diff --git a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/cmd.go
index 9dae9fa4008..39e214c3309 100644
--- a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -142,13 +142,7 @@ func FlagToEnvVarName(f *pflag.Flag) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("SKAFFOLD_%s", strings.Replace(strings.ToUpper(f.Name), "-", "_", -1))
 }
 
-func AddRunDeployFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Tail, "tail", false, "Stream logs from deployed objects")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Force, "force", false, "Recreate kubernetes resources if necessary for deployment (default: false, warning: might cause downtime!)")
-	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&opts.CustomLabels, "label", "l", nil, "Add custom labels to deployed objects. Set multiple times for multiple labels.")
-}
-
-func AddRunDevFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+func AddRunCommonFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.EnableRPC, "enable-rpc", false, "Enable gRPC for exposing Skaffold events (true by default for `skaffold dev`)")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&opts.RPCPort, "rpc-port", constants.DefaultRPCPort, "tcp port to expose event API")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&opts.RPCHTTPPort, "rpc-http-port", constants.DefaultRPCHTTPPort, "tcp port to expose event REST API over HTTP")
@@ -157,11 +151,21 @@ func AddRunDevFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&opts.Profiles, "profile", "p", nil, "Activate profiles by name")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Namespace, "namespace", "n", "", "Run deployments in the specified namespace")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.DefaultRepo, "default-repo", "d", "", "Default repository value (overrides global config)")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.NoPrune, "no-prune", false, "Skip removing images and containers built by Skaffold")
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&opts.InsecureRegistries, "insecure-registry", nil, "Target registries for built images which are not secure")
+}
+
+func AddRunDeployFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Tail, "tail", false, "Stream logs from deployed objects")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Force, "force", false, "Recreate kubernetes resources if necessary for deployment (default: false, warning: might cause downtime!)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&opts.CustomLabels, "label", "l", nil, "Add custom labels to deployed objects. Set multiple times for multiple labels.")
+}
+
+func AddRunDevFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	AddRunCommonFlags(cmd)
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.SkipTests, "skip-tests", false, "Whether to skip the tests after building")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.CacheArtifacts, "cache-artifacts", false, "Set to true to enable caching of artifacts.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.CacheFile, "cache-file", "", "", "Specify the location of the cache file (default $HOME/.skaffold/cache)")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.NoPrune, "no-prune", false, "Skip removing images and containers built by Skaffold")
-	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&opts.InsecureRegistries, "insecure-registry", nil, "Target registries for built images which are not secure")
 }
 
 func AddDevDebugFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
diff --git a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/delete.go
index f956afb9b99..f16bde91da3 100644
--- a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/delete.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func NewCmdDelete(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			return delete(out)
 		},
 	}
-	AddRunDevFlags(cmd)
+	AddRunCommonFlags(cmd)
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/content/en/docs/references/cli/_index.md b/docs/content/en/docs/references/cli/_index.md
index 9dce5d3c76e..cbd1bc412db 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/docs/references/cli/_index.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/docs/references/cli/_index.md
@@ -279,8 +279,6 @@ Usage:
   skaffold delete
 
 Flags:
-      --cache-artifacts                 Set to true to enable caching of artifacts.
-      --cache-file string               Specify the location of the cache file (default $HOME/.skaffold/cache)
   -d, --default-repo string             Default repository value (overrides global config)
       --enable-rpc skaffold dev         Enable gRPC for exposing Skaffold events (true by default for skaffold dev)
   -f, --filename string                 Filename or URL to the pipeline file (default "skaffold.yaml")
@@ -290,7 +288,6 @@ Flags:
   -p, --profile stringArray             Activate profiles by name
       --rpc-http-port int               tcp port to expose event REST API over HTTP (default 50052)
       --rpc-port int                    tcp port to expose event API (default 50051)
-      --skip-tests                      Whether to skip the tests after building
       --toot                            Emit a terminal beep after the deploy is complete
 
 Global Flags:
@@ -301,8 +298,6 @@ Global Flags:
 ```
 Env vars:
 
-* `SKAFFOLD_CACHE_ARTIFACTS` (same as `--cache-artifacts`)
-* `SKAFFOLD_CACHE_FILE` (same as `--cache-file`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_DEFAULT_REPO` (same as `--default-repo`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_ENABLE_RPC` (same as `--enable-rpc`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_FILENAME` (same as `--filename`)
@@ -312,7 +307,6 @@ Env vars:
 * `SKAFFOLD_PROFILE` (same as `--profile`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_RPC_HTTP_PORT` (same as `--rpc-http-port`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_RPC_PORT` (same as `--rpc-port`)
-* `SKAFFOLD_SKIP_TESTS` (same as `--skip-tests`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_TOOT` (same as `--toot`)
 
 ### skaffold deploy