diff --git a/src/mute-console/mute-console.c b/src/mute-console/mute-console.c
index 7f0b211d3f..4a44498777 100644
--- a/src/mute-console/mute-console.c
+++ b/src/mute-console/mute-console.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         assert(argc >= 0);
         assert(argv);
 
-        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hq", options, NULL)) >= 0) {
+        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h", options, NULL)) >= 0) {
 
                 switch (c) {