diff --git a/cmd/node/down.go b/cmd/node/down.go
index 0d79080..ce0b5e8 100644
--- a/cmd/node/down.go
+++ b/cmd/node/down.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ func (o *setNodeDownOptions) run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if do {
 		_, err := o.client.SetNode(ctx, &corepb.SetNodeOptions{
 			Nodename:  o.name,
-			StatusOpt: corepb.TriOpt_FALSE,
 			BypassOpt: corepb.TriOpt_TRUE,
 		})
 		if err != nil {