2 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/utils/customflags.go b/cmd/utils/customflags.go
index 8e5944a50..52cd7b8c7 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/customflags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/customflags.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
-
-	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
 
 // Custom type which is registered in the flags library which cli uses for
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ func (self *DirectoryString) Set(value string) error {
 // Custom cli.Flag type which expand the received string to an absolute path.
 // e.g. ~/.ethereum -> /home/username/.ethereum
 type DirectoryFlag struct {
-	cli.GenericFlag
 	Name   string
 	Value  DirectoryString
 	Usage  string
@@ -117,7 +114,7 @@ func withEnvHint(envVar, str string) string {
 	return str + envText
 }
 
-func (self DirectoryFlag) getName() string {
+func (self DirectoryFlag) GetName() string {
 	return self.Name
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 18745e557..5092616de 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -337,10 +337,10 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Network listening port",
 		Value: 30303,
 	}
-	BootnodesFlag = cli.StringSliceFlag{
+	BootnodesFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "bootnodes",
 		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap",
-		Value: nil,
+		Value: "",
 	}
 	NodeKeyFileFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "nodekey",
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ func makeNodeUserIdent(ctx *cli.Context) string {
 func MakeBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context) []*discover.Node {
 	urls := params.MainnetBootnodes
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) {
-		urls = ctx.GlobalStringSlice(BootnodesFlag.Name)
+		urls = strings.Split(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesFlag.Name), ",")
 	} else if ctx.GlobalBool(TestNetFlag.Name) {
 		urls = params.TestnetBootnodes
 	}
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ func MakeBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context) []*discover.Node {
 func MakeBootstrapNodesV5(ctx *cli.Context) []*discv5.Node {
 	urls := params.DiscoveryV5Bootnodes
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) {
-		urls = ctx.GlobalStringSlice(BootnodesFlag.Name)
+		urls = strings.Split(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesFlag.Name), ",")
 	}
 
 	bootnodes := make([]*discv5.Node, 0, len(urls))