diff --git a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy.go b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy.go
index 8463597e7..314544845 100644
--- a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy.go
+++ b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (o *DeployOptions) Run() error {
 }
 
 func (o *DeployOptions) newAndUsedGKs(newGKs []schema.GroupKind, app ctlapp.App) ([]schema.GroupKind, error) {
-	if o.ResourceTypesFlags.DisableGKScoping {
+	if o.DeployFlags.DisableGKScoping {
 		return []schema.GroupKind{}, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy_flags.go b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy_flags.go
index 533df5cc8..ba9a2ed9f 100644
--- a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/deploy_flags.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ type DeployFlags struct {
 	Logs            bool
 	LogsAll         bool
 	AppMetadataFile string
+
+	DisableGKScoping bool
 }
 
 func (s *DeployFlags) Set(cmd *cobra.Command) {
@@ -55,4 +57,7 @@ func (s *DeployFlags) Set(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&s.Logs, "logs", true, fmt.Sprintf("Show logs from Pods annotated as '%s'", deployLogsAnnKey))
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&s.LogsAll, "logs-all", false, "Show logs from all Pods")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&s.AppMetadataFile, "app-metadata-file-output", "", "Set filename to write app metadata")
+
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&s.DisableGKScoping, "dangerous-disable-gk-scoping",
+		false, "Disable scoping of resource searching to used GroupKinds")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/resource_types_flags.go b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/resource_types_flags.go
index 31f0a9553..2b261f998 100644
--- a/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/resource_types_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kapp/cmd/app/resource_types_flags.go
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ type ResourceTypesFlags struct {
 	CanIgnoreFailingAPIService func(schema.GroupVersion) bool
 
 	ScopeToFallbackAllowedNamespaces bool
-
-	DisableGKScoping bool
 }
 
 func (s *ResourceTypesFlags) Set(cmd *cobra.Command) {
@@ -23,9 +21,6 @@ func (s *ResourceTypesFlags) Set(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&s.ScopeToFallbackAllowedNamespaces, "dangerous-scope-to-fallback-allowed-namespaces",
 		false, "Scope resource searching to fallback allowed namespaces")
-
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&s.DisableGKScoping, "dangerous-disable-gk-scoping",
-		false, "Disable scoping of resource searching to used GroupKinds")
 }
 
 func (s *ResourceTypesFlags) FailingAPIServicePolicy() *FailingAPIServicesPolicy {