diff --git a/fantom/scripts/entrypoint.sonic.sh b/fantom/scripts/entrypoint.sonic.sh
index 3fb49d5a..49e2aa54 100644
--- a/fantom/scripts/entrypoint.sonic.sh
+++ b/fantom/scripts/entrypoint.sonic.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "Generating new Geth node key..."
-openssl rand 32 | xxd -p -c 32 | tr -d '\n' > "$datadir/nodekey"
+rm -rf "$datadir/nodekey"
 
-exec sonicd --nodekey "$datadir/nodekey" --cache "${CACHE_GB}000" --datadir "$datadir" "$@"
+exec sonicd --cache "${CACHE_GB}000" --datadir "$datadir" "$@"