diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9283493..ac24a75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ Usage:
 
 Flags:
   -a, --attribute string   required - Workspace attribute to update, use Terraform Cloud API workspace attribute names
-  -d, --dry-run-mode       dry run mode only. (e.g. "-d")
   -h, --help               help for update
   -v, --value string       required - Value
   -w, --workspace string   required - Partial workspace name to search across all workspaces
diff --git a/cmd/variablesUpdate.go b/cmd/variablesUpdate.go
index 78ac511..4aead20 100644
--- a/cmd/variablesUpdate.go
+++ b/cmd/variablesUpdate.go
@@ -78,16 +78,6 @@ func init() {
 		false,
 		`optional (e.g. "-v=true") whether to do the search based on the value of the variables. (Must be false if add-key-if-not-found is true`,
 	)
-	updateCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(
-		&readOnlyMode,
-		"dry-run-mode",
-		"d",
-		false,
-		`optional (e.g. "-d=true") dry run mode only.`,
-	)
-	if err := updateCmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("dry-run-mode", "use -r for read-only-mode"); err != nil {
-		errLog.Fatalln(err)
-	}
 	updateCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(
 		&sensitiveVariable,
 		"sensitive-variable",
diff --git a/cmd/workspacesUpdate.go b/cmd/workspacesUpdate.go
index 838c9b3..5565fa6 100644
--- a/cmd/workspacesUpdate.go
+++ b/cmd/workspacesUpdate.go
@@ -56,12 +56,7 @@ func init() {
 		requiredPrefix+"Value")
 	workspaceUpdateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&workspaceFilter, flagWorkspaceFilter, "w", "",
 		requiredPrefix+"Partial workspace name to search across all workspaces")
-	workspaceUpdateCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&readOnlyMode, "dry-run-mode", "d", false,
-		`dry run mode only. (e.g. "-d")`,
-	)
-	if err := updateCmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("dry-run-mode", "use -r for read-only-mode"); err != nil {
-		errLog.Fatalln(err)
-	}
+
 	requiredFlags := []string{flagAttribute, flagValue, flagWorkspaceFilter}
 	for _, flag := range requiredFlags {
 		if err := workspaceUpdateCmd.MarkFlagRequired(flag); err != nil {