diff --git a/beacon-chain/main.go b/beacon-chain/main.go
index 7a55ae2bb..3d6a03423 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/main.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/main.go
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ VERSION:
 		cmd.TraceSampleFractionFlag,
 		cmd.MonitoringPortFlag,
 		cmd.DisableMonitoringFlag,
-		cmd.KeystorePasswordFlag,
-		cmd.KeystoreDirectoryFlag,
 		debug.PProfFlag,
 		debug.PProfAddrFlag,
 		debug.PProfPortFlag,
diff --git a/shared/cmd/flags.go b/shared/cmd/flags.go
index de38341cc..a9ad8600f 100644
--- a/shared/cmd/flags.go
+++ b/shared/cmd/flags.go
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Port used to listening and respond metrics for prometheus.",
 		Value: 8080,
 	}
-	// KeystoreDirectoryFlag defines a flag to indicate where the keystore of the user
-	// is located.
-	KeystoreDirectoryFlag = DirectoryFlag{
-		Name:  "keystore-dir",
-		Usage: "Keystore directory indicates which directory the keystore is located.",
-	}
 	// KeystorePasswordFlag defines the password that will unlock the keystore file.
 	KeystorePasswordFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "keystore-password",
diff --git a/validator/main.go b/validator/main.go
index 1bbd959e3..725908e97 100644
--- a/validator/main.go
+++ b/validator/main.go
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ contract in order to activate the validator client`,
 		cmd.TracingEndpointFlag,
 		cmd.TraceSampleFractionFlag,
 		cmd.KeystorePasswordFlag,
-		cmd.KeystoreDirectoryFlag,
 		cmd.BootstrapNode,
 		cmd.MonitoringPortFlag,
 		debug.PProfFlag,