diff --git a/src/managers.jl b/src/managers.jl
index e065466..cf3b605 100644
--- a/src/managers.jl
+++ b/src/managers.jl
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ function launch(manager::LocalManager, params::Dict, launched::Array, c::Conditi
     end
 
     for i in 1:manager.np
-        cmd = `$(julia_cmd(exename)) $exeflags --bind-to $bind_to --worker`
+        cmd = `$(julia_cmd(exename)) -q $exeflags --bind-to $bind_to --worker`
         io = open(detach(setenv(addenv(cmd, env), dir=dir)), "r+")
         write_cookie(io)
 
diff --git a/test/distributed_exec.jl b/test/distributed_exec.jl
index affe32a..9be0eef 100644
--- a/test/distributed_exec.jl
+++ b/test/distributed_exec.jl
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ function launch(manager::ErrorSimulator, params::Dict, launched::Array, c::Condi
     exename = params[:exename]
     dir = params[:dir]
 
-    cmd = `$(Base.julia_cmd(exename)) --startup-file=no`
+    cmd = `$(Base.julia_cmd(exename)) -q --startup-file=no`
     if manager.mode === :timeout
         cmd = `$cmd -e "sleep(10)"`
     elseif manager.mode === :ntries
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ let code = """
         @assert Distributed.remotecall_fetch(f, w) == w
     end
     """
-    @test success(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) --startup-file=no -e $code`)
+    @test success(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) -q --startup-file=no -e $code`)
 end
 
 # PR 32431: tests for internal Distributed.head_and_tail
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ for p in procs()
 end
 
 # Propagation of package environments for local workers (#28781)
-let julia = `$(Base.julia_cmd()) --startup-file=no`; mktempdir() do tmp
+let julia = `$(Base.julia_cmd()) -q --startup-file=no`; mktempdir() do tmp
     project = mkdir(joinpath(tmp, "project"))
     depots = [mkdir(joinpath(tmp, "depot1")), mkdir(joinpath(tmp, "depot2"))]
     load_path = [mkdir(joinpath(tmp, "load_path")), "@stdlib", "@"]