diff -urN a/fftools/cmdutils.c b/fftools/cmdutils.c
--- a/fftools/cmdutils.c	2019-12-02 08:48:02.860360597 -0700
+++ b/fftools/cmdutils.c	2019-12-02 08:51:04.603975015 -0700
@@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@
 
 void show_banner(int argc, char **argv, const OptionDef *options)
 {
+    return;
     int idx = locate_option(argc, argv, options, "version");
     if (hide_banner || idx)
         return;