diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index be8aa34140..7a4effdf1a 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ var (
 		Value: 0,
 	}
 
-	defaultSyncMode = ethconfig.Defaults.SyncMode
-	SnapshotFlag    = &cli.BoolFlag{
+	SnapshotFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "snapshot",
 		Usage:    `Enables snapshot-database mode (default = enable)`,
 		Value:    true,
@@ -244,10 +243,10 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Manually specify the Verkle fork timestamp, overriding the bundled setting",
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
-	SyncModeFlag = &flags.TextMarshalerFlag{
+	SyncModeFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:     "syncmode",
 		Usage:    `Blockchain sync mode ("snap" or "full")`,
-		Value:    &defaultSyncMode,
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.SyncMode.String(),
 		Category: flags.StateCategory,
 	}
 	GCModeFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
@@ -1669,7 +1668,9 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(SyncTargetFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.SyncMode = downloader.FullSync // dev sync target forces full sync
 	} else if ctx.IsSet(SyncModeFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.SyncMode = *flags.GlobalTextMarshaler(ctx, SyncModeFlag.Name).(*downloader.SyncMode)
+		if err = cfg.SyncMode.UnmarshalText([]byte(ctx.String(SyncModeFlag.Name))); err != nil {
+			Fatalf("invalid --syncmode flag: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.NetworkId = ctx.Uint64(NetworkIdFlag.Name)
diff --git a/internal/flags/flags.go b/internal/flags/flags.go
index bf62c53adf..1f6be3d3d3 100644
--- a/internal/flags/flags.go
+++ b/internal/flags/flags.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package flags
 
 import (
-	"encoding"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
@@ -122,119 +121,6 @@ func (f *DirectoryFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
 	return f.GetValue()
 }
 
-type TextMarshaler interface {
-	encoding.TextMarshaler
-	encoding.TextUnmarshaler
-}
-
-// textMarshalerVal turns a TextMarshaler into a flag.Value
-type textMarshalerVal struct {
-	v TextMarshaler
-}
-
-func (v textMarshalerVal) String() string {
-	if v.v == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	text, _ := v.v.MarshalText()
-	return string(text)
-}
-
-func (v textMarshalerVal) Set(s string) error {
-	return v.v.UnmarshalText([]byte(s))
-}
-
-var (
-	_ cli.Flag              = (*TextMarshalerFlag)(nil)
-	_ cli.RequiredFlag      = (*TextMarshalerFlag)(nil)
-	_ cli.VisibleFlag       = (*TextMarshalerFlag)(nil)
-	_ cli.DocGenerationFlag = (*TextMarshalerFlag)(nil)
-	_ cli.CategorizableFlag = (*TextMarshalerFlag)(nil)
-)
-
-// TextMarshalerFlag wraps a TextMarshaler value.
-type TextMarshalerFlag struct {
-	Name string
-
-	Category    string
-	DefaultText string
-	Usage       string
-
-	Required   bool
-	Hidden     bool
-	HasBeenSet bool
-
-	Value TextMarshaler
-
-	Aliases []string
-	EnvVars []string
-}
-
-// For cli.Flag:
-
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) Names() []string { return append([]string{f.Name}, f.Aliases...) }
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) IsSet() bool     { return f.HasBeenSet }
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) String() string  { return cli.FlagStringer(f) }
-
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
-	for _, envVar := range f.EnvVars {
-		envVar = strings.TrimSpace(envVar)
-		if value, found := syscall.Getenv(envVar); found {
-			if err := f.Value.UnmarshalText([]byte(value)); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("could not parse %q from environment variable %q for flag %s: %s", value, envVar, f.Name, err)
-			}
-			f.HasBeenSet = true
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	eachName(f, func(name string) {
-		set.Var(textMarshalerVal{f.Value}, f.Name, f.Usage)
-	})
-	return nil
-}
-
-// For cli.RequiredFlag:
-
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) IsRequired() bool { return f.Required }
-
-// For cli.VisibleFlag:
-
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) IsVisible() bool { return !f.Hidden }
-
-// For cli.CategorizableFlag:
-
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) GetCategory() string { return f.Category }
-
-// For cli.DocGenerationFlag:
-
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) TakesValue() bool     { return true }
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) GetUsage() string     { return f.Usage }
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) GetEnvVars() []string { return f.EnvVars }
-
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) GetValue() string {
-	t, err := f.Value.MarshalText()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "(ERR: " + err.Error() + ")"
-	}
-	return string(t)
-}
-
-func (f *TextMarshalerFlag) GetDefaultText() string {
-	if f.DefaultText != "" {
-		return f.DefaultText
-	}
-	return f.GetValue()
-}
-
-// GlobalTextMarshaler returns the value of a TextMarshalerFlag from the global flag set.
-func GlobalTextMarshaler(ctx *cli.Context, name string) TextMarshaler {
-	val := ctx.Generic(name)
-	if val == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return val.(textMarshalerVal).v
-}
-
 var (
 	_ cli.Flag              = (*BigFlag)(nil)
 	_ cli.RequiredFlag      = (*BigFlag)(nil)
diff --git a/internal/flags/helpers.go b/internal/flags/helpers.go
index 0fd37151eb..fd706869f1 100644
--- a/internal/flags/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/flags/helpers.go
@@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ func AutoEnvVars(flags []cli.Flag, prefix string) {
 		case *BigFlag:
 			flag.EnvVars = append(flag.EnvVars, envvar)
 
-		case *TextMarshalerFlag:
-			flag.EnvVars = append(flag.EnvVars, envvar)
-
 		case *DirectoryFlag:
 			flag.EnvVars = append(flag.EnvVars, envvar)
 		}