diff --git a/daemon/Pipfile b/daemon/Pipfile
index a1e33a29..a689f4dc 100644
--- a/daemon/Pipfile
+++ b/daemon/Pipfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
 verify_ssl = true
 
 [scripts]
-core = "python scripts/core-daemon -f data/core.conf -l data/logging.conf --grpc"
+core = "python scripts/core-daemon -f data/core.conf -l data/logging.conf"
 test = "pytest -v tests"
 test_emane = "pytest -v tests/emane"
 
diff --git a/daemon/scripts/core-daemon b/daemon/scripts/core-daemon
index 49aae2d2..6b55c14f 100755
--- a/daemon/scripts/core-daemon
+++ b/daemon/scripts/core-daemon
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from core.api.grpc.server import CoreGrpcServer
 from core.api.tlv.corehandlers import CoreHandler, CoreUdpHandler
 from core.api.tlv.coreserver import CoreServer, CoreUdpServer
 from core.constants import CORE_CONF_DIR, COREDPY_VERSION
-from core.emulator import enumerations
 from core.emulator.enumerations import CORE_API_PORT
 from core.utils import close_onexec, load_logging_config
 
@@ -67,14 +66,13 @@ def cored(cfg):
         sys.exit(1)
 
     # initialize grpc api
-    if cfg["grpc"] == "True":
-        grpc_server = CoreGrpcServer(server.coreemu)
-        address_config = cfg["grpcaddress"]
-        port_config = cfg["grpcport"]
-        grpc_address = f"{address_config}:{port_config}"
-        grpc_thread = threading.Thread(target=grpc_server.listen, args=(grpc_address,))
-        grpc_thread.daemon = True
-        grpc_thread.start()
+    grpc_server = CoreGrpcServer(server.coreemu)
+    address_config = cfg["grpcaddress"]
+    port_config = cfg["grpcport"]
+    grpc_address = f"{address_config}:{port_config}"
+    grpc_thread = threading.Thread(target=grpc_server.listen, args=(grpc_address,))
+    grpc_thread.daemon = True
+    grpc_thread.start()
 
     # start udp server
     start_udp(server, address)
@@ -117,7 +115,6 @@ def get_merged_config(filename):
     parser.add_argument("-n", "--numthreads", dest="numthreads", type=int,
                         help=f"number of server threads; default = {default_threads}")
     parser.add_argument("--ovs", action="store_true", help="enable experimental ovs mode, default is false")
-    parser.add_argument("--grpc", action="store_true", help="enable grpc api, default is false")
     parser.add_argument("--grpc-port", dest="grpcport",
                         help=f"grpc port to listen on; default {default_grpc_port}")
     parser.add_argument("--grpc-address", dest="grpcaddress",