diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f3528189..3863fbd7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ at anytime.
   * `blob_list` error when looking up blobs by stream or sd hash
   * issue#1107 whereing claiming a channel with the exact amount present in wallet would give out proper error
   * Fix channel creation to use same bid logic as claim ([1148])(https://github.com/lbryio/lbry/pull/1148)
+  *
 
 ### Deprecated
   * `report_bug` jsonrpc command
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ at anytime.
 ### Changed
   * reflector server to periodically check and set `should_announce` for sd and head blobs instead of during each request
   * reflector server to use `SQLiteStorage` to find needed blob hashes for a stream
+  *
 
 ### Added
   * scripts to autogenerate documentation
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ at anytime.
 
 ### Removed
   * short(single dashed) arguments for `lbrynet-cli`
+  * `flags` decorator from server.py as short flags are no longer used when using api/cli methods
   *
 
 
diff --git a/lbrynet/daemon/auth/server.py b/lbrynet/daemon/auth/server.py
index 7a259de02..af08f8c46 100644
--- a/lbrynet/daemon/auth/server.py
+++ b/lbrynet/daemon/auth/server.py
@@ -149,15 +149,6 @@ class AuthorizedBase(object):
             return f
         return _deprecated_wrapper
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def flags(**kwargs):
-        def _flag_wrapper(f):
-            f._flags = {}
-            for k, v in kwargs.iteritems():
-                f._flags[v] = k
-            return f
-        return _flag_wrapper
-
 
 class AuthJSONRPCServer(AuthorizedBase):
     """Authorized JSONRPC server used as the base class for the LBRY API