diff --git a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
index 33dde9801b..c0669c0fc4 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> Command {
             Arg::new("plain")
                 .overrides_with("plain")
                 .overrides_with("number")
-                .overrides_with("paging")
                 .short('p')
                 .long("plain")
                 .action(ArgAction::Count)
@@ -306,7 +305,6 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> Command {
                 .long("paging")
                 .overrides_with("paging")
                 .overrides_with("no-paging")
-                .overrides_with("plain")
                 .value_name("when")
                 .value_parser(["auto", "never", "always"])
                 .default_value("auto")