diff --git a/svg_cleaner.py b/svg_cleaner.py
index 58a20bcb1..bf0057c93 100755
--- a/svg_cleaner.py
+++ b/svg_cleaner.py
@@ -276,9 +276,6 @@ def main():
   parser.add_argument(
       '-r', '--regex', help='Regex to select files, default matches all files.',
       metavar='regex', default=None)
-  parser.add_argument(
-      '-q', '--quiet', dest='v', help='Quiet operation.', default=1,
-      action='store_const', const=0)
   parser.add_argument(
       '-l', '--loglevel', help='log level name/value', default='warning')
   args = parser.parse_args()