diff --git a/bin/replace.js b/bin/replace.js
index 318c573..0941bb4 100755
--- a/bin/replace.js
+++ b/bin/replace.js
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@ var options = nomnom.opts({
         full: 'ignore-case',
         help: "Ignore case when matching"
     },
-    multiline: {
-        abbr: 'm',
-        flag: true,
-        help: "Match line by line, default is true",
-        default: true
-    },
     funcFile: {
         abbr: 'f',
         full: 'function-file',
diff --git a/bin/search.js b/bin/search.js
index b36f1a0..597acb2 100755
--- a/bin/search.js
+++ b/bin/search.js
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ var options = nomnom.opts({
         string: '-i, --ignore-case',
         help: "Ignore case when searching"
     },
-    multiline: {
-        abbr: 'm',
-        flag: true,
-        help: "Match line by line, default is true",
-        default: true
-    },
     include: {
         string: '--include=PATHS',
         help: "Only search in these files, e.g. '*.js,*.foo'"
diff --git a/replace.js b/replace.js
index 6e45164..587e909 100644
--- a/replace.js
+++ b/replace.js
@@ -13,13 +13,10 @@ var excludes = [],
 
 module.exports = function(opts) {
     options = opts;
-    var flags = "g"; // global multiline
+    var flags = "gm"; // global multiline
     if (options.ignoreCase) {
         flags += "i";
     }
-    if (options.multiline) {
-        flags += "m";
-    }
     regex = new RegExp(options.regex, flags);
     canReplace = !options.preview && options.replacement !== undefined;
 
@@ -153,9 +150,7 @@ function replacizeText(text, file) {
         }
         console.log(printout);
     }
-    if (!options.silent && !options.quiet
-       && !(lineCount > options.maxLines)
-       && options.multiline) {
+    if (!options.silent && !options.quiet && !(lineCount > options.maxLines)) {
         var lines = text.split("\n");
         for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
             var line = lines[i];