diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index f84483faab..0080441b25 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1122,6 +1122,8 @@ var (
 	StateExpiryBaseFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		StateExpiryEnableFlag,
 		StateExpiryEnableRemoteModeFlag,
+		// TODO(0xbundler): temporary set
+		StateExpiryPruneLevelFlag,
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/core/types/state_expiry.go b/core/types/state_expiry.go
index f1072f1faf..5fe7c7565f 100644
--- a/core/types/state_expiry.go
+++ b/core/types/state_expiry.go
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ func (s *StateExpiryConfig) CheckCompatible(newCfg *StateExpiryConfig) error {
 		return errors.New("StateScheme is incompatible")
 	}
 
-	if s.PruneLevel != newCfg.PruneLevel {
-		return errors.New("state expiry PruneLevel is incompatible")
-	}
+	// TODO(0xbundler): temporary remove check for testing
+	//if s.PruneLevel != newCfg.PruneLevel {
+	//	return errors.New("state expiry PruneLevel is incompatible")
+	//}
 
 	return nil
 }