1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/archival/ar.c b/archival/ar.c
index de5bc9b84..983b5ae2c 100644
--- a/archival/ar.c
+++ b/archival/ar.c
@@ -68,16 +68,9 @@ extern int ar_main(int argc, char **argv)
         archive_handle = init_handle();
         
         /* Prepend '-' to the first argument if required */
-        if (argv[1][0] != '-')
-                argv[1] = bb_xasprintf("-%s", argv[1]);
-
-        bb_opt_complementally = "?p~tx:t~px:x~pt";
+        bb_opt_complementally = "--:p:t:x:-1:?:p--tx:t--px:x--pt";
         opt = bb_getopt_ulflags(argc, argv, "ptxovcr");
 
-        if ((opt == 0) || (optind == argc)) {
-                bb_show_usage();
-        }
-
         if (opt & AR_CTX_PRINT) {
                 archive_handle->action_data = data_extract_to_stdout;
         }