diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/CmdLineOptionHandler.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/CmdLineOptionHandler.java
index dfe36cfb77fd..de407337f12f 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/CmdLineOptionHandler.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/CmdLineOptionHandler.java
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ boolean consume(ArgumentQueue args) {
     private boolean consume(ArgumentQueue args, String headArg) {
         switch (headArg) {
             case "--help":
-                args.poll();
-                singleArgumentCheck(args, headArg);
                 nativeImage.showMessage(HELP_TEXT);
                 nativeImage.showNewline();
                 nativeImage.apiOptionHandler.printOptions(nativeImage::showMessage, false);
@@ -85,14 +83,10 @@ private boolean consume(ArgumentQueue args, String headArg) {
                 System.exit(ExitStatus.OK.getValue());
                 return true;
             case "--version":
-                args.poll();
-                singleArgumentCheck(args, headArg);
                 printVersion();
                 System.exit(ExitStatus.OK.getValue());
                 return true;
             case "--help-extra":
-                args.poll();
-                singleArgumentCheck(args, headArg);
                 nativeImage.showMessage(HELP_EXTRA_TEXT);
                 nativeImage.apiOptionHandler.printOptions(nativeImage::showMessage, true);
                 nativeImage.showNewline();
@@ -235,12 +229,6 @@ private void printVersion() {
         nativeImage.showMessage("%s%s (%sbuild %s, %s)", javaVMName, vendorVersion, jdkDebugLevel, javaVMVersion, javaVMInfo);
     }
 
-    private static void singleArgumentCheck(ArgumentQueue args, String arg) {
-        if (!args.isEmpty()) {
-            NativeImage.showError("Option " + arg + " cannot be combined with other options.");
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     void addFallbackBuildArgs(List<String> buildArgs) {
         if (nativeImage.isVerbose()) {