diff --git a/api/cli/cli.go b/api/cli/cli.go
index 1d3aece2a..ca6534893 100644
--- a/api/cli/cli.go
+++ b/api/cli/cli.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (*Service) ParseFlags(version string) (*portainer.CLIFlags, error) {
 		Data:                      kingpin.Flag("data", "Path to the folder where the data is stored").Default(defaultDataDirectory).Short('d').String(),
 		EndpointURL:               kingpin.Flag("host", "Endpoint URL").Short('H').String(),
 		EnableEdgeComputeFeatures: kingpin.Flag("edge-compute", "Enable Edge Compute features").Bool(),
-		NoAnalytics:               kingpin.Flag("no-analytics", "Disable Analytics in app (deprecated)").Default(defaultNoAnalytics).Bool(),
+		NoAnalytics:               kingpin.Flag("no-analytics", "Disable Analytics in app (deprecated)").Bool(),
 		TLS:                       kingpin.Flag("tlsverify", "TLS support").Default(defaultTLS).Bool(),
 		TLSSkipVerify:             kingpin.Flag("tlsskipverify", "Disable TLS server verification").Default(defaultTLSSkipVerify).Bool(),
 		TLSCacert:                 kingpin.Flag("tlscacert", "Path to the CA").Default(defaultTLSCACertPath).String(),
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ func (*Service) ValidateFlags(flags *portainer.CLIFlags) error {
 }
 
 func displayDeprecationWarnings(flags *portainer.CLIFlags) {
-	if flags.NoAnalytics != nil {
-		log.Println("Warning: The --no-analytics has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version of Portainer. It currently has no effect, telemetry settings are available in the Portainer settings.")
+	if *flags.NoAnalytics {
+		log.Println("Warning: The --no-analytics flag has been kept to allow migration of instances running a previous version of Portainer with this flag enabled, to version 2.0 where enabling this flag will have no effect.")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/api/cli/defaults.go b/api/cli/defaults.go
index 47e88755f..e52240ebf 100644
--- a/api/cli/defaults.go
+++ b/api/cli/defaults.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const (
 	defaultTunnelServerPort    = "8000"
 	defaultDataDirectory       = "/data"
 	defaultAssetsDirectory     = "./"
-	defaultNoAnalytics         = "false"
 	defaultTLS                 = "false"
 	defaultTLSSkipVerify       = "false"
 	defaultTLSCACertPath       = "/certs/ca.pem"
diff --git a/api/cli/defaults_windows.go b/api/cli/defaults_windows.go
index bf42086ff..c7e10f685 100644
--- a/api/cli/defaults_windows.go
+++ b/api/cli/defaults_windows.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const (
 	defaultTunnelServerPort    = "8000"
 	defaultDataDirectory       = "C:\\data"
 	defaultAssetsDirectory     = "./"
-	defaultNoAnalytics         = "false"
 	defaultTLS                 = "false"
 	defaultTLSSkipVerify       = "false"
 	defaultTLSCACertPath       = "C:\\certs\\ca.pem"