diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 7e87e41211..5fd3976d4a 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@ cache_dir = var/mypy-cache
 
 # Options to make the checking stricter.
 check_untyped_defs = True
+disallow_untyped_defs = True
 disallow_any_generics = True
 warn_no_return = True
 strict_optional = True
 no_implicit_optional = True
 
+# It's useful to try this occasionally, and keep it clean; but when
+# someone fixes a type error we don't want to add a burden for them.
+#warn_unused_ignores = True
+
 # Options to make the checking *less* strict, which we
 # might ideally eliminate.
 follow_imports = silent
+ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 
 # REQ returning None issue
diff --git a/tools/run-mypy b/tools/run-mypy
index 710626a142..444e00d28a 100755
--- a/tools/run-mypy
+++ b/tools/run-mypy
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ parser.add_argument('--force', action="store_true",
                     help="run tests despite possible provisioning problems")
 parser.add_argument('--linecoverage-report', action='store_true',
                     help="emit a coverage report under var/")
-parser.add_argument('--no-disallow-untyped-defs',
-                    dest='disallow_untyped_defs', action='store_false',
-                    help="don't pass --disallow-untyped-defs to mypy")
-parser.add_argument('--warn-unused-ignores', action='store_true',
-                    help="pass --warn-unused-ignores to mypy")
-parser.add_argument('--no-ignore-missing-imports',
-                    dest='ignore_missing_imports', action='store_false',
-                    help="don't pass --ignore-missing-imports to mypy")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 if not args.force:
@@ -87,12 +79,6 @@ extra_args = []
 if args.linecoverage_report:
     extra_args.append("--linecoverage-report")
     extra_args.append("var/linecoverage-report")
-if args.disallow_untyped_defs:
-    extra_args.append("--disallow-untyped-defs")
-if args.warn_unused_ignores:
-    extra_args.append("--warn-unused-ignores")
-if args.ignore_missing_imports:
-    extra_args.append("--ignore-missing-imports")
 if args.quick:
     extra_args.append("--quick")