diff -urN a/fftools/cmdutils.c b/fftools/cmdutils.c
--- a/fftools/cmdutils.c	2018-10-01 10:52:48.866784675 -0600
+++ b/fftools/cmdutils.c	2018-10-01 10:52:55.550799827 -0600
@@ -1179,6 +1179,7 @@
 
 void show_banner(int argc, char **argv, const OptionDef *options)
 {
+    return;
     int idx = locate_option(argc, argv, options, "version");
     if (hide_banner || idx)
         return;