diff --git a/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/IMain.scala b/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/IMain.scala
index b3e12067e26b..099220d7cf4c 100644
--- a/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/IMain.scala
+++ b/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/IMain.scala
@@ -775,7 +775,8 @@ class IMain(val settings: Settings, parentClassLoaderOverride: Option[ClassLoade
   }
 
   /** One line of code submitted by the user for interpretation */
-  class Request(val line: String, origTrees: List[Tree], firstXmlPos: Position = NoPosition, generousImports: Boolean = false, synthetic: Boolean = false) extends ReplRequest {
+  class Request(val line: String, origTrees: List[Tree], firstXmlPos: Position = NoPosition,
+                generousImports: Boolean = false, synthetic: Boolean = false, storeResultInVal: Boolean = true) extends ReplRequest {
     def defines    = defHandlers flatMap (_.definedSymbols)
     def definesTermNames: List[String] = defines collect { case s: TermSymbol => s.decodedName.toString }
     def imports    = importedSymbols
@@ -801,6 +802,7 @@ class IMain(val settings: Settings, parentClassLoaderOverride: Option[ClassLoade
 
     // Wrap last tree in a valdef to give user a nice handle for it (`resN`)
     val trees: List[Tree] = origTrees match {
+      case xs if !storeResultInVal => xs
       case init :+ tree =>
         @tailrec def loop(scrut: Tree): Tree = scrut match {
           case _: Assign                => tree
diff --git a/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/PresentationCompilation.scala b/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/PresentationCompilation.scala
index 04e1f790afb5..609fd0619345 100644
--- a/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/PresentationCompilation.scala
+++ b/src/repl/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/PresentationCompilation.scala
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ trait PresentationCompilation { self: IMain =>
       }
       val importer = global.mkImporter(pc)
       //println(s"pc: [[$line1]], <<${trees.size}>>")
-      val request = new Request(line1, trees map (t => importer.importTree(t)), generousImports = true)
+      val request = new Request(line1, trees map (t => importer.importTree(t)), generousImports = true, storeResultInVal = false)
       val origUnit = request.mkUnit
       val unit = new pc.CompilationUnit(origUnit.source)
       unit.body = pc.mkImporter(global).importTree(origUnit.body)