diff --git a/compiler/commands.nim b/compiler/commands.nim
index abee4e9b21973..583d2bb9e77e5 100644
--- a/compiler/commands.nim
+++ b/compiler/commands.nim
@@ -102,10 +102,8 @@ proc writeVersionInfo(conf: ConfigRef; pass: TCmdLinePass) =
                {msgStdout})
     msgQuit(0)
 
-proc writeCommandLineUsage*(conf: ConfigRef; helpWritten: var bool) =
-  if not helpWritten:
-    msgWriteln(conf, getCommandLineDesc(conf), {msgStdout})
-    helpWritten = true
+proc writeCommandLineUsage*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  msgWriteln(conf, getCommandLineDesc(conf), {msgStdout})
 
 proc addPrefix(switch: string): string =
   if len(switch) == 1: result = "-" & switch
diff --git a/compiler/nim.nim b/compiler/nim.nim
index 5ca6507898bbd..982d0c7e5703e 100644
--- a/compiler/nim.nim
+++ b/compiler/nim.nim
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ proc handleCmdLine(cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef) =
   )
   self.initDefinesProg(conf, "nim_compiler")
   if paramCount() == 0:
-    writeCommandLineUsage(conf, conf.helpWritten)
+    writeCommandLineUsage(conf)
     return
 
   self.processCmdLineAndProjectPath(conf)
diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index 037febc284c39..f3594ca11351e 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ type
     features*: set[Feature]
     arguments*: string ## the arguments to be passed to the program that
                        ## should be run
-    helpWritten*: bool
     ideCmd*: IdeCmd
     oldNewlines*: bool
     cCompiler*: TSystemCC