diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e357ecc9..6877d206 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning <https://semver.org/>`_.
 * Added support for combining cookies specified on the CLI and in a session file (`#932`_).
 * Added out of the box SOCKS support with no extra installation (`#904`_).
 * Removed Tox testing entirely (`#943`_).
-* Added a -quiet flag to enforce silent behaviour. 
+* Added a ``--quiet`` flag to enforce silent behaviour. 
 
 
 `2.2.0`_ (2020-06-18)
diff --git a/httpie/cli/argparser.py b/httpie/cli/argparser.py
index 5c79a301..e9e01da2 100644
--- a/httpie/cli/argparser.py
+++ b/httpie/cli/argparser.py
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ class HTTPieArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
             self.env.stdout_isatty = False
 
         if self.args.quiet:
-            self.env.devnull = open(DEVNULL_PATH, 'w')
             self.env.stdout = self.env.devnull
             self.env.stderr = self.env.devnull