diff --git a/contrib/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c b/contrib/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
index b978d9e44efab79e39d685d1ebcd2a61205d3d66..53f600f593d98d2d9dc4bbdacd77a88938feede5 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ handle_args(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (argc > 1)
 	{
-		if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0 ||
-			strcmp(argv[1], "-?") == 0)
+		if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-?") == 0)
 		{
 			printf("Usage: %s [-f FILENAME] [-s SECS-PER-TEST]\n", progname);
 			exit(0);
diff --git a/contrib/pg_test_timing/pg_test_timing.c b/contrib/pg_test_timing/pg_test_timing.c
index 0bf9127e105a8cd53cfcd86cb466205893faae67..e44c535d09305cca568f28e3802ffcfcb73a08e4 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_test_timing/pg_test_timing.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_test_timing/pg_test_timing.c
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ handle_args(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (argc > 1)
 	{
-		if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0 ||
-			strcmp(argv[1], "-?") == 0)
+		if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-?") == 0)
 		{
 			printf("Usage: %s [-d DURATION]\n", progname);
 			exit(0);
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
index 9045e00a1dba8468b6ade31967e4a71d9739d660..9e909ae77d18816a296f0abe3e05af6ce3aa7325 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
@@ -2002,13 +2002,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* support --help and --version even if invoked as root */
 	if (argc > 1)
 	{
-		if (strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0 ||
-			strcmp(argv[1], "-?") == 0)
+		if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-?") == 0)
 		{
 			do_help();
 			exit(0);
 		}
-		else if (strcmp(argv[1], "-V") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0)
+		else if (strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-V") == 0)
 		{
 			puts("pg_ctl (PostgreSQL) " PG_VERSION);
 			exit(0);
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c
index 1c9f7a568a1574dd9318015bf9fc02b7b2a0012e..b2264c91fac95611ad1faef7e93fd91f078c2ee2 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ parse_psql_options(int argc, char *argv[], struct adhoc_opts * options)
 				break;
 			case '?':
 				/* Actual help option given */
-				if (strcmp(argv[optind - 1], "-?") == 0 || strcmp(argv[optind - 1], "--help") == 0)
+				if (strcmp(argv[optind - 1], "--help") == 0 || strcmp(argv[optind - 1], "-?") == 0)
 				{
 					usage();
 					exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);