diff --git a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
index bc0231a2e..d4a3a6dc7 100644
--- a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
@@ -58,18 +58,8 @@ func init() {
 
 	addKanikoOptionsFlags()
 	addHiddenFlags(RootCmd)
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.IgnoreVarRun, "whitelist-var-run", "", true, "Ignore /var/run directory when taking image snapshot. Set it to false to preserve /var/run/ in destination image. (Default true).")
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("whitelist-var-run", "please use ignore-var-run instead.")
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().SetNormalizeFunc(normalizeWhitelistVarRun)
-}
-
-func normalizeWhitelistVarRun(f *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
-	switch name {
-	case "whitelist-var-run":
-		name = "ignore-var-run"
-		break
-	}
-	return pflag.NormalizedName(name)
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.IgnoreVarRun, "whitelist-var-run", "", true, "Ignore /var/run directory when taking image snapshot. Set it to false to preserve /var/run/ in destination image.")
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("whitelist-var-run", "Please use ignore-var-run instead.")
 }
 
 // RootCmd is the kaniko command that is run
@@ -212,7 +202,7 @@ func addKanikoOptionsFlags() {
 	opts.RegistriesCertificates = make(map[string]string)
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().VarP(&opts.RegistriesCertificates, "registry-certificate", "", "Use the provided certificate for TLS communication with the given registry. Expected format is 'my.registry.url=/path/to/the/server/certificate'.")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().VarP(&opts.RegistryMirrors, "registry-mirror", "", "Registry mirror to use as pull-through cache instead of docker.io. Set it repeatedly for multiple mirrors.")
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.IgnoreVarRun, "ignore-var-run", "", true, "Ignore /var/run directory when taking image snapshot. Set it to false to preserve /var/run/ in destination image. (Default true).")
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.IgnoreVarRun, "ignore-var-run", "", true, "Ignore /var/run directory when taking image snapshot. Set it to false to preserve /var/run/ in destination image.")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().VarP(&opts.Labels, "label", "", "Set metadata for an image. Set it repeatedly for multiple labels.")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.SkipUnusedStages, "skip-unused-stages", "", false, "Build only used stages if defined to true. Otherwise it builds by default all stages, even the unnecessaries ones until it reaches the target stage / end of Dockerfile")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.RunV2, "use-new-run", "", false, "Use the experimental run implementation for detecting changes without requiring file system snapshots.")