diff --git a/alire.toml b/alire.toml
index 32bda836b..e0d1f9134 100644
--- a/alire.toml
+++ b/alire.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ windows = { ALIRE_OS = "windows" }
 [[pins]]
 aaa = { url = "https://github.com/mosteo/aaa", commit = "ecc38772bd4a6b469b54c62363766ea1c0e9f912" }
 ada_toml = { url = "https://github.com/mosteo/ada-toml", commit = "da4e59c382ceb0de6733d571ecbab7ea4919b33d" }
-clic = { url = "https://github.com/alire-project/clic", commit = "b40b170b1561adfa99910c69e3897cc2ca441730" }
+clic = { url = "https://github.com/alire-project/clic", commit = "de0330053584bad4dbb3dbd5e1ba939c4e8c6b55" }
 dirty_booleans = { url = "https://github.com/mosteo/dirty_booleans", branch = "main" }
 diskflags = { url = "https://github.com/mosteo/diskflags", branch = "main" }
 gnatcoll = { url = "https://github.com/alire-project/gnatcoll-core.git", commit = "4e663b87a028252e7e074f054f8f453661397166" }
diff --git a/deps/clic b/deps/clic
index b40b170b1..de0330053 160000
--- a/deps/clic
+++ b/deps/clic
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b40b170b1561adfa99910c69e3897cc2ca441730
+Subproject commit de0330053584bad4dbb3dbd5e1ba939c4e8c6b55
diff --git a/src/alire/alire-os_lib-subprocess.adb b/src/alire/alire-os_lib-subprocess.adb
index efc4b94b5..29cd39c2c 100644
--- a/src/alire/alire-os_lib-subprocess.adb
+++ b/src/alire/alire-os_lib-subprocess.adb
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ package body Alire.OS_Lib.Subprocess is
 
       Raise_Checked_Error
         ("Command " & Image (Command, Arguments)
-         & " exited with code" & Exit_Code'Img
+         & " exited with code" & AAA.Strings.Trim (Exit_Code'Image)
          & " and output: " & Output.Flatten (Separator => "\n"));
 
       return Output;
diff --git a/src/alr/alr-commands.adb b/src/alr/alr-commands.adb
index b14916eb3..ca76a58d2 100644
--- a/src/alr/alr-commands.adb
+++ b/src/alr/alr-commands.adb
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ package body Alr.Commands is
    Debug_Channel : Boolean renames Alire_Early_Elaboration.Switch_D;
    --  For the stderr debug channel
 
-   Help_Switch   : aliased Boolean := False;
-   --  Catches the -h/--help help switch
-
    Prefer_Oldest : aliased Boolean := False;
    --  Catches the --prefer-oldest policy switch
 
@@ -155,11 +152,6 @@ package body Alr.Commands is
                      "-f", "--force",
                      "Keep going after a recoverable troublesome situation");
 
-      Define_Switch (Config,
-                     Help_Switch'Access,
-                     "-h", "--help",
-                     "Display general or command-specific help");
-
       Define_Switch (Config,
                      CLIC.User_Input.Not_Interactive'Access,
                      "-n", "--non-interactive",
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/help/help-after-double-dash/test.py b/testsuite/tests/help/help-after-double-dash/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..549c62b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/help/help-after-double-dash/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""
+Bug #1379: -h/--help must not trigger our help system after a "--" argument
+"""
+
+import re
+
+from drivers.alr import init_local_crate, run_alr
+from drivers.asserts import assert_match
+
+# For no command, "--" with help afterwards should simply trigger an error
+
+assert_match(".*" + re.escape("Unrecognized option '--' (global)"),
+             run_alr("--", "--help", complain_on_error=False).out)
+
+# For a command that doesn't understand "--", same:
+
+assert_match(".*" + re.escape("Unrecognized option '--' (command/topic \"show\")"),
+             run_alr("show", "--", "--help", complain_on_error=False).out)
+
+# For `alr exec`, it should trigger the secondary command help and not ours. We
+# verify the command being launched includes the "--help" option. Since `exec`
+# requires a workspace, we enter one first.
+
+init_local_crate()
+
+assert_match(".*" + re.escape('Command ["alr_fake", "--help"] exited with code'),
+             run_alr("exec", "--", "alr_fake", "--help",
+                     complain_on_error=False).out)
+# We don't match the code as it varies between OSes
+
+print("SUCCESS")
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/help/help-after-double-dash/test.yaml b/testsuite/tests/help/help-after-double-dash/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00fb56e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/help/help-after-double-dash/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+driver: python-script
+build_mode: both
+indexes: {}
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