diff --git a/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py b/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py
index 947ff66dfe52..e1086fefcbbd 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py
@@ -658,12 +658,6 @@ def cleanup(self):
     def cmd_line(self):
 
         opts = []
-        for k, v in self.early_opts.items():
-            if v is None:
-                opts.append(f'--{k}')
-            else:
-                opts.append(f'{k}={v}')
-
         for k, v in list(self.early_opts.items()) + list(self.opts.items()):
             if v is None:
                 opts.append("--{}".format(k))