diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js
index 6acd1d0512..1f6311b1fd 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js
@@ -8,17 +8,19 @@ import * as util from "./util";
 
 let compiledFiles = 0;
 
-export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
+export default function({ cliOptions, babelOptions }) {
+  const filenames = cliOptions.filenames;
+
   function write(src, base, callback) {
     let relative = path.relative(base, src);
-    if (!util.isCompilableExtension(relative, commander.extensions)) {
+    if (!util.isCompilableExtension(relative, cliOptions.extensions)) {
       return process.nextTick(callback);
     }
 
     // remove extension and then append back on .js
-    relative = util.adjustRelative(relative, commander.keepFileExtension);
+    relative = util.adjustRelative(relative, cliOptions.keepFileExtension);
 
-    const dest = getDest(commander, relative, base);
+    const dest = getDest(relative, base);
 
     util.compile(
       src,
@@ -26,17 +28,21 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
         {
           sourceFileName: slash(path.relative(dest + "/..", src)),
         },
-        opts,
+        babelOptions,
       ),
       function(err, res) {
+        if (err && cliOptions.watch) {
+          console.error(err);
+          err = null;
+        }
         if (err) return callback(err);
         if (!res) return callback();
 
         // we've requested explicit sourcemaps to be written to disk
         if (
           res.map &&
-          commander.sourceMaps &&
-          commander.sourceMaps !== "inline"
+          babelOptions.sourceMaps &&
+          babelOptions.sourceMaps !== "inline"
         ) {
           const mapLoc = dest + ".map";
           res.code = util.addSourceMappingUrl(res.code, mapLoc);
@@ -49,15 +55,19 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
 
         compiledFiles += 1;
 
-        util.log(src + " -> " + dest);
+        if (cliOptions.verbose) {
+          console.log(src + " -> " + dest);
+        }
         return callback(null, true);
       },
     );
   }
 
-  function getDest(commander, filename, base) {
-    if (commander.relative) return path.join(base, commander.outDir, filename);
-    return path.join(commander.outDir, filename);
+  function getDest(filename, base) {
+    if (cliOptions.relative) {
+      return path.join(base, cliOptions.outDir, filename);
+    }
+    return path.join(cliOptions.outDir, filename);
   }
 
   function outputDestFolder(outDir) {
@@ -70,9 +80,9 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
   function handleFile(src, base, callback) {
     write(src, base, function(err, res) {
       if (err) return callback(err);
-      if (!res && commander.copyFiles) {
+      if (!res && cliOptions.copyFiles) {
         const filename = path.relative(base, src);
-        const dest = getDest(commander, filename, base);
+        const dest = getDest(filename, base);
         outputFileSync(dest, fs.readFileSync(src));
         util.chmod(src, dest);
       }
@@ -83,7 +93,7 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
 
   function sequentialHandleFile(files, dirname, index, callback) {
     if (files.length === 0) {
-      outputDestFolder(commander.outDir);
+      outputDestFolder(cliOptions.outDir);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -114,11 +124,11 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
     if (stat.isDirectory(filename)) {
       const dirname = filename;
 
-      if (commander.deleteDirOnStart) {
-        util.deleteDir(commander.outDir);
+      if (cliOptions.deleteDirOnStart) {
+        util.deleteDir(cliOptions.outDir);
       }
 
-      const files = util.readdir(dirname, commander.includeDotfiles);
+      const files = util.readdir(dirname, cliOptions.includeDotfiles);
       sequentialHandleFile(files, dirname, callback);
     } else {
       write(filename, path.dirname(filename), callback);
@@ -134,21 +144,20 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
       if (index !== filenames.length) {
         sequentialHandle(filenames, index);
       } else {
-        util.log(
+        console.log(
           `🎉  Successfully compiled ${compiledFiles} ${
             compiledFiles > 1 ? "files" : "file"
           } with Babel.`,
-          true,
         );
       }
     });
   }
 
-  if (!commander.skipInitialBuild) {
+  if (!cliOptions.skipInitialBuild) {
     sequentialHandle(filenames);
   }
 
-  if (commander.watch) {
+  if (cliOptions.watch) {
     const chokidar = util.requireChokidar();
 
     filenames.forEach(function(filenameOrDir) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/file.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/file.js
index def6aa3eb7..2d043914d8 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/file.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/file.js
@@ -7,20 +7,18 @@ import fs from "fs";
 
 import * as util from "./util";
 
-export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
-  if (commander.sourceMaps === "inline") {
-    opts.sourceMaps = true;
-  }
+export default function({ cliOptions, babelOptions }) {
+  const filenames = cliOptions.filenames;
 
   let results = [];
 
   const buildResult = function() {
     const map = new sourceMap.SourceMapGenerator({
       file:
-        commander.sourceMapTarget ||
-        path.basename(commander.outFile || "") ||
+        cliOptions.sourceMapTarget ||
+        path.basename(cliOptions.outFile || "") ||
         "stdout",
-      sourceRoot: opts.sourceRoot,
+      sourceRoot: babelOptions.sourceRoot,
     });
 
     let code = "";
@@ -66,8 +64,8 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
     // add the inline sourcemap comment if we've either explicitly asked for inline source
     // maps, or we've requested them without any output file
     if (
-      commander.sourceMaps === "inline" ||
-      (!commander.outFile && commander.sourceMaps)
+      babelOptions.sourceMaps === "inline" ||
+      (!cliOptions.outFile && babelOptions.sourceMaps)
     ) {
       code += "\n" + convertSourceMap.fromObject(map).toComment();
     }
@@ -81,15 +79,15 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
   const output = function() {
     const result = buildResult();
 
-    if (commander.outFile) {
+    if (cliOptions.outFile) {
       // we've requested for a sourcemap to be written to disk
-      if (commander.sourceMaps && commander.sourceMaps !== "inline") {
-        const mapLoc = commander.outFile + ".map";
+      if (babelOptions.sourceMaps && babelOptions.sourceMaps !== "inline") {
+        const mapLoc = cliOptions.outFile + ".map";
         result.code = util.addSourceMappingUrl(result.code, mapLoc);
         fs.writeFileSync(mapLoc, JSON.stringify(result.map));
       }
 
-      fs.writeFileSync(commander.outFile, result.code);
+      fs.writeFileSync(cliOptions.outFile, result.code);
     } else {
       process.stdout.write(result.code + "\n");
     }
@@ -107,13 +105,13 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
 
     process.stdin.on("end", function() {
       util.transform(
-        commander.filename,
+        cliOptions.filename,
         code,
         defaults(
           {
             sourceFileName: "stdin",
           },
-          opts,
+          babelOptions,
         ),
         function(err, res) {
           if (err) throw err;
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
         const dirname = filename;
 
         util
-          .readdirForCompilable(filename, commander.includeDotfiles)
+          .readdirForCompilable(filename, cliOptions.includeDotfiles)
           .forEach(function(filename) {
             _filenames.push(path.join(dirname, filename));
           });
@@ -149,9 +147,9 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
 
     _filenames.forEach(function(filename, index) {
       let sourceFilename = filename;
-      if (commander.outFile) {
+      if (cliOptions.outFile) {
         sourceFilename = path.relative(
-          path.dirname(commander.outFile),
+          path.dirname(cliOptions.outFile),
           sourceFilename,
         );
       }
@@ -162,10 +160,22 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
         defaults(
           {
             sourceFileName: sourceFilename,
+            // Since we're compiling everything to be merged together,
+            // "inline" applies to the final output file, but to the individual
+            // files being concatenated.
+            sourceMaps:
+              babelOptions.sourceMaps === "inline"
+                ? true
+                : babelOptions.sourceMaps,
           },
-          opts,
+          babelOptions,
         ),
         function(err, res) {
+          if (err && cliOptions.watch) {
+            console.error(err);
+            err = null;
+          }
+
           if (err) throw err;
 
           filesProcessed++;
@@ -180,11 +190,11 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
   };
 
   const files = function() {
-    if (!commander.skipInitialBuild) {
+    if (!cliOptions.skipInitialBuild) {
       walk();
     }
 
-    if (commander.watch) {
+    if (cliOptions.watch) {
       const chokidar = util.requireChokidar();
       chokidar
         .watch(filenames, {
@@ -196,12 +206,14 @@ export default function(commander, filenames, opts) {
           },
         })
         .on("all", function(type, filename) {
-          if (!util.isCompilableExtension(filename, commander.extensions)) {
+          if (!util.isCompilableExtension(filename, cliOptions.extensions)) {
             return;
           }
 
           if (type === "add" || type === "change") {
-            util.log(type + " " + filename);
+            if (cliOptions.verbose) {
+              console.log(type + " " + filename);
+            }
             try {
               walk();
             } catch (err) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/index.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/index.js
index 696c42fe18..da482b029a 100755
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/index.js
@@ -1,264 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import fs from "fs";
-import commander from "commander";
-import { version } from "@babel/core";
-import uniq from "lodash/uniq";
-import glob from "glob";
-
+import parseArgv from "./options";
 import dirCommand from "./dir";
 import fileCommand from "./file";
 
-import pkg from "../../package.json";
+const opts = parseArgv(process.argv);
 
-function booleanify(val: any): boolean | any {
-  if (val === "true" || val == 1) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  if (val === "false" || val == 0 || !val) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return val;
-}
-
-function collect(value, previousValue): Array<string> {
-  // If the user passed the option with no value, like "babel file.js --presets", do nothing.
-  if (typeof value !== "string") return previousValue;
-
-  const values = value.split(",");
-
-  return previousValue ? previousValue.concat(values) : values;
-}
-
-// Standard Babel input configs.
-commander.option(
-  "-f, --filename [filename]",
-  "filename to use when reading from stdin - this will be used in source-maps, errors etc",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--presets [list]",
-  "comma-separated list of preset names",
-  collect,
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--plugins [list]",
-  "comma-separated list of plugin names",
-  collect,
-);
-commander.option("--config-file [path]", "Path a to .babelrc file to use");
-commander.option(
-  "--env-name [name]",
-  "The name of the 'env' to use when loading configs and plugins. " +
-    "Defaults to the value of BABEL_ENV, or else NODE_ENV, or else 'development'.",
-);
-
-// Basic file input configuration.
-commander.option("--source-type [script|module]", "");
-commander.option(
-  "--no-babelrc",
-  "Whether or not to look up .babelrc and .babelignore files",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--ignore [list]",
-  "list of glob paths to **not** compile",
-  collect,
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--only [list]",
-  "list of glob paths to **only** compile",
-  collect,
-);
-
-// Misc babel config.
-commander.option(
-  "--no-highlight-code",
-  "enable/disable ANSI syntax highlighting of code frames (on by default)",
-);
-
-// General output formatting.
-commander.option(
-  "--no-comments",
-  "write comments to generated output (true by default)",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--retain-lines",
-  "retain line numbers - will result in really ugly code",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--compact [true|false|auto]",
-  "do not include superfluous whitespace characters and line terminators",
-  booleanify,
-);
-commander.option("--minified", "save as much bytes when printing [true|false]");
-commander.option(
-  "--auxiliary-comment-before [string]",
-  "print a comment before any injected non-user code",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--auxiliary-comment-after [string]",
-  "print a comment after any injected non-user code",
-);
-
-// General soucemap formatting.
-commander.option("-s, --source-maps [true|false|inline|both]", "", booleanify);
-commander.option(
-  "--source-map-target [string]",
-  "set `file` on returned source map",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--source-file-name [string]",
-  "set `sources[0]` on returned source map",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--source-root [filename]",
-  "the root from which all sources are relative",
-);
-
-// Config params for certain module output formats.
-commander.option(
-  "--module-root [filename]",
-  "optional prefix for the AMD module formatter that will be prepend to the filename on module definitions",
-);
-commander.option("-M, --module-ids", "insert an explicit id for modules");
-commander.option(
-  "--module-id [string]",
-  "specify a custom name for module ids",
-);
-
-// "babel" command specific arguments that are not passed to @babel/core.
-commander.option(
-  "-x, --extensions [extensions]",
-  "List of extensions to compile when a directory has been input [.es6,.js,.es,.jsx,.mjs]",
-  collect,
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--keep-file-extension",
-  "Preserve the file extensions of the input files",
-);
-commander.option("-w, --watch", "Recompile files on changes");
-commander.option(
-  "--skip-initial-build",
-  "Do not compile files before watching",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "-o, --out-file [out]",
-  "Compile all input files into a single file",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "-d, --out-dir [out]",
-  "Compile an input directory of modules into an output directory",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--relative",
-  "Compile into an output directory relative to input directory or file. Requires --out-dir [out]",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "-D, --copy-files",
-  "When compiling a directory copy over non-compilable files",
-);
-commander.option(
-  "--include-dotfiles",
-  "Include dotfiles when compiling and copying non-compilable files",
-);
-commander.option("--verbose", "Log everything");
-commander.option(
-  "--delete-dir-on-start",
-  "Delete the out directory before compilation",
-);
-
-commander.version(pkg.version + " (@babel/core " + version + ")");
-commander.usage("[options] <files ...>");
-commander.parse(process.argv);
-
-//
-
-const errors = [];
-
-let filenames = commander.args.reduce(function(globbed, input) {
-  let files = glob.sync(input);
-  if (!files.length) files = [input];
-  return globbed.concat(files);
-}, []);
-
-filenames = uniq(filenames);
-
-filenames.forEach(function(filename) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(filename)) {
-    errors.push(filename + " doesn't exist");
-  }
-});
-
-if (commander.outDir && !filenames.length) {
-  errors.push("filenames required for --out-dir");
-}
-
-if (commander.outFile && commander.outDir) {
-  errors.push("cannot have --out-file and --out-dir");
-}
-
-if (commander.relative && !commander.outDir) {
-  errors.push("output directory required for --relative");
-}
-
-if (commander.watch) {
-  if (!commander.outFile && !commander.outDir) {
-    errors.push("--watch requires --out-file or --out-dir");
-  }
-
-  if (!filenames.length) {
-    errors.push("--watch requires filenames");
-  }
-}
-
-if (commander.skipInitialBuild && !commander.watch) {
-  errors.push("--skip-initial-build requires --watch");
-}
-if (commander.deleteDirOnStart && !commander.outDir) {
-  errors.push("--delete-dir-on-start requires --out-dir");
-}
-
-if (
-  !commander.outDir &&
-  filenames.length === 0 &&
-  typeof commander.filename !== "string" &&
-  commander.babelrc !== false
-) {
-  errors.push(
-    "stdin compilation requires either -f/--filename [filename] or --no-babelrc",
-  );
-}
-
-if (errors.length) {
-  console.error(errors.join(". "));
-  process.exit(2);
-}
-
-//
-
-const opts = commander.opts();
-
-// Delete options that are specific to @babel/cli and shouldn't be passed to @babel/core.
-delete opts.version;
-delete opts.extensions;
-delete opts.watch;
-delete opts.skipInitialBuild;
-delete opts.outFile;
-delete opts.outDir;
-delete opts.copyFiles;
-delete opts.includeDotfiles;
-delete opts.verbose;
-delete opts.deleteDirOnStart;
-delete opts.keepFileExtension;
-delete opts.relative;
-delete opts.sourceMapTarget;
-
-// Commander will default the "--no-" arguments to true, but we want to leave them undefined so that
-// @babel/core can handle the default-assignment logic on its own.
-if (opts.babelrc === true) opts.babelrc = undefined;
-if (opts.comments === true) opts.comments = undefined;
-if (opts.highlightCode === true) opts.highlightCode = undefined;
-
-const fn = commander.outDir ? dirCommand : fileCommand;
-fn(commander, filenames, opts);
+const fn = opts.cliOptions.outDir ? dirCommand : fileCommand;
+fn(opts);
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a058d48be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+import fs from "fs";
+
+import commander from "commander";
+import { version } from "@babel/core";
+import uniq from "lodash/uniq";
+import glob from "glob";
+
+import pkg from "../../package.json";
+
+// Standard Babel input configs.
+commander.option(
+  "-f, --filename [filename]",
+  "filename to use when reading from stdin - this will be used in source-maps, errors etc",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--presets [list]",
+  "comma-separated list of preset names",
+  collect,
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--plugins [list]",
+  "comma-separated list of plugin names",
+  collect,
+);
+commander.option("--config-file [path]", "Path a to .babelrc file to use");
+commander.option(
+  "--env-name [name]",
+  "The name of the 'env' to use when loading configs and plugins. " +
+    "Defaults to the value of BABEL_ENV, or else NODE_ENV, or else 'development'.",
+);
+
+// Basic file input configuration.
+commander.option("--source-type [script|module]", "");
+commander.option(
+  "--no-babelrc",
+  "Whether or not to look up .babelrc and .babelignore files",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--ignore [list]",
+  "list of glob paths to **not** compile",
+  collect,
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--only [list]",
+  "list of glob paths to **only** compile",
+  collect,
+);
+
+// Misc babel config.
+commander.option(
+  "--no-highlight-code",
+  "enable/disable ANSI syntax highlighting of code frames (on by default)",
+);
+
+// General output formatting.
+commander.option(
+  "--no-comments",
+  "write comments to generated output (true by default)",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--retain-lines",
+  "retain line numbers - will result in really ugly code",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--compact [true|false|auto]",
+  "do not include superfluous whitespace characters and line terminators",
+  booleanify,
+);
+commander.option("--minified", "save as much bytes when printing [true|false]");
+commander.option(
+  "--auxiliary-comment-before [string]",
+  "print a comment before any injected non-user code",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--auxiliary-comment-after [string]",
+  "print a comment after any injected non-user code",
+);
+
+// General soucemap formatting.
+commander.option("-s, --source-maps [true|false|inline|both]", "", booleanify);
+commander.option(
+  "--source-map-target [string]",
+  "set `file` on returned source map",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--source-file-name [string]",
+  "set `sources[0]` on returned source map",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--source-root [filename]",
+  "the root from which all sources are relative",
+);
+
+// Config params for certain module output formats.
+commander.option(
+  "--module-root [filename]",
+  "optional prefix for the AMD module formatter that will be prepend to the filename on module definitions",
+);
+commander.option("-M, --module-ids", "insert an explicit id for modules");
+commander.option(
+  "--module-id [string]",
+  "specify a custom name for module ids",
+);
+
+// "babel" command specific arguments that are not passed to @babel/core.
+commander.option(
+  "-x, --extensions [extensions]",
+  "List of extensions to compile when a directory has been input [.es6,.js,.es,.jsx,.mjs]",
+  collect,
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--keep-file-extension",
+  "Preserve the file extensions of the input files",
+);
+commander.option("-w, --watch", "Recompile files on changes");
+commander.option(
+  "--skip-initial-build",
+  "Do not compile files before watching",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "-o, --out-file [out]",
+  "Compile all input files into a single file",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "-d, --out-dir [out]",
+  "Compile an input directory of modules into an output directory",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--relative",
+  "Compile into an output directory relative to input directory or file. Requires --out-dir [out]",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "-D, --copy-files",
+  "When compiling a directory copy over non-compilable files",
+);
+commander.option(
+  "--include-dotfiles",
+  "Include dotfiles when compiling and copying non-compilable files",
+);
+commander.option("--verbose", "Log everything");
+commander.option(
+  "--delete-dir-on-start",
+  "Delete the out directory before compilation",
+);
+
+commander.version(pkg.version + " (@babel/core " + version + ")");
+commander.usage("[options] <files ...>");
+
+export default function parseArgv(args: Array<string>) {
+  //
+  commander.parse(args);
+
+  const errors = [];
+
+  let filenames = commander.args.reduce(function(globbed, input) {
+    let files = glob.sync(input);
+    if (!files.length) files = [input];
+    return globbed.concat(files);
+  }, []);
+
+  filenames = uniq(filenames);
+
+  filenames.forEach(function(filename) {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(filename)) {
+      errors.push(filename + " doesn't exist");
+    }
+  });
+
+  if (commander.outDir && !filenames.length) {
+    errors.push("filenames required for --out-dir");
+  }
+
+  if (commander.outFile && commander.outDir) {
+    errors.push("cannot have --out-file and --out-dir");
+  }
+
+  if (commander.relative && !commander.outDir) {
+    errors.push("output directory required for --relative");
+  }
+
+  if (commander.watch) {
+    if (!commander.outFile && !commander.outDir) {
+      errors.push("--watch requires --out-file or --out-dir");
+    }
+
+    if (!filenames.length) {
+      errors.push("--watch requires filenames");
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (commander.skipInitialBuild && !commander.watch) {
+    errors.push("--skip-initial-build requires --watch");
+  }
+  if (commander.deleteDirOnStart && !commander.outDir) {
+    errors.push("--delete-dir-on-start requires --out-dir");
+  }
+
+  if (
+    !commander.outDir &&
+    filenames.length === 0 &&
+    typeof commander.filename !== "string" &&
+    commander.babelrc !== false
+  ) {
+    errors.push(
+      "stdin compilation requires either -f/--filename [filename] or --no-babelrc",
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (errors.length) {
+    console.error(errors.join(". "));
+    process.exit(2);
+  }
+
+  const opts = commander.opts();
+
+  return {
+    babelOptions: {
+      presets: opts.presets,
+      plugins: opts.plugins,
+      configFile: opts.configFile,
+      envName: opts.envName,
+      sourceType: opts.sourceType,
+      ignore: opts.ignore,
+      only: opts.only,
+      retainLines: opts.retainLines,
+      compact: opts.compact,
+      minified: opts.minified,
+      auxiliaryCommentBefore: opts.auxiliaryCommentBefore,
+      auxiliaryCommentAfter: opts.auxiliaryCommentAfter,
+      sourceMaps: opts.sourceMaps,
+      sourceFileName: opts.sourceFileName,
+      sourceRoot: opts.sourceRoot,
+      moduleRoot: opts.moduleRoot,
+      moduleIds: opts.moduleIds,
+      moduleId: opts.moduleId,
+
+      // Commander will default the "--no-" arguments to true, but we want to
+      // leave them undefined so that @babel/core can handle the
+      // default-assignment logic on its own.
+      babelrc: opts.babelrc === true ? undefined : opts.babelrc,
+      highlightCode:
+        opts.highlightCode === true ? undefined : opts.highlightCode,
+      comments: opts.comments === true ? undefined : opts.comments,
+    },
+    cliOptions: {
+      filename: opts.filename,
+      filenames,
+      extensions: opts.extensions,
+      keepFileExtension: opts.keepFileExtension,
+      watch: opts.watch,
+      skipInitialBuild: opts.skipInitialBuild,
+      outFile: opts.outFile,
+      outDir: opts.outDir,
+      relative: opts.relative,
+      copyFiles: opts.copyFiles,
+      includeDotfiles: opts.includeDotfiles,
+      verbose: opts.verbose,
+      deleteDirOnStart: opts.deleteDirOnStart,
+      sourceMapTarget: opts.sourceMapTarget,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function booleanify(val: any): boolean | any {
+  if (val === "true" || val == 1) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (val === "false" || val == 0 || !val) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return val;
+}
+
+function collect(value, previousValue): Array<string> {
+  // If the user passed the option with no value, like "babel file.js --presets", do nothing.
+  if (typeof value !== "string") return previousValue;
+
+  const values = value.split(",");
+
+  return previousValue ? previousValue.concat(values) : values;
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/util.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/util.js
index 9baa0c72ef..f5319b3668 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/util.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/util.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import commander from "commander";
 import readdirRecursive from "fs-readdir-recursive";
 import * as babel from "@babel/core";
 import includes from "lodash/includes";
@@ -46,10 +45,6 @@ export function addSourceMappingUrl(code, loc) {
   return code + "\n//# sourceMappingURL=" + path.basename(loc);
 }
 
-export function log(msg, force) {
-  if (force === true || commander.verbose) console.log(msg);
-}
-
 export function transform(filename, code, opts, callback) {
   opts = {
     ...opts,
@@ -60,17 +55,7 @@ export function transform(filename, code, opts, callback) {
 }
 
 export function compile(filename, opts, callback) {
-  babel.transformFile(filename, opts, function(err, res) {
-    if (err) {
-      if (commander.watch) {
-        console.error(err);
-        return callback(null, null);
-      } else {
-        return callback(err);
-      }
-    }
-    return callback(null, res);
-  });
+  babel.transformFile(filename, opts, callback);
 }
 
 export function deleteDir(path) {