diff --git a/cmd/admin.go b/cmd/admin.go
index de77143f2..5e56f171b 100644
--- a/cmd/admin.go
+++ b/cmd/admin.go
@@ -30,11 +30,28 @@ to make automatic initialization process more smoothly`,
 		Usage:  "Create a new user in database",
 		Action: runCreateUser,
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
-			stringFlag("name", "", "Username"),
-			stringFlag("password", "", "User password"),
-			stringFlag("email", "", "User email address"),
-			boolFlag("admin", "User is an admin"),
-			stringFlag("config, c", "custom/conf/app.ini", "Custom configuration file path"),
+			cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:  "name",
+				Value: "",
+				Usage: "Username",
+			},
+			cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:  "password",
+				Value: "", Usage: "User password",
+			},
+			cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:  "email",
+				Value: "", Usage: "User email address",
+			},
+			cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:  "admin",
+				Usage: "User is an admin",
+			},
+			cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:  "config, c",
+				Value: "custom/conf/app.ini",
+				Usage: "Custom configuration file path",
+			},
 		},
 	}
 )
diff --git a/cmd/cert.go b/cmd/cert.go
index 2212d2972..c30d4ddb7 100644
--- a/cmd/cert.go
+++ b/cmd/cert.go
@@ -33,12 +33,35 @@ var CmdCert = cli.Command{
 Outputs to 'cert.pem' and 'key.pem' and will overwrite existing files.`,
 	Action: runCert,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
-		stringFlag("host", "", "Comma-separated hostnames and IPs to generate a certificate for"),
-		stringFlag("ecdsa-curve", "", "ECDSA curve to use to generate a key. Valid values are P224, P256, P384, P521"),
-		intFlag("rsa-bits", 2048, "Size of RSA key to generate. Ignored if --ecdsa-curve is set"),
-		stringFlag("start-date", "", "Creation date formatted as Jan 1 15:04:05 2011"),
-		durationFlag("duration", 365*24*time.Hour, "Duration that certificate is valid for"),
-		boolFlag("ca", "whether this cert should be its own Certificate Authority"),
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "host",
+			Value: "",
+			Usage: "Comma-separated hostnames and IPs to generate a certificate for",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "ecdsa-curve",
+			Value: "",
+			Usage: "ECDSA curve to use to generate a key. Valid values are P224, P256, P384, P521",
+		},
+		cli.IntFlag{
+			Name:  "rsa-bits",
+			Value: 2048,
+			Usage: "Size of RSA key to generate. Ignored if --ecdsa-curve is set",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "start-date",
+			Value: "",
+			Usage: "Creation date formatted as Jan 1 15:04:05 2011",
+		},
+		cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:  "duration",
+			Value: 365 * 24 * time.Hour,
+			Usage: "Duration that certificate is valid for",
+		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "ca",
+			Usage: "whether this cert should be its own Certificate Authority",
+		},
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/cert_stub.go b/cmd/cert_stub.go
index a97a497e1..75536f5a7 100644
--- a/cmd/cert_stub.go
+++ b/cmd/cert_stub.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var CmdCert = cli.Command{
 	Action:      runCert,
 }
 
-func runCert(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+func runCert(*cli.Context) error {
 	fmt.Println("Command cert not available, please use build tags 'cert' to rebuild.")
 	os.Exit(1)
 
diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 29afa625d..000000000
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/urfave/cli"
-)
-
-func stringFlag(name, value, usage string) cli.StringFlag {
-	return cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  name,
-		Value: value,
-		Usage: usage,
-	}
-}
-
-func boolFlag(name, usage string) cli.BoolFlag {
-	return cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  name,
-		Usage: usage,
-	}
-}
-
-func intFlag(name string, value int, usage string) cli.IntFlag {
-	return cli.IntFlag{
-		Name:  name,
-		Value: value,
-		Usage: usage,
-	}
-}
-
-func durationFlag(name string, value time.Duration, usage string) cli.DurationFlag {
-	return cli.DurationFlag{
-		Name:  name,
-		Value: value,
-		Usage: usage,
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cmd/dump.go b/cmd/dump.go
index 8af76e2fc..60eace35f 100644
--- a/cmd/dump.go
+++ b/cmd/dump.go
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"time"
 
-	"io/ioutil"
-
 	"github.com/Unknwon/cae/zip"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli"
-
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/models"
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/modules/setting"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
 // CmdDump represents the available dump sub-command.
@@ -28,9 +26,20 @@ var CmdDump = cli.Command{
 It can be used for backup and capture Gogs server image to send to maintainer`,
 	Action: runDump,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
-		stringFlag("config, c", "custom/conf/app.ini", "Custom configuration file path"),
-		boolFlag("verbose, v", "Show process details"),
-		stringFlag("tempdir, t", os.TempDir(), "Temporary dir path"),
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "config, c",
+			Value: "custom/conf/app.ini",
+			Usage: "Custom configuration file path",
+		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "verbose, v",
+			Usage: "Show process details",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "tempdir, t",
+			Value: os.TempDir(),
+			Usage: "Temporary dir path",
+		},
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index dee7ca16d..75dca222e 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Unknwon/com"
 	"github.com/go-gitea/git"
-	gouuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli"
-
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/models"
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/modules/base"
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/modules/httplib"
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/modules/log"
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/modules/setting"
+	gouuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -36,7 +35,11 @@ var CmdServ = cli.Command{
 	Description: `Serv provide access auth for repositories`,
 	Action:      runServ,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
-		stringFlag("config, c", "custom/conf/app.ini", "Custom configuration file path"),
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "config, c",
+			Value: "custom/conf/app.ini",
+			Usage: "Custom configuration file path",
+		},
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/update.go b/cmd/update.go
index ef494121e..4a5617cd4 100644
--- a/cmd/update.go
+++ b/cmd/update.go
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ var CmdUpdate = cli.Command{
 	Description: `Update get pushed info and insert into database`,
 	Action:      runUpdate,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
-		stringFlag("config, c", "custom/conf/app.ini", "Custom configuration file path"),
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "config, c",
+			Value: "custom/conf/app.ini",
+			Usage: "Custom configuration file path",
+		},
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/web.go b/cmd/web.go
index 36425b823..f3e59b8d4 100644
--- a/cmd/web.go
+++ b/cmd/web.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/go-gitea/git"
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/models"
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/modules/auth"
 	"github.com/go-gitea/gitea/modules/bindata"
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-macaron/session"
 	"github.com/go-macaron/toolbox"
 	"github.com/go-xorm/xorm"
-	"github.com/go-gitea/git"
 	version "github.com/mcuadros/go-version"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 	ini "gopkg.in/ini.v1"
@@ -53,8 +53,16 @@ var CmdWeb = cli.Command{
 and it takes care of all the other things for you`,
 	Action: runWeb,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
-		stringFlag("port, p", "3000", "Temporary port number to prevent conflict"),
-		stringFlag("config, c", "custom/conf/app.ini", "Custom configuration file path"),
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "port, p",
+			Value: "3000",
+			Usage: "Temporary port number to prevent conflict",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "config, c",
+			Value: "custom/conf/app.ini",
+			Usage: "Custom configuration file path",
+		},
 	},
 }