diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 324a6d6a4729..7bbca4265414 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1477,8 +1477,11 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, MainnetFlag, DeveloperFlag, RopstenFlag, RinkebyFlag, GoerliFlag, YoloV3Flag)
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, LightServeFlag, SyncModeFlag, "light")
 	CheckExclusive(ctx, DeveloperFlag, ExternalSignerFlag) // Can't use both ephemeral unlocked and external signer
-	CheckExclusive(ctx, GCModeFlag, "archive", TxLookupLimitFlag)
-	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(LightServeFlag.Name) && ctx.GlobalIsSet(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) {
+	if ctx.GlobalString(GCModeFlag.Name) == "archive" && ctx.GlobalUint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) != 0 {
+		ctx.GlobalSet(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name, "0")
+		log.Warn("Disable transaction unindexing for archive node")
+	}
+	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(LightServeFlag.Name) && ctx.GlobalUint64(TxLookupLimitFlag.Name) != 0 {
 		log.Warn("LES server cannot serve old transaction status and cannot connect below les/4 protocol version if transaction lookup index is limited")
 	}
 	var ks *keystore.KeyStore