diff --git a/src/client/opamAdminCommand.ml b/src/client/opamAdminCommand.ml
index 80423884ddf..40f2372e76e 100644
--- a/src/client/opamAdminCommand.ml
+++ b/src/client/opamAdminCommand.ml
@@ -878,8 +878,7 @@ let compare_versions_command cli =
     `S Manpage.s_options;
   ]
   in
-  let cmd global_options v0 v1 operator () =
-    OpamArg.apply_global_options cli global_options;
+  let cmd v0 v1 operator () =
     match operator with
     | None ->
       let result = OpamPackage.Version.compare v0 v1 in
@@ -894,7 +893,7 @@ let compare_versions_command cli =
          else `False)
   in
   OpamArg.mk_command ~cli OpamArg.(cli_from cli2_4) command ~doc ~man
-    Term.(const cmd $ global_options cli $ version_arg 0 $ version_arg 1 $ operator)
+    Term.(const cmd $ version_arg 0 $ version_arg 1 $ operator)
 
 let pattern_list_arg =
   OpamArg.arg_list "PATTERNS"