diff --git a/bin/mocha b/bin/mocha
index 123929e8f1..031ef56bff 100755
--- a/bin/mocha
+++ b/bin/mocha
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
 var spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
   path = require('path'),
   fs = require('fs'),
-  args = [path.join(__dirname, '_mocha')],
-  getOptions = require('./options');
-
-// load mocha.opts into process.argv
-
-getOptions();
+  args = [path.join(__dirname, '_mocha')];
 
 process.argv.slice(2).forEach(function(arg){
   var flag = arg.split('=')[0];
diff --git a/test/integration/regression.js b/test/integration/regression.js
index 564e922110..5e2d863a64 100644
--- a/test/integration/regression.js
+++ b/test/integration/regression.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 var assert = require('assert');
+var fs     = require('fs');
+var path   = require('path');
 var run    = require('./helpers').runMocha;
 
 describe('regressions', function() {
@@ -21,4 +23,11 @@ describe('regressions', function() {
       done();
     });
   });
+
+  it('should not duplicate mocha.opts args in process.argv', function() {
+    var processArgv = process.argv.join('');
+    var mochaOpts = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'mocha.opts'), 'utf-8').split(/[\s]+/).join('');
+    assert.notEqual(processArgv.indexOf(mochaOpts), -1, 'process.argv missing mocha.opts');
+    assert.equal(processArgv.indexOf(mochaOpts), processArgv.lastIndexOf(mochaOpts), 'process.argv contains duplicated mocha.opts');
+  });
 });