diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-external-helpers.ts b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-external-helpers.ts
index 5b6fb3bdcc2b..6f6d3ef40338 100755
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-external-helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-external-helpers.ts
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ commander.option(
 
 commander.usage("[options]");
 commander.parse(process.argv);
+const opts = commander.opts();
 
-console.log(buildExternalHelpers(commander.whitelist, commander.outputType));
+console.log(buildExternalHelpers(opts.whitelist, opts.outputType));
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.ts b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.ts
index 1ca3c752e9e9..4ace8ca6c6c2 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ export default function parseArgv(args: Array<string>): CmdOptions | null {
   //
   commander.parse(args);
 
+  const opts = commander.opts();
+
   const errors: string[] = [];
 
   let filenames = commander.args.reduce(function (globbed: string[], input) {
@@ -234,20 +236,20 @@ export default function parseArgv(args: Array<string>): CmdOptions | null {
     }
   });
 
-  if (commander.outDir && !filenames.length) {
+  if (opts.outDir && !filenames.length) {
     errors.push("--out-dir requires filenames");
   }
 
-  if (commander.outFile && commander.outDir) {
+  if (opts.outFile && opts.outDir) {
     errors.push("--out-file and --out-dir cannot be used together");
   }
 
-  if (commander.relative && !commander.outDir) {
+  if (opts.relative && !opts.outDir) {
     errors.push("--relative requires --out-dir usage");
   }
 
-  if (commander.watch) {
-    if (!commander.outFile && !commander.outDir) {
+  if (opts.watch) {
+    if (!opts.outFile && !opts.outDir) {
       errors.push("--watch requires --out-file or --out-dir");
     }
 
@@ -256,29 +258,29 @@ export default function parseArgv(args: Array<string>): CmdOptions | null {
     }
   }
 
-  if (commander.skipInitialBuild && !commander.watch) {
+  if (opts.skipInitialBuild && !opts.watch) {
     errors.push("--skip-initial-build requires --watch");
   }
-  if (commander.deleteDirOnStart && !commander.outDir) {
+  if (opts.deleteDirOnStart && !opts.outDir) {
     errors.push("--delete-dir-on-start requires --out-dir");
   }
 
-  if (commander.verbose && commander.quiet) {
+  if (opts.verbose && opts.quiet) {
     errors.push("--verbose and --quiet cannot be used together");
   }
 
   if (
-    !commander.outDir &&
+    !opts.outDir &&
     filenames.length === 0 &&
-    typeof commander.filename !== "string" &&
-    commander.babelrc !== false
+    typeof opts.filename !== "string" &&
+    opts.babelrc !== false
   ) {
     errors.push(
       "stdin compilation requires either -f/--filename [filename] or --no-babelrc",
     );
   }
 
-  if (commander.keepFileExtension && commander.outFileExtension) {
+  if (opts.keepFileExtension && opts.outFileExtension) {
     errors.push(
       "--out-file-extension cannot be used with --keep-file-extension",
     );
@@ -292,8 +294,6 @@ export default function parseArgv(args: Array<string>): CmdOptions | null {
     return null;
   }
 
-  const opts = commander.opts();
-
   const babelOptions: InputOptions = {
     presets: opts.presets,
     plugins: opts.plugins,
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.ts b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.ts
index 340eb8c5befe..abe581db20dd 100644
--- a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.ts
@@ -73,24 +73,25 @@ program.option("-b, --presets [string]", "", collect);
 program.version(PACKAGE_JSON.version);
 program.usage("[options] [ -e script | script.js ] [arguments]");
 program.parse(process.argv);
+const opts = program.opts();
 
 const babelOptions = {
   caller: {
     name: "@babel/node",
   },
-  extensions: program.extensions,
-  ignore: program.ignore,
-  only: program.only,
-  plugins: program.plugins,
-  presets: program.presets,
-  configFile: program.configFile,
-  envName: program.envName,
-  rootMode: program.rootMode,
+  extensions: opts.extensions,
+  ignore: opts.ignore,
+  only: opts.only,
+  plugins: opts.plugins,
+  presets: opts.presets,
+  configFile: opts.configFile,
+  envName: opts.envName,
+  rootMode: opts.rootMode,
 
   // 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: program.babelrc === true ? undefined : program.babelrc,
+  babelrc: opts.babelrc === true ? undefined : opts.babelrc,
 };
 
 for (const key of Object.keys(babelOptions) as Array<