diff --git a/.github/workflows/vm-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/vm-pr.yml
index 1d3e91b764..f45293fb14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vm-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vm-pr.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: yarn run build:vm
         working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}
 
-      - run: yarn run test:state -- --fork=${{ matrix.fork }} --verify-test-amount-alltests
+      - run: yarn run test:state --fork=${{ matrix.fork }} --verify-test-amount-alltests
 
   test-vm-blockchain:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/packages/vm/developer.md b/packages/vm/developer.md
index 2bd1f2b113..f586854920 100644
--- a/packages/vm/developer.md
+++ b/packages/vm/developer.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Use `--fork` to pass in the desired hardfork:
 
 or
 
-`yarn run test:state -- --fork='Constantinople'`
+`yarn run test:state --fork='Constantinople'`
 
 By default it is set to use the latest hardfork (`FORK_CONFIG` in `tests/tester.js`).
 
diff --git a/packages/vm/package.json b/packages/vm/package.json
index d1cb99ba8b..76bc4f1be9 100644
--- a/packages/vm/package.json
+++ b/packages/vm/package.json
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
     "coverage:test": "tape -r ts-node/register './tests/api/**/*.ts' ./tests/tester.ts --state",
     "docs:build": "typedoc --options typedoc.js",
     "test:state": "ts-node ./tests/tester --state",
-    "test:state:allForks": "echo 'Chainstart Homestead dao TangerineWhistle SpuriousDragon Byzantium Constantinople Petersburg Istanbul MuirGlacier Berlin ByzantiumToConstantinopleFixAt5 EIP158ToByzantiumAt5 FrontierToHomesteadAt5 HomesteadToDaoAt5 HomesteadToEIP150At5' | xargs -n1 | xargs -I v1 yarn run test:state -- --fork=v1 --verify-test-amount-alltests",
-    "test:state:selectedForks": "echo 'Homestead TangerineWhistle SpuriousDragon Petersburg' | xargs -n1 | xargs -I v1 yarn run test:state -- --fork=v1 --verify-test-amount-alltests",
+    "test:state:allForks": "echo 'Chainstart Homestead dao TangerineWhistle SpuriousDragon Byzantium Constantinople Petersburg Istanbul MuirGlacier Berlin ByzantiumToConstantinopleFixAt5 EIP158ToByzantiumAt5 FrontierToHomesteadAt5 HomesteadToDaoAt5 HomesteadToEIP150At5' | xargs -n1 | xargs -I v1 yarn run test:state --fork=v1 --verify-test-amount-alltests",
+    "test:state:selectedForks": "echo 'Homestead TangerineWhistle SpuriousDragon Petersburg' | xargs -n1 | xargs -I v1 yarn run test:state --fork=v1 --verify-test-amount-alltests",
     "test:state:slow": "yarn run test:state -- --runSkipped=slow",
     "test:buildIntegrity": "yarn run test:state -- --test='stackOverflow'",
     "test:blockchain": "node -r ts-node/register --stack-size=1500 ./tests/tester --blockchain",