diff --git a/src/el/erigon/erigon_launcher.star b/src/el/erigon/erigon_launcher.star
index e6a11245b..23a82b7c8 100644
--- a/src/el/erigon/erigon_launcher.star
+++ b/src/el/erigon/erigon_launcher.star
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ def get_config(
 
     cmd = [
         "erigon",
-        "--chain={0}".format(
-            network if network in constants.PUBLIC_NETWORKS else "dev"
-        ),
         "{0}".format(
             "--override.cancun=" + str(cancun_time)
             if constants.NETWORK_NAME.shadowfork in network