diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
index b8c2c498a6..ca8efb5f98 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ const (
 // child g gets a temporary data directory.
 func runMinimalGeth(t *testing.T, args ...string) *testgeth {
 	// --holesky to make the 'writing genesis to disk' faster (no accounts)
-	// --networkid=1337 to avoid cache bump
 	// --syncmode=full to avoid allocating fast sync bloom
-	allArgs := []string{"--holesky", "--networkid", "1337", "--authrpc.port", "0", "--syncmode=full", "--port", "0",
+	allArgs := []string{"--holesky", "--authrpc.port", "0", "--syncmode=full", "--port", "0",
 		"--nat", "none", "--nodiscover", "--maxpeers", "0", "--cache", "64",
 		"--datadir.minfreedisk", "0"}
 	return runGeth(t, append(allArgs, args...)...)