diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 2df8e05a26..b70bcdff58 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ var (
 		utils.UnlockedAccountFlag,
 		utils.PasswordFileFlag,
 		utils.BootnodesFlag,
-		utils.BootnodesV4Flag,
-		utils.BootnodesV5Flag,
+		utils.LegacyBootnodesV4Flag,
+		utils.LegacyBootnodesV5Flag,
 		utils.DataDirFlag,
 		utils.AncientFlag,
 		utils.KeyStoreDirFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index c31c5d9657..e1cd37a24c 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 		Name: "NETWORKING",
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			utils.BootnodesFlag,
-			utils.BootnodesV4Flag,
-			utils.BootnodesV5Flag,
+			utils.LegacyBootnodesV4Flag,
+			utils.LegacyBootnodesV5Flag,
 			utils.DNSDiscoveryFlag,
 			utils.ListenPortFlag,
 			utils.MaxPeersFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index fbb030be9c..9f53f2419e 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -595,17 +595,7 @@ var (
 	}
 	BootnodesFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "bootnodes",
-		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap (set v4+v5 instead for light servers)",
-		Value: "",
-	}
-	BootnodesV4Flag = cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "bootnodesv4",
-		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v4 discovery bootstrap (light server, full nodes)",
-		Value: "",
-	}
-	BootnodesV5Flag = cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "bootnodesv5",
-		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v5 discovery bootstrap (light server, light nodes)",
+		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap",
 		Value: "",
 	}
 	NodeKeyFileFlag = cli.StringFlag{
@@ -793,9 +783,9 @@ func setNodeUserIdent(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 func setBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 	urls := params.MainnetBootnodes
 	switch {
-	case ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesV4Flag.Name):
-		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesV4Flag.Name) {
-			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesV4Flag.Name))
+	case ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(LegacyBootnodesV4Flag.Name):
+		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(LegacyBootnodesV4Flag.Name) {
+			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(LegacyBootnodesV4Flag.Name))
 		} else {
 			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesFlag.Name))
 		}
@@ -825,14 +815,16 @@ func setBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 // setBootstrapNodesV5 creates a list of bootstrap nodes from the command line
 // flags, reverting to pre-configured ones if none have been specified.
 func setBootstrapNodesV5(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
-	urls := params.DiscoveryV5Bootnodes
+	urls := params.MainnetBootnodes
 	switch {
-	case ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesV5Flag.Name):
-		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesV5Flag.Name) {
-			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesV5Flag.Name))
+	case ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(LegacyBootnodesV5Flag.Name):
+		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(LegacyBootnodesV5Flag.Name) {
+			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(LegacyBootnodesV5Flag.Name))
 		} else {
 			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesFlag.Name))
 		}
+	case ctx.GlobalBool(RopstenFlag.Name):
+		urls = params.RopstenBootnodes
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(RinkebyFlag.Name):
 		urls = params.RinkebyBootnodes
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(GoerliFlag.Name):
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
index a5520da9f4..c39664d249 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Suggested gas price is the given percentile of a set of recent transaction gas prices (deprecated, use --gpo.percentile)",
 		Value: eth.DefaultConfig.GPO.Percentile,
 	}
+	LegacyBootnodesV4Flag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "bootnodesv4",
+		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v4 discovery bootstrap (light server, full nodes) (deprecated, use --bootnodes)",
+		Value: "",
+	}
+	LegacyBootnodesV5Flag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "bootnodesv5",
+		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v5 discovery bootstrap (light server, light nodes) (deprecated, use --bootnodes)",
+		Value: "",
+	}
 )
 
 // showDeprecated displays deprecated flags that will be soon removed from the codebase.
diff --git a/mobile/params.go b/mobile/params.go
index 25d3b8565b..43ac004740 100644
--- a/mobile/params.go
+++ b/mobile/params.go
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ func GoerliGenesis() string {
 // FoundationBootnodes returns the enode URLs of the P2P bootstrap nodes operated
 // by the foundation running the V5 discovery protocol.
 func FoundationBootnodes() *Enodes {
-	nodes := &Enodes{nodes: make([]*discv5.Node, len(params.DiscoveryV5Bootnodes))}
-	for i, url := range params.DiscoveryV5Bootnodes {
+	nodes := &Enodes{nodes: make([]*discv5.Node, len(params.MainnetBootnodes))}
+	for i, url := range params.MainnetBootnodes {
 		nodes.nodes[i] = discv5.MustParseNode(url)
 	}
 	return nodes
diff --git a/params/bootnodes.go b/params/bootnodes.go
index 5b4c962530..0d72321b03 100644
--- a/params/bootnodes.go
+++ b/params/bootnodes.go
@@ -63,15 +63,6 @@ var GoerliBootnodes = []string{
 	"enode://a61215641fb8714a373c80edbfa0ea8878243193f57c96eeb44d0bc019ef295abd4e044fd619bfc4c59731a73fb79afe84e9ab6da0c743ceb479cbb6d263fa91@3.11.147.67:30303",
 }
 
-// DiscoveryV5Bootnodes are the enode URLs of the P2P bootstrap nodes for the
-// experimental RLPx v5 topic-discovery network.
-var DiscoveryV5Bootnodes = []string{
-	"enode://06051a5573c81934c9554ef2898eb13b33a34b94cf36b202b69fde139ca17a85051979867720d4bdae4323d4943ddf9aeeb6643633aa656e0be843659795007a@35.177.226.168:30303",
-	"enode://0cc5f5ffb5d9098c8b8c62325f3797f56509bff942704687b6530992ac706e2cb946b90a34f1f19548cd3c7baccbcaea354531e5983c7d1bc0dee16ce4b6440b@40.118.3.223:30304",
-	"enode://1c7a64d76c0334b0418c004af2f67c50e36a3be60b5e4790bdac0439d21603469a85fad36f2473c9a80eb043ae60936df905fa28f1ff614c3e5dc34f15dcd2dc@40.118.3.223:30306",
-	"enode://85c85d7143ae8bb96924f2b54f1b3e70d8c4d367af305325d30a61385a432f247d2c75c45c6b4a60335060d072d7f5b35dd1d4c45f76941f62a4f83b6e75daaf@40.118.3.223:30307",
-}
-
 const dnsPrefix = "enrtree://AKA3AM6LPBYEUDMVNU3BSVQJ5AD45Y7YPOHJLEF6W26QOE4VTUDPE@"
 
 // These DNS names provide bootstrap connectivity for public testnets and the mainnet.