diff --git a/usr.bin/grep/grep.c b/usr.bin/grep/grep.c
index 3cb277c..cc710ef 100644
--- a/usr.bin/grep/grep.c
+++ b/usr.bin/grep/grep.c
@@ -682,8 +682,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (dirbehave == DIR_RECURSE)
 		c = grep_tree(aargv);
 	else {
-		if (aargc == 1)
-			hflag = true;
 		for (c = 0; aargc--; ++aargv) {
 			if ((finclude || fexclude) && !file_matching(*aargv))
 				continue;