diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 3747e2c70b..01de680278 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1656,12 +1656,6 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		log.Warn("The flag --txlookuplimit is deprecated and will be removed, please use --history.transactions")
 		cfg.TransactionHistory = ctx.Uint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name)
 	}
-	if ctx.String(GCModeFlag.Name) == "archive" {
-		if cfg.TransactionHistory != 0 {
-			cfg.TransactionHistory = 0
-			log.Warn("Disabled transaction unindexing for archive node")
-		}
-	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(LogHistoryFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.LogHistory = ctx.Uint64(LogHistoryFlag.Name)
 	}