diff --git a/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs b/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs
index 09239bf8cf..db9715dc62 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs
@@ -1677,13 +1677,8 @@ async fn handle_safekeeper(subcmd: &SafekeeperCmd, env: &local_env::LocalEnv) ->
     match subcmd {
         SafekeeperCmd::Start(args) => {
             let safekeeper = get_safekeeper(env, args.id)?;
-            
-            let mut extra_opts = args.extra_opt.clone();
-            if !extra_opts.contains(&"--dev".to_string()) {
-                extra_opts.push("--dev".to_string());
-            }
 
-            if let Err(e) = safekeeper.start(&extra_opts, &args.start_timeout).await {
+            if let Err(e) = safekeeper.start(&args.extra_opt, &args.start_timeout).await {
                 eprintln!("safekeeper start failed: {}", e);
                 exit(1);
             }
@@ -1713,12 +1708,7 @@ async fn handle_safekeeper(subcmd: &SafekeeperCmd, env: &local_env::LocalEnv) ->
                 exit(1);
             }
 
-            let mut extra_opts = args.extra_opt.clone();
-            if !extra_opts.contains(&"--dev".to_string()) {
-                extra_opts.push("--dev".to_string());
-            }
-
-            if let Err(e) = safekeeper.start(&extra_opts, &args.start_timeout).await {
+            if let Err(e) = safekeeper.start(&args.extra_opt, &args.start_timeout).await {
                 eprintln!("safekeeper start failed: {}", e);
                 exit(1);
             }
@@ -1851,7 +1841,7 @@ async fn handle_start_all_impl(
             js.spawn(async move {
                 let safekeeper = SafekeeperNode::from_env(env, node);
                 safekeeper
-                    .start(&["--dev".to_string()], &retry_timeout)
+                    .start(&[], &retry_timeout)
                     .await
                     .map_err(|e| e.context(format!("start safekeeper {}", safekeeper.id)))
             });