diff --git a/RUN-A-NODE.md b/RUN-A-NODE.md
index 63e977c..4aa41fd 100644
--- a/RUN-A-NODE.md
+++ b/RUN-A-NODE.md
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ Since 2026-10-05 the Besu nodes of chain 2800 run a distribution built from the
 plus two changes; `patches/0009-aere-pq-seal-judge-snap-cap.patch` brings the recipe to that exact
 tree. **A node built from patches 0001 and 0003 to 0008 still follows the chain**: neither change
 alters what a node accepts below the AIP-22 stage 4 height (`aere.pq.finalityBlock`), which is
-set on chain 2800 from block 24,300,000 (armed 2026-10-21); `run-node.sh` sets it from that date, together with the four
-message-seal layers it requires at startup (AERE-PQC-FIN-02). The two changes:
+set on chain 2800 from block 24,300,000 (armed 2026-10-21); `run-node.sh` sets it from that date; the four message-seal
+layers it requires at startup (AERE-PQC-FIN-02) were already set in the follower options. The two changes:
 
 - the heard-seal store and commit messages that arrive before the proposal: from the stage 4 height
   a seal that does not verify never displaces one that does, and an early commit waits in a bounded
@@ -428,10 +428,6 @@ export BESU_OPTS="\
 -Daere.pq.anchor.maxSeals=9 \
 -Daere.pq.anchorMinSeals=13014000:0,13034000:3,14961456:6,17102384:0,17102416:6,20715632:7 \
 -Daere.pq.anchorV2Block=17047600 \
--Daere.pq.proposalPq.forkBlock=17400000 \
--Daere.pq.preparePq.forkBlock=17700000 \
--Daere.pq.commitPq.forkBlock=17250000 \
--Daere.pq.roundChangePq.forkBlock=17550000 \
 -Daere.pq.finalityBlock=24300000 \
 -Daere.pq.commitRoundBlock=24148752 \
 -Daere.pq.chainId=2800 \
diff --git a/run-node.sh b/run-node.sh
index c880310..8b4aeba 100755
--- a/run-node.sh
+++ b/run-node.sh
@@ -286,10 +286,6 @@ export BESU_OPTS="\
 -Daere.pq.anchor.maxSeals=9 \
 -Daere.pq.anchorMinSeals=13014000:0,13034000:3,14961456:6,17102384:0,17102416:6,20715632:7 \
 -Daere.pq.anchorV2Block=17047600 \
--Daere.pq.proposalPq.forkBlock=17400000 \
--Daere.pq.preparePq.forkBlock=17700000 \
--Daere.pq.commitPq.forkBlock=17250000 \
--Daere.pq.roundChangePq.forkBlock=17550000 \
 -Daere.pq.finalityBlock=24300000 \
 -Daere.pq.commitRoundBlock=24148752 \
 -Daere.pq.chainId=2800 \