diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd463162b21..9ecec36e244 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ For a full explanation of the config options, see below:
 Sequencer specific config:
 - `zkevm.executor-urls`: A csv list of the executor URLs.  These will be used in a round robbin fashion by the sequencer
 - `zkevm.executor-strict`: Defaulted to true, but can be set to false when running the sequencer without verifications (use with extreme caution)
-- `zkevm.witness-full`: Defaulted to true.  Controls whether the full or partial witness is used with the executor.
+- `zkevm.witness-full`: Defaulted to false.  Controls whether the full or partial witness is used with the executor.
 - `zkevm.reject-smart-contract-deployments`: Defaulted to false.  Controls whether smart contract deployments are rejected by the TxPool.
 
 Resource Utilisation config:
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 3ee6c8ba2cd..ac5c5936c44 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ var (
 	WitnessFullFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "zkevm.witness-full",
 		Usage: "Enable/Diable witness full",
-		Value: true,
+		Value: false,
 	}
 	SyncLimit = cli.UintFlag{
 		Name:  "zkevm.sync-limit",
@@ -1158,6 +1158,7 @@ func setNodeUserIdent(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *nodecfg.Config) {
 		cfg.UserIdent = identity
 	}
 }
+
 func setNodeUserIdentCobra(f *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *nodecfg.Config) {
 	if identity := f.String(IdentityFlag.Name, IdentityFlag.Value, IdentityFlag.Usage); identity != nil && len(*identity) > 0 {
 		cfg.UserIdent = *identity
@@ -1475,7 +1476,7 @@ func SetP2PConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config, nodeName, datadir string) {
 
 	if ctx.String(ChainFlag.Name) == networkname.DevChainName {
 		// --dev mode can't use p2p networking.
-		//cfg.MaxPeers = 0 // It can have peers otherwise local sync is not possible
+		// cfg.MaxPeers = 0 // It can have peers otherwise local sync is not possible
 		if !ctx.IsSet(ListenPortFlag.Name) {
 			cfg.ListenAddr = ":0"
 		}
@@ -1496,7 +1497,7 @@ func SetNodeConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *nodecfg.Config) {
 
 func SetNodeConfigCobra(cmd *cobra.Command, cfg *nodecfg.Config) {
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
-	//SetP2PConfig(ctx, &cfg.P2P)
+	// SetP2PConfig(ctx, &cfg.P2P)
 	setNodeUserIdentCobra(flags, cfg)
 	setDataDirCobra(flags, cfg)
 }
@@ -1526,7 +1527,7 @@ func setDataDir(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *nodecfg.Config) {
 }
 
 func isPowerOfTwo(n uint64) bool {
-	if n == 0 { //corner case: if n is zero it will also consider as power 2
+	if n == 0 { // corner case: if n is zero it will also consider as power 2
 		return true
 	}
 	return n&(n-1) == 0
@@ -1825,7 +1826,7 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, nodeConfig *nodecfg.Config, cfg *ethconfig.C
 	cfg.SentinelPort = ctx.Uint64(SentinelPortFlag.Name)
 
 	cfg.Sync.UseSnapshots = ethconfig.UseSnapshotsByChainName(ctx.String(ChainFlag.Name))
-	if ctx.IsSet(SnapshotFlag.Name) { //force override default by cli
+	if ctx.IsSet(SnapshotFlag.Name) { // force override default by cli
 		cfg.Sync.UseSnapshots = ctx.Bool(SnapshotFlag.Name)
 	}
 
diff --git a/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network5-config.yaml b/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network5-config.yaml
index 5078674c4a1..18d5f4017d8 100644
--- a/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network5-config.yaml
+++ b/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network5-config.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ zkevm.datastream-version: 2
 zkevm.data-stream-host: "127.0.0.1"
 zkevm.executor-strict: false
 # zkevm.executor-urls: "zkevm2-stateless-executor:50071"
-zkevm.witness-full: false
 zkevm.sequencer-block-seal-time: "5s"
 zkevm.sequencer-batch-seal-time: "15m"
 zkevm.allow-pre-eip155-transactions: true
diff --git a/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network5-sync-config.yaml b/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network5-sync-config.yaml
index 602d435bca2..748535a0d77 100644
--- a/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network5-sync-config.yaml
+++ b/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network5-sync-config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ zkevm.l1-first-block: 6032365
 zkevm.rpc-ratelimit: 250
 zkevm.executor-strict: false
 # zkevm.executor-urls: "zkevm2-stateless-executor:50071"
-zkevm.witness-full: false
 zkevm.sequencer-block-seal-time: "5s"
 zkevm.sequencer-batch-seal-time: "15m"
 zkevm.allow-pre-eip155-transactions: true
diff --git a/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network8-config.yaml b/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network8-config.yaml
index 4d035185ee2..03df7ba1ccb 100644
--- a/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network8-config.yaml
+++ b/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network8-config.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ zkevm.datastream-version: 2
 zkevm.data-stream-host: "127.0.0.1"
 # zkevm.sequencer-initial-fork-id: 9
 zkevm.executor-strict: false
-zkevm.witness-full: false
 zkevm.sequencer-block-seal-time: "5s"
 zkevm.sequencer-batch-seal-time: "15m"
 zkevm.allow-pre-eip155-transactions: true
diff --git a/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network8-sync-config.yaml b/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network8-sync-config.yaml
index 5a5a7aee8b9..6cbd5044146 100644
--- a/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network8-sync-config.yaml
+++ b/zk/tests/nightly-l1-recovery/network8-sync-config.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ zkevm.datastream-version: 2
 #zkevm.data-stream-host: "127.0.0.1"
 # zkevm.sequencer-initial-fork-id: 9
 zkevm.executor-strict: false
-zkevm.witness-full: false
 zkevm.sequencer-block-seal-time: "5s"
 zkevm.sequencer-batch-seal-time: "15m"
 zkevm.allow-pre-eip155-transactions: true