diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/xcatDBcmds b/xCAT-client/bin/xcatDBcmds
index c99d07fc4..5fe5db01f 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/xcatDBcmds
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/xcatDBcmds
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ my @checkcmds = ("nimnodeset", "mkdsklsnode", "rmdsklsnode", "xcat2nim", "nimnod
 if (grep(/^$bname$/, @checkcmds) ) { 
 	# strip off all options
 	# use getopt instead of getopts to let long options pass through
-	getopt('ab:d:Dfh?i:lurs:m:no:t:vVp:M');
+	getopt('bdismotp');
 	# check the operands for a noderange
 	while (my $a = shift(@ARGV)) {
 		if (!($a =~ /=/) && !($a =~ /^-/)) {