diff --git a/doc/tools/cardos-tool.1.xml b/doc/tools/cardos-tool.1.xml
index d3ed342b..4846fb3b 100644
--- a/doc/tools/cardos-tool.1.xml
+++ b/doc/tools/cardos-tool.1.xml
@@ -33,19 +33,6 @@ smart cards and similar security tokens based on Siemens Card/OS M4.
 		<title>Options</title>
 		<para>
 			<variablelist>
-				<varlistentry>
-					<term>
-						<option>--card-driver</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable>,
-						<option>-c</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable>
-					</term>
-					<listitem><para>
-						Use the given card driver.
-						The default is to auto-detect the correct card driver.
-						The literal value <literal>?</literal> lists
-						all available card drivers and terminates
-						<command>cardos-tool</command>.
-					</para></listitem>
-				</varlistentry>
 				<varlistentry>
 					<term>
 						<option>--format</option>,
diff --git a/src/tools/cardos-tool.c b/src/tools/cardos-tool.c
index d748846d..fcf275d9 100644
--- a/src/tools/cardos-tool.c
+++ b/src/tools/cardos-tool.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "libopensc/opensc.h"
+#include "libopensc/cards.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 static const char *app_name = "cardos-tool";
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	{"startkey",	1, NULL, 's'},
 	{"change-startkey",	1, NULL, 'S'},
 	{"reader",	1, NULL, 'r'},
-	{"card-driver", 1, NULL, 'c'},
 	{"wait",	0, NULL, 'w'},
 	{"verbose",	0, NULL, 'v'},
 	{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static const char *option_help[] = {
 	"Specify startkey for format",
 	"Change Startkey with given APDU command",
 	"Uses reader number <arg> [0]",
-	"Forces the use of driver <arg> [auto-detect; '?' for list]",
 	"Wait for a card to be inserted",
 	"Verbose operation. Use several times to enable debug output.",
 };
@@ -1034,22 +1033,16 @@ static int cardos_change_startkey(const char *change_startkey_apdu)   {
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int err = 0, r, c, long_optind = 0;
+	int err = 0, r, c;
 	int do_info = 0;
 	int do_format = 0;
 	int do_change_startkey = 0;
-	int do_list_card_drivers = 0;
 	int action_count = 0;
-	const char *opt_driver = NULL;
 	const char *opt_startkey = NULL;
 	const char *opt_change_startkey = NULL;
 	sc_context_param_t ctx_param;
 
-	while (1) {
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hifs:r:vdc:wS:", options,
-				&long_optind);
-		if (c == -1)
-			break;
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hifs:r:vdwS:", options, (int *) 0)) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'h':
 			printf("NB! This tool is only for Siemens CardOS based cards!\n\n");
@@ -1076,19 +1069,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'v':
 			verbose++;
 			break;
-		case 'c':
-			opt_driver = optarg;
-
-			/* special card driver value "?" means: list available drivers */
-			if (opt_driver != NULL && strncmp("?", opt_driver, sizeof("?")) == 0) {
-				opt_driver = NULL;
-				do_list_card_drivers = 1;
-				action_count++;
-			}
-			break;
 		case 'w':
 			opt_wait = 1;
 			break;
+		default:
+			util_print_usage_and_die(app_name, options, option_help, NULL);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1103,25 +1088,25 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (do_list_card_drivers) {
-		err = util_list_card_drivers(ctx);
+	/* force CardOS card driver */
+	err = sc_set_card_driver(ctx, "cardos");
+	if (err) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "CardOS card driver not found!\n");
+		err = 1;
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	if (opt_driver != NULL) {
-		err = sc_set_card_driver(ctx, opt_driver);
-		if (err) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Driver '%s' not found!\n",
-				opt_driver);
-			err = 1;
-			goto end;
-		}
-	}
-
 	err = util_connect_card(ctx, &card, opt_reader, opt_wait, verbose);
 	if (err)
 		goto end;
 
+	/* fail if card is not a CardOS card */
+	if (card->type < SC_CARD_TYPE_CARDOS_BASE || card->type >= SC_CARD_TYPE_CARDOS_BASE+1000) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Card type %X: not a CardOS card\n", card->type);
+		err = 1;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	if (do_info) {
 		if ((err = cardos_info())) {
 			goto end;