diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fec08b25..0827d1ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- The `--list` and `--list-all` flags can now be combined with the `--silent`
+  flag to print the task names only, without their description
+  ([#691](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/691)).
 - Added support for multi-level inclusion of Taskfiles. This means that
   included Taskfiles can also include other Taskfiles. Before this was limited
   to one level
diff --git a/help.go b/help.go
index 315daaae..9b9a5874 100644
--- a/help.go
+++ b/help.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package task
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -79,8 +80,11 @@ func (e *Executor) tasksWithDesc() (tasks []*taskfile.Task) {
 // Otherwise, all task names are printed.
 func (e *Executor) ListTaskNames(allTasks bool) {
 	// if called from cmd/task.go, e.Taskfile has not yet been parsed
-	if nil == e.Taskfile && e.readTaskfile() != nil {
-		return
+	if e.Taskfile == nil {
+		if err := e.readTaskfile(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+			return
+		}
 	}
 	// use stdout if no output defined
 	var w io.Writer = os.Stdout
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index 6b9cc39e..ec224260 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@ func (e *Executor) Run(ctx context.Context, calls ...taskfile.Call) error {
 
 // readTaskfile selects and parses the entrypoint.
 func (e *Executor) readTaskfile() error {
-	// select the default entrypoint if not provided
-	if e.Entrypoint == "" {
-		e.Entrypoint = "Taskfile.yml"
-	}
-
 	var err error
 	e.Taskfile, err = read.Taskfile(&read.ReaderNode{
 		Dir:        e.Dir,