diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index e0e4f3e01a..c2c08918ba 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ if one is set.  Otherwise it prints the genesis from the datadir.`,
 		ArgsUsage: "<filename> (<filename 2> ... <filename N>) ",
 		Flags: slices.Concat([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.CacheFlag,
-			utils.SyncModeFlag,
 			utils.GCModeFlag,
 			utils.SnapshotFlag,
 			utils.CacheDatabaseFlag,
@@ -120,10 +119,7 @@ to import successfully.`,
 		Name:      "export",
 		Usage:     "Export blockchain into file",
 		ArgsUsage: "<filename> [<blockNumFirst> <blockNumLast>]",
-		Flags: slices.Concat([]cli.Flag{
-			utils.CacheFlag,
-			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
+		Flags:     slices.Concat([]cli.Flag{utils.CacheFlag}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `
 Requires a first argument of the file to write to.
 Optional second and third arguments control the first and
@@ -163,10 +159,7 @@ into Era archives. Eras are typically packaged in steps of 8192 blocks.
 		Name:      "import-preimages",
 		Usage:     "Import the preimage database from an RLP stream",
 		ArgsUsage: "<datafile>",
-		Flags: slices.Concat([]cli.Flag{
-			utils.CacheFlag,
-			utils.SyncModeFlag,
-		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
+		Flags:     slices.Concat([]cli.Flag{utils.CacheFlag}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Description: `
 The import-preimages command imports hash preimages from an RLP encoded stream.
 It's deprecated, please use "geth db import" instead.