diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 739b4d154..23ed290b5 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ var defaultConfig = `# This is a TOML config file.
 
 Network = "tendermint_testnet0"
 ListenAddr = "0.0.0.0:8080"
-NodeName = "anon_dev"
 # First node to connect to.  Command-line overridable.
 SeedNode = "188.166.55.222:8080"