diff --git a/avocado/plugins/runner.py b/avocado/plugins/runner.py
index 502ef4d028bce02a28f0890d0c05549fdd39a337..a229e03a76779f90b438fa53fecc7800ad1ad077 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/runner.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/runner.py
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ class TestRunner(plugin.Plugin):
                                  help=('Unique Job id. Used by a server when job '
                                        'was created at the server and run on a '
                                        'different test machine'))
+
+        self.parser.add_argument('-s', '--silent', action='store_true', default=False,
+                                 help='Silent output, do not display results.')
         super(TestRunner, self).configure(self.parser)
 
     def run(self, args):
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/silentresult.py b/avocado/plugins/silentresult.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d9d47db6c8b9fa00a4639564f39271da6139eec0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/avocado/plugins/silentresult.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-#
-# See LICENSE for more details.
-#
-# Copyright: Red Hat Inc. 2014
-# Author: Ruda Moura <rmoura@redhat.com>
-
-"""
-Silent output module.
-"""
-
-from avocado.plugins import plugin
-
-
-class Silent(plugin.Plugin):
-
-    """
-    Silent output plugin.
-    """
-
-    name = 'silent_output'
-    enabled = True
-
-    def configure(self, parser):
-        self.parser = parser.application.add_argument(
-            '--silent', action='store_true', default=False,
-            help='Silent output, do not display results.')
-        self.configured = True
diff --git a/selftests/all/functional/avocado/basic_tests.py b/selftests/all/functional/avocado/basic_tests.py
index da92ea2f231678232dc98f826973ff5e07d26a3b..c24ab186924bc2e146821e8b57774038f0ddfaa5 100644
--- a/selftests/all/functional/avocado/basic_tests.py
+++ b/selftests/all/functional/avocado/basic_tests.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class RunnerOperationTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_silent_output(self):
         os.chdir(basedir)
-        cmd_line = './scripts/avocado --silent run sleeptest'
+        cmd_line = './scripts/avocado run --silent sleeptest'
         result = process.run(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
         expected_rc = 0
         expected_output = ''