diff --git a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
index 8c6f9532e8..44a52521f0 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -87,16 +86,10 @@ Remove blockchain and state databases`,
 		},
 	}
 	dbInspectCmd = &cli.Command{
-		Action:    inspect,
-		Name:      "inspect",
-		ArgsUsage: "<prefix> <start>",
-		Flags: slices.Concat(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags, []cli.Flag{
-			&cli.IntFlag{
-				Name:  "workers",
-				Usage: "Number of parallel workers for database inspection",
-				Value: runtime.NumCPU(),
-			},
-		}),
+		Action:      inspect,
+		Name:        "inspect",
+		ArgsUsage:   "<prefix> <start>",
+		Flags:       slices.Concat(utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabaseFlags),
 		Usage:       "Inspect the storage size for each type of data in the database",
 		Description: `This commands iterates the entire database. If the optional 'prefix' and 'start' arguments are provided, then the iteration is limited to the given subset of data.`,
 	}
@@ -336,8 +329,7 @@ func inspect(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
 	defer db.Close()
 
-	workers := ctx.Int("workers")
-	return rawdb.InspectDatabase(db, prefix, start, workers)
+	return rawdb.InspectDatabase(db, prefix, start)
 }
 
 func checkStateContent(ctx *cli.Context) error {
diff --git a/core/rawdb/database.go b/core/rawdb/database.go
index 4c7e1f442c..7b972e50e1 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/database.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/database.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"maps"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ func (s *stat) GetCount() counter {
 
 // InspectDatabase traverses the entire database and checks the size
 // of all different categories of data.
-func InspectDatabase(db ethdb.Database, keyPrefix, keyStart []byte, workers int) error {
+func InspectDatabase(db ethdb.Database, keyPrefix, keyStart []byte) error {
 	var (
 		start = time.Now()
 		count atomic.Int64
@@ -550,7 +551,10 @@ func InspectDatabase(db ethdb.Database, keyPrefix, keyStart []byte, workers int)
 		return it.Error()
 	}
 
-	var eg errgroup.Group
+	var (
+		eg      errgroup.Group
+		workers = runtime.NumCPU()
+	)
 	eg.SetLimit(workers)
 
 	log.Info("Starting parallel database inspection", "workers", workers)