diff --git a/mercurial/fancyopts.py b/mercurial/fancyopts.py
--- a/mercurial/fancyopts.py
+++ b/mercurial/fancyopts.py
@@ -6,48 +6,25 @@ def fancyopts(args, options, state, synt
     map={}
     dt={}
 
-    def help(state, opt, arg, options=options, syntax=syntax):
-        print "Usage: ", syntax
-
-        for s, l, d, c in options:
-            opt=' '
-            if s: opt = opt + '-' + s + ' '
-            if l: opt = opt + '--' + l + ' '
-            if d: opt = opt + '(' + str(d) + ')'
-            print opt
-            if c: print '   %s' % c
-        sys.exit(0)
-
-    if len(args) < minlen:
-        help(state, None, args)
-
-    options=[('h', 'help', help, 'Show usage info')] + options
-    
     for s, l, d, c in options:
         map['-'+s] = map['--'+l]=l
         state[l] = d
         dt[l] = type(d)
-        if not d is None and not type(d) is type(help): s, l=s+':', l+'='      
+        if not d is None and not callable(d): s, l=s+':', l+'='      
         if s: short = short + s
         if l: long.append(l)
 
     if os.environ.has_key("HG_OPTS"):
         args = os.environ["HG_OPTS"].split() + args
 
-    try:
-        opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short, long)
-    except getopt.GetoptError:
-        help(state, None, args)
-        sys.exit(-1)
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short, long)
 
     for opt, arg in opts:
-        if dt[map[opt]] is type(help): state[map[opt]](state,map[opt],arg)
+        if dt[map[opt]] is type(fancyopts): state[map[opt]](state,map[opt],arg)
         elif dt[map[opt]] is type(1): state[map[opt]] = int(arg)
         elif dt[map[opt]] is type(''): state[map[opt]] = arg
         elif dt[map[opt]] is type([]): state[map[opt]].append(arg)
         elif dt[map[opt]] is type(None): state[map[opt]] = 1
 
-    del state["help"]
-
     return args