diff --git a/basis/bootstrap/finish-bootstrap.factor b/basis/bootstrap/finish-bootstrap.factor
index 70ccaedad4..387903d1e9 100644
--- a/basis/bootstrap/finish-bootstrap.factor
+++ b/basis/bootstrap/finish-bootstrap.factor
@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@ namespaces eval kernel vocabs.loader io ;
         (command-line) parse-command-line
         load-vocab-roots
         run-user-init
-        "e" get [ eval( -- ) ] when*
-        ignore-cli-args? not script get and
-        [ run-script ] [ "run" get run ] if*
+
+        "e" get script get or [
+            "e" get [ eval( -- ) ] when*
+            script get [ run-script ] when*
+        ] [
+            "run" get run
+        ] if
+
         output-stream get [ stream-flush ] when*
         0 exit
     ] [ print-error 1 exit ] recover
diff --git a/basis/command-line/command-line-docs.factor b/basis/command-line/command-line-docs.factor
index 697f95b14f..11ee46c227 100644
--- a/basis/command-line/command-line-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/command-line/command-line-docs.factor
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ HELP: main-vocab
 HELP: default-cli-args
 { $description "Sets global variables corresponding to default command line arguments." } ;
 
-HELP: ignore-cli-args?
-{ $values { "?" "a boolean" } }
-{ $description "On Mac OS X, source files to run are supplied by the Cocoa API, so to avoid running them twice the startup code has to call this word." } ;
-
 ARTICLE: "runtime-cli-args" "Command line switches for the VM"
 "A handful of command line switches are processed by the VM and not the library. They control low-level features."
 { $table
diff --git a/basis/command-line/command-line.factor b/basis/command-line/command-line.factor
index 939fb82f00..643afef669 100644
--- a/basis/command-line/command-line.factor
+++ b/basis/command-line/command-line.factor
@@ -67,7 +67,4 @@ SYMBOL: main-vocab-hook
         main-vocab "run" set
     ] bind ;
 
-: ignore-cli-args? ( -- ? )
-    os macosx? "run" get "ui" = and ;
-
 [ default-cli-args ] "command-line" add-startup-hook