diff --git a/myth b/myth
index 37145a50..904449a8 100755
--- a/myth
+++ b/myth
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from mythril.rpc.client import EthJsonRpc
 from mythril.ipc.client import EthIpc
 from ethereum import utils
 from laser.ethereum import laserfree
-import yaml
 import logging
 import binascii
 import sys
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ if (args.code):
 elif (args.address):
     encoded_bytecode = eth.eth_getCode(args.address)
 elif (args.infile):
-    encoded_bytecode =  compile_solidity(args.infile)
+    encoded_bytecode =  compile_solidity(solc_binary, args.infile)
 else:
     exitWithError("No input bytecode. Please provide EVM code via -c BYTECODE, -a ADDRESS, or -i SOLIDITY_FILE")
 
diff --git a/mythril/ether/util.py b/mythril/ether/util.py
index 3ba70848..83d4016f 100644
--- a/mythril/ether/util.py
+++ b/mythril/ether/util.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ def safe_decode(hex_encoded_string):
         return bytes.fromhex(hex_encoded_string)
 
 
-def compile_solidity(file):
-    output = subprocess.check_output(["solc", "--bin-runtime", file])
+def compile_solidity(solc_binary, file):
+    output = subprocess.check_output(["solc", "--bin-runtime", file],  stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
 
     m = re.search(r"runtime part: \\n(.*)\\n", str(output))
     return m.group(1)