diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.c b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.c
index 48c26601..0de50457 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.31 2020/03/30 12:52:58 martijn Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.32 2020/05/27 22:25:09 schwarze Exp $	*/
 /*	$NetBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.15 2002/01/31 22:43:40 tv Exp $	*/
 
 /*
@@ -418,15 +418,7 @@ start:
 	}
 
 	if ((optchar = (int)*place++) == (int)':' ||
-	    (optchar == (int)'-' && *place != '\0') ||
 	    (oli = strchr(options, optchar)) == NULL) {
-		/*
-		 * If the user specified "-" and  '-' isn't listed in
-		 * options, return -1 (non-option) as per POSIX.
-		 * Otherwise, it is an unknown option character (or ':').
-		 */
-		if (optchar == (int)'-' && *place == '\0')
-			return (-1);
 		if (!*place)
 			++optind;
 		if (PRINT_ERROR)