diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 7ad9915815..b547fe2520 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1814,9 +1814,6 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		}
 		log.Info("Pruning disabled")
 		cfg.NoPruning = true
-		// disable prefetch
-		log.Info("Prefetch disabled")
-		cfg.NoPrefetch = true
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(ScrollFlag.Name):
 		if !ctx.GlobalIsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 			cfg.NetworkId = 534352
@@ -1833,9 +1830,6 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		}
 		log.Info("Pruning disabled")
 		cfg.NoPruning = true
-		// disable prefetch
-		log.Info("Prefetch disabled")
-		cfg.NoPrefetch = true
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(DeveloperFlag.Name):
 		if !ctx.GlobalIsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 			cfg.NetworkId = 1337
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index fd71040024..522aadf0ea 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 3         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 37        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 38        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )