diff --git a/src/Preflight/ArgsRemapper.php b/src/Preflight/ArgsRemapper.php
index e2a1576ac1..873a2a21f7 100644
--- a/src/Preflight/ArgsRemapper.php
+++ b/src/Preflight/ArgsRemapper.php
@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@
  */
 class ArgsRemapper
 {
+    protected $remapOptions;
+    protected $remapCommandAliases;
+
     /**
      * ArgsRemapper constructor
      */
-    public function __construct($remap, $remove)
+    public function __construct($remapOptions, $remapCommandAliases)
     {
-        $this->remap = $remap;
-        $this->remove = $remove;
+        $this->remapOptions = $remapOptions;
+        $this->remapCommandAliases = $remapCommandAliases;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -24,8 +27,9 @@ public function __construct($remap, $remove)
     public function remap($argv)
     {
         $result = [];
+        $sawCommmand = false;
         foreach ($argv as $arg) {
-            $arg = $this->remapArgument($arg);
+            $arg = $this->checkRemap($arg, $sawCommmand);
             if (isset($arg)) {
                 $result[] = $arg;
             }
@@ -34,47 +38,36 @@ public function remap($argv)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Apply any transformations to a single arg.
+     * Check to see if the provided single arg needs to be remapped. If
+     * it does, then the remapping is performed.
      *
-     * @param stinrg $arg One arguent to remap
+     * @param stinrg $arg One arguent to inspect
      * @return string The altered argument
      */
-    protected function remapArgument($arg)
+    protected function checkRemap($arg, &$sawCommmand)
     {
-        if ($this->checkRemoval($arg)) {
-            return null;
+        if (!$sawCommmand && ctype_alpha($arg[0])) {
+            $sawCommand = true;
+            return $this->remapCommandAlias($arg);
         }
-        return $this->checkRemap($arg);
+        return $this->remapOptions($arg);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Check to see if the provided argument should be removed / ignored.
-     *
-     * @param stinrg $arg One arguent to inspect
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    protected function checkRemoval($arg)
+    protected function remapOptions($arg)
     {
-        foreach ($this->remove as $removalCandidate) {
-            if ($this->matches($arg, $removalCandidate)) {
-                return true;
+        foreach ($this->remapOptions as $from => $to) {
+            if ($this->matches($arg, $from)) {
+                return $to . substr($arg, strlen($from));
             }
         }
-        return false;
+        return $arg;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Check to see if the provided single arg needs to be remapped. If
-     * it does, then the remapping is performed.
-     *
-     * @param stinrg $arg One arguent to inspect
-     * @return string The altered argument
-     */
-    protected function checkRemap($arg)
+    protected function remapCommandAlias($arg)
     {
-        foreach ($this->remap as $from => $to) {
-            if ($this->matches($arg, $from)) {
-                return $to . substr($arg, strlen($from));
+        foreach ($this->remapCommandAliases as $from => $to) {
+            if ($arg == $from) {
+                return $to;
             }
         }
         return $arg;
diff --git a/src/Preflight/Preflight.php b/src/Preflight/Preflight.php
index bd2ae3e8b8..a162d18f9d 100644
--- a/src/Preflight/Preflight.php
+++ b/src/Preflight/Preflight.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public function init(PreflightArgs $preflightArgs)
      * Eventually, we might want to expose this table to some form of
      * 'help' output, so folks can see the available conversions.
      */
-    protected function remapArguments()
+    protected function remapOptions()
     {
         return [
             '--ssh-options' => '-Dssh.options',
@@ -94,21 +94,24 @@ protected function remapArguments()
             '--db-su' => '-Dsql.db-su',
             '--notify' => '-Dnotify.duration',
             '--xh-link' => '-Dxh.link',
-            // Map command aliases which Console complains about.
-            'si' => 'site-install',
-            'en' => 'pm-enable',
         ];
     }
 
     /**
-     * Removal table for arguments. Anything found here will be silently
-     * removed. The option value is ignored; ergo, both --strict and
-     * --strict=0 will be removed; however, --stricter will not be removed.
+     * Symfony Console dislikes certain command aliases, because
+     * they are too similar to other Drush commands that contain
+     * the same characters.  To avoid the "I don't know which
+     * command you mean"-type errors, we will replace problematic
+     * aliases with their longhand equivalents.
+     *
+     * This should be fixed in Symfony Console.
      */
-    protected function removeArguments()
+    protected function remapCommandAliases()
     {
-        // Now we are going to support rather than remove --strict.
-        return [];
+        return [
+            'si' => 'site-install',
+            'en' => 'pm-enable',
+        ];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ protected function removeArguments()
     public function preflightArgs($argv)
     {
         $argProcessor = new ArgsPreprocessor();
-        $remapper = new ArgsRemapper($this->remapArguments(), $this->removeArguments());
+        $remapper = new ArgsRemapper($this->remapOptions(), $this->remapCommandAliases());
         $preflightArgs = new PreflightArgs([]);
         $argProcessor->setArgsRemapper($remapper);