diff --git a/src/instances/anvil.test.ts b/src/instances/anvil.test.ts
index 9e25e44..8ca389b 100644
--- a/src/instances/anvil.test.ts
+++ b/src/instances/anvil.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Instance } from 'prool'
 import { afterEach, expect, test } from 'vitest'
 
+import { anvil } from './anvil.js'
+
 const instances: Instance.Instance[] = []
 const timestamp = 1717114065
 
@@ -40,6 +42,14 @@ test('default', async () => {
   expect(instance.messages.get()).toMatchInlineSnapshot('[]')
 })
 
+test('behavior: ignores silent option', () => {
+  const instance = anvil({
+    silent: true,
+  } as anvil.Parameters & { silent: boolean })
+
+  expect(instance._internal.args).not.toHaveProperty('silent')
+})
+
 test('behavior: instance errored (duplicate ports)', async () => {
   const instance_1 = defineInstance({ timestamp, port: 8545 })
   const instance_2 = defineInstance({ timestamp, port: 8545 })
diff --git a/src/instances/anvil.ts b/src/instances/anvil.ts
index a9b8682..7f8940f 100644
--- a/src/instances/anvil.ts
+++ b/src/instances/anvil.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ import { execa } from '../processes/execa.js'
  * ```
  */
 export const anvil = Instance.define((parameters?: anvil.Parameters) => {
-  const { binary = 'anvil', ...args } = parameters || {}
+  const {
+    binary = 'anvil',
+    silent: _silent,
+    ...args
+  } = (parameters as anvil.Parameters & { silent?: boolean }) || {}
 
   const name = 'anvil'
   const process = execa({ name })
@@ -267,10 +271,6 @@ export declare namespace anvil {
      * @defaultValue 5
      */
     retries?: number | undefined
-    /**
-     * Don't print anything on startup and don't print logs.
-     */
-    silent?: boolean | undefined
     /**
      * Slots in an epoch.
      */