diff --git a/clients/op-geth/entrypoint.sh b/clients/op-geth/entrypoint.sh
index c96e434fd8..02981383a8 100644
--- a/clients/op-geth/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/clients/op-geth/entrypoint.sh
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ geth \
 	--nodiscover \
 	--maxpeers=0 \
 	--networkid="$CHAIN_ID" \
-	--mine \
-	--miner.etherbase="$HIVE_ETHERBASE" \
 	--password="$GETH_DATA_DIR"/password \
 	--allow-insecure-unlock \
 	--gcmode=archive \
diff --git a/optimism/devnet.go b/optimism/devnet.go
index 6dc64b063a..d05ce605f2 100644
--- a/optimism/devnet.go
+++ b/optimism/devnet.go
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ func (d *Devnet) AddOpL2(opts ...hivesim.StartOption) {
 	}
 	defaultSettings := hivesim.Params{
 		"HIVE_ETH1_LOGLEVEL": "3",
-		// just repeat that of the genesis block (rollup cfg is not initialized yet)
-		"HIVE_ETHERBASE": d.L2Cfg.Coinbase.String(),
 	}
 	input := []hivesim.StartOption{defaultSettings}