diff -ru a/fftools/cmdutils.c b/fftools/cmdutils.c
--- a/fftools/cmdutils.c	2019-07-08 11:45:25.000000000 -0600
+++ b/fftools/cmdutils.c	2019-08-08 17:19:36.357374727 -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;