diff --git a/gno.land/cmd/gnoland/root.go b/gno.land/cmd/gnoland/root.go
index 8df716b1fed..b40a1160b0b 100644
--- a/gno.land/cmd/gnoland/root.go
+++ b/gno.land/cmd/gnoland/root.go
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/commands"
-	"github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v3"
-	"github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v3/fftoml"
 )
 
-const flagConfigFlag = "flag-config-path"
-
 func main() {
 	cmd := newRootCmd(commands.NewDefaultIO())
 
@@ -21,11 +17,7 @@ func newRootCmd(io commands.IO) *commands.Command {
 	cmd := commands.NewCommand(
 		commands.Metadata{
 			ShortUsage: "<subcommand> [flags] [<arg>...]",
-			ShortHelp:  "starts the gnoland blockchain node",
-			Options: []ff.Option{
-				ff.WithConfigFileFlag(flagConfigFlag),
-				ff.WithConfigFileParser(fftoml.Parser),
-			},
+			ShortHelp:  "manages the gnoland blockchain node",
 		},
 		commands.NewEmptyConfig(),
 		commands.HelpExec,
diff --git a/gno.land/cmd/gnoland/start.go b/gno.land/cmd/gnoland/start.go
index d871cb65aa1..8d1ee81295f 100644
--- a/gno.land/cmd/gnoland/start.go
+++ b/gno.land/cmd/gnoland/start.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ type startCfg struct {
 	genesisFile           string
 	chainID               string
 	dataDir               string
-	config                string
 	lazyInit              bool
 
 	logLevel  string
@@ -136,13 +135,6 @@ func (c *startCfg) RegisterFlags(fs *flag.FlagSet) {
 		"replacement for '%%REMOTE%%' in genesis",
 	)
 
-	fs.StringVar(
-		&c.config,
-		flagConfigFlag,
-		"",
-		"the flag config file (optional)",
-	)
-
 	fs.StringVar(
 		&c.logLevel,
 		"log-level",