diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/arhell b/gtk2_ardour/arhell
index e2ed45c385..37a0ba2473 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/arhell
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/arhell
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ export ARDOUR_RUNNING_UNDER_VALGRIND=TRUE
 exec valgrind --tool=helgrind \
 	--error-limit=no --num-callers=50 \
 	$HELGRIND_OPTIONS \
-	$TOP/$EXECUTABLE --novst "$@"
+	$TOP/$EXECUTABLE "$@"
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/armass b/gtk2_ardour/armass
index 868e92d081..6570441431 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/armass
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/armass
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ TOP=`dirname "$0"`/..
 export ARDOUR_RUNNING_UNDER_VALGRIND=TRUE
 exec valgrind --tool=massif \
 	$MASSIF_OPTIONS \
-	$TOP/$EXECUTABLE --novst "$@"
+	$TOP/$EXECUTABLE "$@"
 
 # analyse output with
 #   ms_print massif.out.<PID>
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/arprof b/gtk2_ardour/arprof
index 1b66a856ef..12dbddca5c 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/arprof
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/arprof
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ exec valgrind --tool=callgrind \
   --collect-systime=yes --collect-bus=yes \
   --callgrind-out-file=/tmp/ardour_profile/ardour-%p.log \
 	--toggle-collect="ARDOUR::AudioEngine::process_callback*" \
-  $TOP/$EXECUTABLE --novst "$@"
+  $TOP/$EXECUTABLE "$@"
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/arval b/gtk2_ardour/arval
index 40c18165da..d86650866a 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/arval
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/arval
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ exec valgrind --tool=memcheck \
 	--track-origins=yes \
 	--suppressions=${TOP}/tools/valgrind.supp \
 	$OBJSUPP \
-	$TOP/$EXECUTABLE --novst "$@"
+	$TOP/$EXECUTABLE "$@"