diff --git a/unix/main.c b/unix/main.c
index 1200b7d5d16f030b38c93d8ccd095cc46d22984e..1549054f04624d45dd118734dad3882baa5d47fc 100644
--- a/unix/main.c
+++ b/unix/main.c
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ STATIC char *prompt(char *p) {
 
 STATIC void do_repl(void) {
     printf("Micro Python build " MICROPY_GIT_HASH " on " MICROPY_BUILD_DATE "; UNIX version\n");
-    printf("Type \"help()\" for more information.\n");
 
     for (;;) {
         char *line = prompt(">>> ");
diff --git a/windows/main.c b/windows/main.c
index 575572ae381e408e7b2da3aae2f291b3ed37bcc1..36d98f73d0ee5cf7ad184d1a952de7d46fb75b92 100644
--- a/windows/main.c
+++ b/windows/main.c
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ static char *prompt(char *p) {
 
 static void do_repl(void) {
     printf("Micro Python build " MICROPY_GIT_HASH " on " MICROPY_BUILD_DATE "; Windows version\n");
-    printf("Type \"help()\" for more information.\n");
 
     for (;;) {
         char *line = prompt(">>> ");