diff --git a/beacon-chain/node/node.go b/beacon-chain/node/node.go
index 5302938841e9..d1e4dabd15fd 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/node/node.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/node/node.go
@@ -1127,7 +1127,6 @@ func (b *BeaconNode) registerPrunerService(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
 
 func (b *BeaconNode) RegisterBackfillService(cliCtx *cli.Context, bfs *backfill.Store) error {
 	pa := peers.NewAssigner(b.fetchP2P().Peers(), b.forkChoicer)
-	b.BackfillOpts = append(b.BackfillOpts)
 	bf, err := backfill.NewService(cliCtx.Context, bfs, b.BlobStorage, b.clockWaiter, b.fetchP2P(), pa, b.BackfillOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error initializing backfill service")