diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/__init__.py b/src/borg/archiver/__init__.py
index 7fe3969d1..d959f8cad 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/__init__.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
     logger = create_logger()
 
+    from ._common import Highlander
     from .. import __version__
     from ..constants import *  # NOQA
     from ..helpers import EXIT_SUCCESS, EXIT_WARNING, EXIT_ERROR, EXIT_SIGNAL_BASE
@@ -219,7 +220,15 @@ def add_common_group(self, parser, suffix, provide_defaults=False):
             def add_argument(*args, **kwargs):
                 if "dest" in kwargs:
                     kwargs.setdefault("action", "store")
-                    assert kwargs["action"] in ("help", "store_const", "store_true", "store_false", "store", "append")
+                    assert kwargs["action"] in (
+                        Highlander,
+                        "help",
+                        "store_const",
+                        "store_true",
+                        "store_false",
+                        "store",
+                        "append",
+                    )
                     is_append = kwargs["action"] == "append"
                     if is_append:
                         self.append_options.add(kwargs["dest"])
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/_common.py b/src/borg/archiver/_common.py
index e43dfca42..376d4ec31 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/_common.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/_common.py
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ def define_common_options(add_common_option):
         dest="lock_wait",
         type=int,
         default=int(os.environ.get("BORG_LOCK_WAIT", 1)),
+        action=Highlander,
         help="wait at most SECONDS for acquiring a repository/cache lock (default: %(default)d).",
     )
     add_common_option(
@@ -525,12 +526,14 @@ def define_common_options(add_common_option):
         dest="umask",
         type=lambda s: int(s, 8),
         default=UMASK_DEFAULT,
+        action=Highlander,
         help="set umask to M (local only, default: %(default)04o)",
     )
     add_common_option(
         "--remote-path",
         metavar="PATH",
         dest="remote_path",
+        action=Highlander,
         help='use PATH as borg executable on the remote (default: "borg")',
     )
     add_common_option(
@@ -538,6 +541,7 @@ def define_common_options(add_common_option):
         metavar="RATE",
         dest="upload_ratelimit",
         type=int,
+        action=Highlander,
         help="set network upload rate limit in kiByte/s (default: 0=unlimited)",
     )
     add_common_option(
@@ -545,6 +549,7 @@ def define_common_options(add_common_option):
         metavar="UPLOAD_BUFFER",
         dest="upload_buffer",
         type=int,
+        action=Highlander,
         help="set network upload buffer size in MiB. (default: 0=no buffer)",
     )
     add_common_option(
@@ -552,6 +557,7 @@ def define_common_options(add_common_option):
         metavar="FILE",
         dest="debug_profile",
         default=None,
+        action=Highlander,
         help="Write execution profile in Borg format into FILE. For local use a Python-"
         'compatible file can be generated by suffixing FILE with ".pyprof".',
     )
@@ -559,6 +565,7 @@ def define_common_options(add_common_option):
         "--rsh",
         metavar="RSH",
         dest="rsh",
+        action=Highlander,
         help="Use this command to connect to the 'borg serve' process (default: 'ssh')",
     )
     add_common_option(
@@ -568,6 +575,7 @@ def define_common_options(add_common_option):
         dest="location",
         type=location_validator(other=False),
         default=Location(other=False),
+        action=Highlander,
         help="repository to use",
     )