diff --git a/build/unixShortcutSpec.xml b/build/unixShortcutSpec.xml
index 05ba458d5..2f2cb8588 100644
--- a/build/unixShortcutSpec.xml
+++ b/build/unixShortcutSpec.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
               encoding="UTF-8"
               categories="Application;Game;StrategyGame"
               type="Application"
-              commandLine="--splash --windowed"
+              commandLine="--windowed"
               workingDirectory="$INSTALL_PATH"
               categories="Application;Game;StrategyGame"
               description="A turn-based strategy game based on 'Sid Meier's Colonization'."
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
               target="$INSTALL_PATH/freecol"
               encoding="UTF-8"
               type="Application"
-              commandLine="--splash --full-screen"
+              commandLine="--full-screen"
               workingDirectory="$INSTALL_PATH"
               categories="Application;Game;StrategyGame"
               description="FreeCol - full screen"
diff --git a/build/winShortcutSpec.xml b/build/winShortcutSpec.xml
index 542a8e062..78ec782cc 100644
--- a/build/winShortcutSpec.xml
+++ b/build/winShortcutSpec.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     
     <shortcut name="FreeCol"
               target="$INSTALL_PATH\freecol.exe"
-              commandLine="--splash --windowed"
+              commandLine="--windowed"
               workingDirectory="$INSTALL_PATH"
               description="A turn-based strategy game based on 'Sid Meier's Colonization'"
               categories="Application;Game;StrategyGame"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     
     <shortcut name="FreeCol (full screen)"
               target="$INSTALL_PATH\freecol.exe"
-              commandLine="--splash --full-screen"
+              commandLine="--full-screen"
               workingDirectory="$INSTALL_PATH"
               description="FreeCol - full screen"
               categories="Application;Game;StrategyGame"