diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts
index 39b666211..e7ca42a38 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ export async function runRootCommand(
 		// sees this value. The wrapper still honours --auto-approve / --yolo on top of it.
 		settingsInstance.override("tools.approvalMode", parsedArgs.approvalMode);
 	}
-	if (parsedArgs.mode === "rpc" || parsedArgs.mode === "rpc-ui" || parsedArgs.mode === "acp") {
+	if (parsedArgs.mode === "rpc" || parsedArgs.mode === "rpc-ui") {
 		applyRpcDefaultSettingOverrides(settingsInstance);
 	} else if (parsedArgs.mode === "acp") {
 		applyAcpDefaultSettingOverrides(settingsInstance);