diff --git a/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdSinks.java b/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdSinks.java
index be1cd0af96085..a4fb047550dcb 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdSinks.java
+++ b/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdSinks.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
@@ -197,8 +198,8 @@ private void mergeArgs() {
             }
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public void runCmd() throws Exception {
+        @VisibleForTesting
+        List<String> getLocalRunArgs() throws Exception {
             // merge deprecated args with new args
             mergeArgs();
             List<String> localRunArgs = new LinkedList<>();
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ public void runCmd() throws Exception {
             localRunArgs.add("--sinkConfig");
             localRunArgs.add(new Gson().toJson(sinkConfig));
             for (Field field : this.getClass().getDeclaredFields()) {
-                if (field.getName().startsWith("DEPRECATED")) {
+                if (field.getName().toUpperCase().startsWith("DEPRECATED")) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 if (field.getName().contains("$")) {
@@ -218,7 +219,12 @@ public void runCmd() throws Exception {
                     localRunArgs.add(value.toString());
                 }
             }
-            ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(localRunArgs).inheritIO();
+            return localRunArgs;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void runCmd() throws Exception {
+            ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(getLocalRunArgs()).inheritIO();
             Process process = processBuilder.start();
             process.waitFor();
         }
diff --git a/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdSources.java b/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdSources.java
index e691d7c126778..c8af7ddd954b1 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdSources.java
+++ b/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdSources.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
@@ -198,17 +199,16 @@ private void mergeArgs() {
             }
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public void runCmd() throws Exception {
+        @VisibleForTesting
+        List<String> getLocalRunArgs() throws Exception {
             // merge deprecated args with new args
             mergeArgs();
-
             List<String> localRunArgs = new LinkedList<>();
             localRunArgs.add(System.getenv("PULSAR_HOME") + "/bin/function-localrunner");
             localRunArgs.add("--sourceConfig");
             localRunArgs.add(new Gson().toJson(sourceConfig));
             for (Field field : this.getClass().getDeclaredFields()) {
-                if (field.getName().startsWith("DEPRECATED")) {
+                if (field.getName().toUpperCase().startsWith("DEPRECATED")) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 if (field.getName().contains("$")) {
@@ -220,7 +220,12 @@ public void runCmd() throws Exception {
                     localRunArgs.add(value.toString());
                 }
             }
-            ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(localRunArgs).inheritIO();
+            return localRunArgs;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void runCmd() throws Exception {
+            ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(getLocalRunArgs()).inheritIO();
             Process process = processBuilder.start();
             process.waitFor();
         }
diff --git a/pulsar-client-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/TestCmdSinks.java b/pulsar-client-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/TestCmdSinks.java
index 6fbe3bc5da26d..5885b60aef24a 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/TestCmdSinks.java
+++ b/pulsar-client-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/TestCmdSinks.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLMapper;
 import java.io.Closeable;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.apache.pulsar.admin.cli.CmdSinks.LocalSinkRunner;
 import org.apache.pulsar.admin.cli.utils.CmdUtils;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.admin.PulsarAdmin;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.admin.Sinks;
@@ -808,4 +810,14 @@ public void testParseConfigs() throws Exception {
         Assert.assertEquals(config.get("float_string"), "1000.0");
         Assert.assertEquals(config.get("created_at"), "Mon Jul 02 00:33:15 +0000 2018");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExcludeDeprecatedOptions() throws Exception {
+        SinkConfig testSinkConfig = getSinkConfig();
+        LocalSinkRunner localSinkRunner = spy(new CmdSinks(() -> pulsarAdmin)).getLocalSinkRunner();
+        localSinkRunner.sinkConfig = testSinkConfig;
+        localSinkRunner.deprecatedBrokerServiceUrl = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
+        List<String> localRunArgs = localSinkRunner.getLocalRunArgs();
+        assertFalse(String.join(",", localRunArgs).contains("--deprecated"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pulsar-client-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/TestCmdSources.java b/pulsar-client-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/TestCmdSources.java
index d96b0933d3f84..576e63310c1fa 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/TestCmdSources.java
+++ b/pulsar-client-tools/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/TestCmdSources.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLMapper;
@@ -33,8 +34,10 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import org.apache.pulsar.admin.cli.CmdSources.LocalSourceRunner;
 import org.apache.pulsar.admin.cli.utils.CmdUtils;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.admin.PulsarAdmin;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.admin.Sources;
@@ -680,4 +683,14 @@ public void testParseConfigs() throws Exception {
         Assert.assertEquals(config.get("float_string"), "1000.0");
         Assert.assertEquals(config.get("created_at"), "Mon Jul 02 00:33:15 +0000 2018");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExcludeDeprecatedOptions() throws Exception {
+        SourceConfig testSinkConfig = getSourceConfig();
+        LocalSourceRunner localSourceRunner = spy(new CmdSources(() -> pulsarAdmin)).getLocalSourceRunner();
+        localSourceRunner.sourceConfig = testSinkConfig;
+        localSourceRunner.deprecatedBrokerServiceUrl = "pulsar://localhost:6650";
+        List<String> localRunArgs = localSourceRunner.getLocalRunArgs();
+        assertFalse(String.join(",", localRunArgs).contains("--deprecated"));
+    }
 }