--- /dev/null
+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;