diff --git i/dmd-script w/dmd-script
--- i/dmd-script
+++ w/dmd-script
@@ -327,9 +327,6 @@ sub browse($) {
     exit 0;
 }
 
-# Load dmd.conf before before parsing arguments.
-readINI();
-
 # $DFLAGS should go before a -run switch, or at the end of ARGV
 my @extra_dflags = split(/\s+/, $ENV{DFLAGS} || "");
 my $extra_dflags_used = 0;