diff --git a/command/base.go b/command/base.go
index 5ed9ac0727..1ebdca387e 100644
--- a/command/base.go
+++ b/command/base.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ type BaseCommand struct {
 	HideNormalFlagsHelp bool
 
 	flagSet *flag.FlagSet
-	hidden  *flag.FlagSet
 
 	// These are the options which correspond to the HTTP API options
 	httpAddr      configutil.StringValue
@@ -172,18 +171,10 @@ func (c *BaseCommand) NewFlagSet(command cli.Command) *flag.FlagSet {
 	f.SetOutput(errW)
 
 	c.flagSet = f
-	c.hidden = flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
 
 	return f
 }
 
-// HideFlags is used to set hidden flags that will not be shown in help text
-func (c *BaseCommand) HideFlags(flags ...string) {
-	for _, f := range flags {
-		c.hidden.String(f, "", "")
-	}
-}
-
 // Parse is used to parse the underlying flag set.
 func (c *BaseCommand) Parse(args []string) error {
 	return c.flagSet.Parse(args)
@@ -243,7 +234,7 @@ func (c *BaseCommand) helpFlagsFor(f *flag.FlagSet) string {
 		firstCommand := true
 		f.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) {
 			// Skip HTTP flags as they will be grouped separately
-			if flagContains(httpFlagsClient, f) || flagContains(httpFlagsServer, f) || flagContains(c.hidden, f) {
+			if flagContains(httpFlagsClient, f) || flagContains(httpFlagsServer, f) {
 				return
 			}
 			if firstCommand {