diff --git a/.changeset/ten-dancers-wonder.md b/.changeset/ten-dancers-wonder.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b489b06e334a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ten-dancers-wonder.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix: remove confusing `--local` messaging from `wrangler pages dev`
+
+Running `wrangler pages dev` would previously log a warning saying `--local is no longer required` even though `--local` was never set. This change removes this warning.
diff --git a/fixtures/pages-functions-app/tests/index.test.ts b/fixtures/pages-functions-app/tests/index.test.ts
index 1092e56dab8e..111a5d077104 100644
--- a/fixtures/pages-functions-app/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/fixtures/pages-functions-app/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import { describe, it, beforeAll, afterAll } from "vitest";
 import { runWranglerPagesDev } from "../../shared/src/run-wrangler-long-lived";
 
 describe("Pages Functions", () => {
-	let ip: string, port: number, stop: (() => Promise<unknown>) | undefined;
+	let ip: string,
+		port: number,
+		stop: (() => Promise<unknown>) | undefined,
+		getOutput: () => string;
 
 	beforeAll(async () => {
-		({ ip, port, stop } = await runWranglerPagesDev(
+		({ ip, port, stop, getOutput } = await runWranglerPagesDev(
 			resolve(__dirname, ".."),
 			"public",
 			[
@@ -94,6 +97,13 @@ describe("Pages Functions", () => {
 		expect(text).toContain("<h1>An asset</h1>");
 	});
 
+	it("doesn't warn about local mode", async ({ expect }) => {
+		// Regression test for https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/4210
+		expect(getOutput()).not.toContain(
+			"--local is no longer required and will be removed in a future version"
+		);
+	});
+
 	describe("can mount a plugin", () => {
 		it("should mount Middleware", async ({ expect }) => {
 			const response = await fetch(
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/api/dev.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/api/dev.ts
index 16d4a0a35492..1ba254247aee 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/api/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/api/dev.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export async function unstable_dev(
 		_: [],
 		$0: "",
 		remote: !local,
-		local,
+		local: undefined,
 		experimentalLocal: undefined,
 		d1Databases,
 		disableDevRegistry,