diff --git a/packages/taler-harness/src/harness/harness.ts b/packages/taler-harness/src/harness/harness.ts
index 0ee0d7960..5c2133064 100644
--- a/packages/taler-harness/src/harness/harness.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-harness/src/harness/harness.ts
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ export class WalletCli {
         const logName = `wallet-${self.name}`;
         const command = `taler-wallet-cli ${
           self.timetravelArg ?? ""
-        } ${cryptoWorkerArg} --allow-http --no-throttle -LTRACE --skip-defaults --wallet-db '${
+        } ${cryptoWorkerArg} --no-throttle -LTRACE --skip-defaults --wallet-db '${
           self.dbfile
         }' api '${op}' ${shellWrap(JSON.stringify(payload))}`;
         const resp = await sh(self.globalTestState, logName, command);
@@ -2365,7 +2365,6 @@ export class WalletCli {
       `wallet-${this.name}`,
       "taler-wallet-cli",
       [
-        "--allow-http",
         "--no-throttle",
         ...this.timetravelArgArr,
         "-LTRACE",
@@ -2384,7 +2383,6 @@ export class WalletCli {
       `wallet-${this.name}`,
       "taler-wallet-cli",
       [
-        "--allow-http",
         "--no-throttle",
         "--skip-defaults",
         "-LTRACE",