diff --git a/resholve b/resholve
index ff549df..09c5b1b 100755
--- a/resholve
+++ b/resholve
@@ -2512,35 +2512,52 @@ class ExternalCommandParsers(object):
             "flatpak", cls=PartialSurveyCommandParserForPossibleExec
         )
 
+        # flatpak --help
+        generic.add_argument(
+            "-h",
+            "--help",
+            "--version",
+            "--default-arch",
+            "--supported-arches",
+            "--gl-drivers",
+            "--installations",
+            "--print-updated-env",
+            "--print-system-only",
+            "-v",
+            "--verbose",
+            "--ostree-verbose",
+            dest="skip"
+            action="store_true",
+        )
+
         no_positionals = make_command_parser(
             "flatpak",
             variant="no positional args",
             cls=PartialSurveyCommandParserForPossibleExec,
         )
 
-        for parser in (no_positionals, generic):
-            # flatpak --help
-            parser.add_argument(
-                "-h",
-                "--help",
-                "--version",
-                "--default-arch",
-                "--supported-arches",
-                "--gl-drivers",
-                "--installations",
-                "--print-updated-env",
-                "--print-system-only",
-                "-v",
-                "--verbose",
-                "--ostree-verbose",
-                action="store_true",
-            )
+        no_positionals.add_argument(
+            "-h",
+            "--help",
+            "--version",
+            "--default-arch",
+            "--supported-arches",
+            "--gl-drivers",
+            "--installations",
+            "--print-updated-env",
+            "--print-system-only",
+            "-v",
+            "--verbose",
+            "--ostree-verbose",
+            action="store_true",
+        )
+
         subparsers = generic.add_subparsers()
         update = subparsers.add_deadend_parser("update")
 
         return (
-            generic,
             no_positionals,
+            generic,
         )