diff --git a/ecs/cmd/commands/setup.go b/ecs/cmd/commands/setup.go
index 7b93284f3..a4d55e612 100644
--- a/ecs/cmd/commands/setup.go
+++ b/ecs/cmd/commands/setup.go
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ func (s setupOptions) unsetRequiredArgs() []string {
 
 func SetupCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var opts setupOptions
-	var interactive bool
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "setup",
@@ -53,16 +52,10 @@ func SetupCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			return plugin.PersistentPreRunE(cmd, args)
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			if interactive {
+			if requiredFlag := opts.unsetRequiredArgs(); len(requiredFlag) > 0 {
 				if err := interactiveCli(&opts); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-			} else {
-				if requiredFlag := opts.unsetRequiredArgs(); len(requiredFlag) > 0 {
-					fmt.Printf("required flag(s) %q not set", requiredFlag)
-					cmd.Help()
-					os.Exit(1)
-				}
 			}
 			if opts.accessKeyID != "" && opts.secretAccessKey != "" {
 				if err := saveCredentials(opts.context.Profile, opts.accessKeyID, opts.secretAccessKey); err != nil {
@@ -78,7 +71,6 @@ func SetupCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.context.Region, "region", "r", "", "AWS region")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.accessKeyID, "aws-key-id", "k", "", "AWS Access Key ID")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.secretAccessKey, "aws-secret-key", "s", "", "AWS Secret Access Key")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&interactive, "interactive", "", false, "Interactively setup Context and Credentials")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/ecs/tests/setup_command_test.go b/ecs/tests/setup_command_test.go
index 104ba2294..a0cc9e46d 100644
--- a/ecs/tests/setup_command_test.go
+++ b/ecs/tests/setup_command_test.go
@@ -9,17 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"gotest.tools/v3/icmd"
 )
 
-func TestSetupMandatoryArguments(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
-	defer cleanup()
-
-	cmd.Command = dockerCli.Command("ecs", "setup")
-	usage := icmd.RunCmd(cmd).Assert(t, icmd.Expected{
-		ExitCode: 1,
-	}).Combined()
-	goldenFile := "setup-required-flags.golden"
-	golden.Assert(t, usage, goldenFile)
-}
 func TestDefaultAwsContextName(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
 	defer cleanup()
diff --git a/ecs/tests/testdata/setup-required-flags.golden b/ecs/tests/testdata/setup-required-flags.golden
deleted file mode 100644
index 8666ef14f..000000000
--- a/ecs/tests/testdata/setup-required-flags.golden
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-required flag(s) ["profile" "cluster" "region"] not set
-Usage:	docker ecs setup
-
-
-
-Options:
-  -k, --aws-key-id string       AWS Access Key ID
-  -s, --aws-secret-key string   AWS Secret Access Key
-  -c, --cluster string          ECS cluster
-      --interactive             Interactively setup Context and Credentials
-  -n, --name string             Context Name (default "aws")
-  -p, --profile string          AWS Profile
-  -r, --region string           AWS region