diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d3b7d6777..bbfd2ccbf8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ See [RELEASE](./RELEASE.md) for workflow instructions.
 
 ### Upgrade information
 
-#### Stricter configuration parsing
-
-With [#5466](https://github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh/pull/5466) The configuration parser now rejects unknown
-settings in the configuration file. This means that if you have old settings that are not used by the node anymore in
-your configuration file, the node will fail to start informing you about the unknown settings. To fix this, remove the
-unknown fields and start the node again.
-
 #### New poets configuration
 
 Upgrading requires changes in config and in CLI flags (if not using the default).
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 725eb3197d..46d0da8f28 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ func LoadConfigFromFile() (*config.Config, error) {
 		viper.DecodeHook(hook),
 		withZeroFields(),
 		withIgnoreUntagged(),
-		withErrorUnused(),
 	}
 
 	// load config if it was loaded to the viper
@@ -299,12 +298,6 @@ func withIgnoreUntagged() viper.DecoderConfigOption {
 	}
 }
 
-func withErrorUnused() viper.DecoderConfigOption {
-	return func(cfg *mapstructure.DecoderConfig) {
-		cfg.ErrorUnused = true
-	}
-}
-
 // Option to modify an App instance.
 type Option func(app *App)