diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 77dac8bd1ab6..ae58c2d0539f 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1659,12 +1659,16 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		log.Warn("The flag --txlookuplimit is deprecated and will be removed, please use --history.transactions")
 		cfg.TransactionHistory = ctx.Uint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name)
 	}
-	if ctx.String(GCModeFlag.Name) == "archive" && cfg.TransactionHistory != 0 {
-		cfg.TransactionHistory = 0
-		log.Warn("Disabled transaction unindexing for archive node")
+	if ctx.String(GCModeFlag.Name) == "archive" {
+		if cfg.TransactionHistory != 0 {
+			cfg.TransactionHistory = 0
+			log.Warn("Disabled transaction unindexing for archive node")
+		}
 
-		cfg.StateScheme = rawdb.HashScheme
-		log.Warn("Forcing hash state-scheme for archive mode")
+		if cfg.StateScheme != rawdb.HashScheme {
+			cfg.StateScheme = rawdb.HashScheme
+			log.Warn("Forcing hash state-scheme for archive mode")
+		}
 	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(LogHistoryFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.LogHistory = ctx.Uint64(LogHistoryFlag.Name)