diff --git a/bin/doom b/bin/doom
index 50086ce584b..e8a77f66b1e 100755
--- a/bin/doom
+++ b/bin/doom
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 :; # -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding: t -*-
 :; case "$EMACS" in *term*) EMACS=emacs ;; *) EMACS="${EMACS:-emacs}" ;; esac
-:; emacs="$EMACS -q --no-site-file --no-x-resources --no-splash --batch"
+:; emacs="$EMACS -q --no-site-file --batch"
 :; tmpdir=`$emacs --eval '(princ (temporary-file-directory))' 2>/dev/null`
 :; [ -z "$tmpdir" ] && { >&2 echo "Error: failed to run Emacs with command '$EMACS'"; >&2 echo; >&2 echo "Are you sure Emacs is installed and in your \$PATH?"; exit 1; }
 :; export __DOOMPID="${__DOOMPID:-$$}"
diff --git a/bin/doomscript b/bin/doomscript
index ac283289992..203ed055223 100755
--- a/bin/doomscript
+++ b/bin/doomscript
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ esac
 # directory from `load-path', which would prevent Doom from manually loading the
 # site files later. These are important on some systems or deployment methods
 # (like Snap or NixOS).
-emacs="$EMACS -q --no-site-file --no-x-resources --no-splash --batch"
+emacs="$EMACS -q --no-site-file --batch"
 
 # $TMPDIR (or $TEMP and $TMP on Windows) aren't guaranteed to have values, and
 # mktemp isn't available on all systems, but you know what is? Emacs! So I rely