diff --git a/src/worker/src/main.c b/src/worker/src/main.c
index 857e0a1c..36559e3a 100644
--- a/src/worker/src/main.c
+++ b/src/worker/src/main.c
@@ -294,10 +294,7 @@ static int check_user(void)
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     int                          opt;
-    config_result_t*             config_result      = NULL;
     int                          ret                = XCECD_OK;
-    int                          config_flag        = 0;
-    char*                        custom_config_path = NULL;
     __attribute__((unused)) char worker_log[1024]   = { 0 };
     const char*                  peers_str          = NULL;
     xce_cluster_config_t         cluster_cfg        = {0};
@@ -333,7 +330,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
                               .domain_sock_file = "/var/run/.xcecd.sock",
                               .virutal_name     = "localhost01",
                               .remote_host      = "localhost",
-                              .remote_port      = 6789,
+                              .remote_port      = 9990,
                               .join_interval    = 5,
                               .update_interval  = 5,
                               .resource_update_interval = 1,
@@ -342,54 +339,19 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     char  logfile[1024] = { 0 };
     char* logdir        = NULL;
 
-    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-        if (strcmp(argv[i], "-c") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {
-            custom_config_path = argv[i + 1];
-            config_flag        = 1;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (config_flag == 0) {
-        custom_config_path = strdup(DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH);
-    }
-
     static struct option long_opts[] = {
         { "peers", required_argument, NULL, OPT_PEERS },
         { "help",  no_argument,       NULL, 'h'        },
         { NULL,    0,                 NULL, 0          }
     };
 
-    while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:p:m:n:l:h", long_opts, NULL))
+    while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "n:l:h", long_opts, NULL))
            != -1) {
         switch (opt) {
-        case 'c':
-            break; /* Custom config file already handled above */
-        case 'p':
-            if (config_flag) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Custom config file already specified, "
-                                "ignoring -p option.\n");
-                break;
-            }
-            config.remote_port = atoi(optarg);
-            break;
-        case 'm':
-            if (config_flag) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Custom config file already specified, "
-                                "ignoring -m option.\n");
-                break;
-            }
-            config.remote_host = optarg;
-            break;
         case 'n':
             config.virutal_name = optarg;
             break;
         case 'l':
-            if (config_flag) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Custom config file already specified, "
-                                "ignoring -l option.\n");
-                break;
-            }
             if (optarg) {
                 if (logdir) {
                     FREEUP(logdir);
@@ -402,60 +364,18 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
             break;
         case 'h':
         default:
-#ifdef VIRTUAL_CLUSTER
-            printf("Usage: %s -n virtual_name [-p remote_port] [-m "
-                   "remote_host] [-l log_dir] [--peers list] "
-                   "[-h help]\n",
-                   argv[0]);
-#else
-            printf("Usage: %s [-p remote_port] [-m remote_host] [-l log_dir] "
+            printf("Usage: %s [-n name] [-l log_dir] "
                    "[--peers ctrl-1=host:port,...] "
                    "[-h help]\n",
                    argv[0]);
-#endif
             return 0;
         }
     }
 
     /* Performed after argument parsing so -h/--help exits immediately
-     * without requiring root privileges or a configuration file. */
+     * without requiring root privileges. */
     check_user();
 
-    if (access(custom_config_path, F_OK) == 0) {
-
-        /* load config from custom file */
-        config_result = config_load(custom_config_path);
-        if (!config_result) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load config from %s\n",
-                    custom_config_path);
-            return -1;
-        }
-
-        if (config_result->error_code == CONFIG_SUCCESS) {
-            if (config_result->config->controller_port > 0) {
-                config.remote_port = config_result->config->controller_port;
-            }
-
-            if (config_result->config->log_dir) {
-                logdir = strdup(config_result->config->log_dir);
-            }
-
-            if (config_result->config->log_level) {
-                config.debug_level
-                    = level_to_int(config_result->config->log_level);
-            }
-
-            if (config_result->config->management_list_count > 0) {
-                config.remote_host
-                    = config_result->config->management_list[0].hostname;
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Configuration file %s not found.\n",
-                custom_config_path);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     /* P2.5-5: populate and validate xce_cluster_config_t when --peers given */
     if (peers_str) {
         if (xce_parse_peers(peers_str, &cluster_cfg) != 0) {