diff --git a/geth.yml b/geth.yml
index b8e3ebdc..d9a93105 100644
--- a/geth.yml
+++ b/geth.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ services:
       - IPV6=${IPV6:-false}
       - ANCIENT_DIR=${ANCIENT_DIR:-}
       - ERA_URL=${ERA_URL:-}
-      - MAX_BLOBS=${MAX_BLOBS:-}
       - COMPOSE_FILE=${COMPOSE_FILE}
     volumes:
       - geth-eth1-data:/var/lib/goethereum
@@ -79,6 +78,8 @@ services:
       - --authrpc.vhosts=*
       - ${EL_MAX_PEER_COUNT:+--maxpeers}
       - ${EL_MAX_PEER_COUNT:+${EL_MAX_PEER_COUNT}}
+      - ${MAX_BLOBS:+--miner.maxblobs}
+      - ${MAX_BLOBS:+${MAX_BLOBS}}
     labels:
       - metrics.scrape=true
       - metrics.path=/debug/metrics/prometheus
diff --git a/geth/docker-entrypoint.sh b/geth/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 35515d30..8c9dda0a 100755
--- a/geth/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/geth/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -145,12 +145,6 @@ if [[ -n "${ERA_URL}" && ! -d /var/lib/geth/geth/chaindata && ! -d /var/lib/goet
   geth --datadir /var/lib/geth "--${NETWORK}" --era.format erae --remotedb "${ERA_URL}"
 fi
 
-if [[ -n "${MAX_BLOBS}" ]]; then
-  __blobs="--miner.maxblobs ${MAX_BLOBS}"
-else
-  __blobs=""
-fi
-
 # Traces
 if [[ "${COMPOSE_FILE}" =~ (grafana\.yml|grafana-rootless\.yml) ]]; then
   __trace="--rpc.telemetry=true --rpc.telemetry.endpoint http://tempo:4317 --rpc.telemetry.instance-id geth --rpc.telemetry.sample-ratio 0.1"
@@ -174,5 +168,5 @@ if [[ -f /var/lib/geth/prune-marker ]]; then
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
   exec "$@" ${__datadir} ${__ancient} ${__network} ${EL_EXTRAS} prune-history
 else
-  exec "$@" ${__datadir} ${__ancient} ${__network} ${__prune} ${__blobs} ${__trace} ${__verbosity} ${EL_EXTRAS}
+  exec "$@" ${__datadir} ${__ancient} ${__network} ${__prune} ${__trace} ${__verbosity} ${EL_EXTRAS}
 fi
diff --git a/nimbus-el.yml b/nimbus-el.yml
index 7d4f6066..0bf622a0 100644
--- a/nimbus-el.yml
+++ b/nimbus-el.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ services:
       - NODE_TYPE=${EL_NODE_TYPE:-pre-merge-expiry}
       - NETWORK=${NETWORK}
       - ERA_URL=${ERA_URL:-}
-      - MAX_BLOBS=${MAX_BLOBS:-}
     volumes:
       - nimbus-el-data:/var/lib/nimbus
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@ services:
       - --engine-api-address=0.0.0.0
       - --engine-api-ws
       - ${EL_MAX_PEER_COUNT:+--max-peers=${EL_MAX_PEER_COUNT}}
+      - ${MAX_BLOBS:+--max-blobs=${MAX_BLOBS}}
       - --log-level=${LOG_LEVEL}
     labels:
       - metrics.scrape=true
diff --git a/nimbus-el/docker-entrypoint.sh b/nimbus-el/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 2ef0813c..fd7150fa 100755
--- a/nimbus-el/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/nimbus-el/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -194,15 +194,9 @@ fi
 #  rm -rf /var/lib/nimbus/era
 #fi
 
-if [[ -n "${MAX_BLOBS}" ]]; then
-  __blobs="--max-blobs=${MAX_BLOBS}"
-else
-  __blobs=""
-fi
-
 __strip_empty_args "$@"
 set -- "${__args[@]}"
 
 # Word splitting is desired for the command line parameters
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-exec "$@" ${__prune} ${__network} ${__blobs} ${EL_EXTRAS}
+exec "$@" ${__prune} ${__network} ${EL_EXTRAS}