diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/generate.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/generate.js
index a41850e92a..41192fdcd8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/generate.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/generate.js
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
  */
 
 async function execute() {
+  const commander = require('commander');
+  commander
+    .option('--skip-image-compression')
+    .option('--skip-next-release')
+    .parse(process.argv);
   require('../write-translations.js');
   const metadataUtils = require('./metadataUtils');
   const blog = require('./blog');
@@ -30,15 +35,12 @@ async function execute() {
   const sep = path.sep;
   const escapeStringRegexp = require('escape-string-regexp');
   const {renderToStaticMarkupWithDoctype} = require('./renderUtils');
-  const commander = require('commander');
   const imagemin = require('imagemin');
   const imageminJpegtran = require('imagemin-jpegtran');
   const imageminOptipng = require('imagemin-optipng');
   const imageminSvgo = require('imagemin-svgo');
   const imageminGifsicle = require('imagemin-gifsicle');
 
-  commander.option('--skip-image-compression').parse(process.argv);
-
   // create the folder path for a file if it does not exist, then write the file
   function writeFileAndCreateFolder(file, content) {
     mkdirp.sync(path.dirname(file));
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/readMetadata.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/readMetadata.js
index 6878583d5a..71b9410044 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/readMetadata.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/readMetadata.js
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ const SupportedHeaderFields = new Set([
   'custom_edit_url',
 ]);
 
-program.option('--skip-next-release').parse(process.argv);
-
 let allSidebars;
 if (fs.existsSync(`${CWD}/sidebars.json`)) {
   allSidebars = require(`${CWD}/sidebars.json`);
@@ -58,11 +56,7 @@ function getDocsPath() {
 }
 
 function shouldGenerateNextReleaseDocs() {
-  return !(
-    env.versioning.enabled &&
-    program.name() === 'docusaurus-build' &&
-    program.skipNextRelease
-  );
+  return !(env.versioning.enabled && program.skipNextRelease);
 }
 
 // returns map from id to object containing sidebar ordering info