diff --git a/src/main-process/parse-command-line.js b/src/main-process/parse-command-line.js
index f35d151a9..90963a1c4 100644
--- a/src/main-process/parse-command-line.js
+++ b/src/main-process/parse-command-line.js
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ module.exports = function parseCommandLine(processArgs) {
       'timeout',
       'When in test mode, waits until the specified time (in minutes) and kills the process (exit code: 130).'
     );
-  options
-    .alias('v', 'version')
-    .boolean('v')
-    .describe('v', 'Print the version information.');
   options
     .alias('w', 'wait')
     .boolean('w')
@@ -152,16 +148,6 @@ module.exports = function parseCommandLine(processArgs) {
     process.exit(0);
   }
 
-  if (args.version) {
-    process.stdout.write(
-      `Atom    : ${app.getVersion()}\n` +
-        `Electron: ${process.versions.electron}\n` +
-        `Chrome  : ${process.versions.chrome}\n` +
-        `Node    : ${process.versions.node}\n`
-    );
-    process.exit(0);
-  }
-
   const addToLastWindow = args['add'];
   const safeMode = args['safe'];
   const benchmark = args['benchmark'];