diff -ruN a/fftools/cmdutils.c b/fftools/cmdutils.c
--- a/fftools/cmdutils.c	2020-06-15 12:54:23.000000000 -0600
+++ b/fftools/cmdutils.c	2020-07-10 09:18:59.703677305 -0600
@@ -1183,6 +1183,7 @@
 
 void show_banner(int argc, char **argv, const OptionDef *options)
 {
+    return;
     int idx = locate_option(argc, argv, options, "version");
     if (hide_banner || idx)
         return;