if something goes wrong during the execution of the command.
diff --git a/scripts/standardising.py b/scripts/standardising.py
index 2f33c3cc7..ad5e7d522 100644
--- a/scripts/standardising.py
+++ b/scripts/standardising.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 
-from aws_helper import get_bucket, parse_path
+from aws_helper import parse_path
 from file_helper import get_file_name_from_path
 from format_source import format_source
 from gdal_helper import run_gdal
@@ -10,17 +10,11 @@
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument("--source", dest="source", nargs="+", required=True)
-parser.add_argument("--destination", dest="destination", required=True)
 arguments = parser.parse_args()
-source = arguments.source
-destination = arguments.destination
 
-source = format_source(source)
+source = format_source(arguments.source)
 
-get_log().info("standardising", source=source, destination=destination)
-dst_bucket_name, dst_path = parse_path(destination)
-get_log().debug("destination", bucket=dst_bucket_name, file_path=dst_path)
-dst_bucket = get_bucket(dst_bucket_name)
+get_log().info("standardising", source=source)
 gdal_env = os.environ.copy()
 
 for file in source:
@@ -69,8 +63,3 @@
             "sparse_ok=true",
         ]
         run_gdal(command, input_file=file, output_file=tmp_file_path)
-
-        # Upload the standardized file to destination
-        dst_file_path = os.path.join(dst_path, standardized_file_name).strip("/")
-        get_log().debug("upload_file", path=dst_file_path)
-        dst_bucket.upload_file(tmp_file_path, dst_file_path)