diff --git a/codex-cli/src/cli.tsx b/codex-cli/src/cli.tsx
index f2fba6f91b..05642381f3 100644
--- a/codex-cli/src/cli.tsx
+++ b/codex-cli/src/cli.tsx
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ const cli = meow(
 
       disableResponseStorage: {
         type: "boolean",
-        default: undefined,
         description:
           "Disable server-side response storage (sends full conversation context with every request)",
       },