diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index f85dc9cbd0..c1878c22e2 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ if one is set.  Otherwise it prints the genesis from the datadir.`,
 			utils.SnapshotFlag,
 			utils.CacheDatabaseFlag,
 			utils.CacheGCFlag,
+			utils.NoCompactionFlag,
 			utils.MetricsEnabledFlag,
 			utils.MetricsEnabledExpensiveFlag,
 			utils.MetricsHTTPFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 9c0c0d9dfc..cd74fb7b6a 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ var (
 		utils.VMTraceJsonConfigFlag,
 		utils.NetworkIdFlag,
 		utils.EthStatsURLFlag,
-		utils.NoCompactionFlag,
 		utils.GpoBlocksFlag,
 		utils.GpoPercentileFlag,
 		utils.GpoMaxGasPriceFlag,