1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/registry/remote.go b/cmd/podman/registry/remote.go
index 7dbdd3824..9b7523ac0 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/registry/remote.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/registry/remote.go
@@ -5,22 +5,24 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/pkg/domain/entities"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
-var (
-	// Was --remote given on command line
-	remoteOverride bool
-	remoteSync     sync.Once
-)
+// Value for --remote given on command line
+var remoteFromCLI = struct {
+	Value bool
+	sync  sync.Once
+}{}
 
-// IsRemote returns true if podman was built to run remote
+// IsRemote returns true if podman was built to run remote or --remote flag given on CLI
 // Use in init() functions as a initialization check
 func IsRemote() bool {
-	remoteSync.Do(func() {
-		remote := &cobra.Command{}
-		remote.Flags().BoolVarP(&remoteOverride, "remote", "r", false, "")
-		_ = remote.ParseFlags(os.Args)
+	remoteFromCLI.sync.Do(func() {
+		fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("remote", pflag.ContinueOnError)
+		fs.BoolVarP(&remoteFromCLI.Value, "remote", "r", false, "")
+		fs.ParseErrorsWhitelist.UnknownFlags = true
+		fs.SetInterspersed(false)
+		_ = fs.Parse(os.Args[1:])
 	})
-	return podmanOptions.EngineMode == entities.TunnelMode || remoteOverride
+	return podmanOptions.EngineMode == entities.TunnelMode || remoteFromCLI.Value
 }