diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 1f9069e7f2..bb19b34600 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ var (
 		utils.GpoPercentileFlag,
 		utils.ExtraDataFlag,
 		utils.DepositFlag,
-		utils.CollateFlag,
 		configFileFlag,
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/geth/shardingcmd.go b/cmd/geth/shardingcmd.go
index fb47a629ab..f979437502 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/shardingcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/shardingcmd.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Launches a sharding validator client that connects to a running geth node and pr
 		Aliases:   []string{"shard-collator"},
 		Usage:     "Start a sharding collator client",
 		ArgsUsage: "[endpoint]",
-		Flags:     []cli.Flag{utils.DataDirFlag, utils.PasswordFileFlag, utils.NetworkIdFlag, utils.IPCPathFlag, utils.CollateFlag},
+		Flags:     []cli.Flag{utils.DataDirFlag, utils.PasswordFileFlag, utils.NetworkIdFlag, utils.IPCPathFlag},
 		Category:  "SHARDING COMMANDS",
 		Description: `
 Launches a sharding collator client that connects to a running geth node and proposes collations to validator node. This feature is a work in progress.
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index b218f4c85c..962126b956 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -543,10 +543,6 @@ var (
 		Name:  "deposit",
 		Usage: "To become a validator with your sharding client, 100 ETH will be deposited from user's account into VMC ",
 	}
-	CollateFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "collate",
-		Usage: "To become a collator with your sharding client, to submit collations to validator node",
-	}
 )
 
 // MakeDataDir retrieves the currently requested data directory, terminating