diff --git a/test/run_test.py b/test/run_test.py
index d43a396f144..23160d01281 100755
--- a/test/run_test.py
+++ b/test/run_test.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from torch.testing._internal.common_utils import (
     IS_CI,
     IS_MACOS,
     IS_WINDOWS,
-    parser as common_parser,
     retry_shell,
     set_cwd,
     shell,
@@ -384,7 +383,7 @@ def run_test(
 ) -> int:
     env = env or os.environ.copy()
     maybe_set_hip_visible_devies()
-    unittest_args = options.additional_unittest_args.copy()
+    unittest_args = options.additional_args.copy()
     test_file = test_module.name
     stepcurrent_key = test_file
 
@@ -1057,7 +1056,6 @@ def parse_args():
         description="Run the PyTorch unit test suite",
         epilog="where TESTS is any of: {}".format(", ".join(TESTS)),
         formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter,
-        parents=[common_parser],
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v",
@@ -1206,12 +1204,6 @@ def parse_args():
         and "debug" not in BUILD_ENVIRONMENT
         and "parallelnative" not in BUILD_ENVIRONMENT,
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "additional_unittest_args",
-        nargs="*",
-        help="additional arguments passed through to unittest, e.g., "
-        "python run_test.py -i sparse -- TestSparse.test_factory_size_check",
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--shard",
         nargs=2,
@@ -1273,7 +1265,11 @@ def parse_args():
         help="Run tests with TorchInductor turned on",
     )
 
-    return parser.parse_args()
+    args, extra = parser.parse_known_args()
+    if "--" in extra:
+        extra.remove("--")
+    args.additional_args = extra
+    return args
 
 
 def exclude_tests(
@@ -1626,7 +1622,7 @@ def run_tests(
             options_clone = copy.deepcopy(options)
             if can_run_in_pytest(test):
                 options_clone.pytest = True
-            options_clone.additional_unittest_args.extend(["-m", "serial"])
+            options_clone.additional_args.extend(["-m", "serial"])
             failure = run_test_module(test, test_directory, options_clone)
             test_failed = handle_error_messages(failure)
             if (
@@ -1641,7 +1637,7 @@ def run_tests(
             options_clone = copy.deepcopy(options)
             if can_run_in_pytest(test):
                 options_clone.pytest = True
-            options_clone.additional_unittest_args.extend(["-m", "not serial"])
+            options_clone.additional_args.extend(["-m", "not serial"])
             pool.apply_async(
                 run_test_module,
                 args=(test, test_directory, options_clone),