diff --git a/meshtastic/deviceonly.options b/meshtastic/deviceonly.options
index c164888..b03209b 100644
--- a/meshtastic/deviceonly.options
+++ b/meshtastic/deviceonly.options
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # https://jpa.kapsi.fi/nanopb/docs/reference.html#proto-file-options
 
 # FIXME pick a higher number someday? or do dynamic alloc in nanopb?
-*DeviceState.node_db max_count:80
 *DeviceState.node_db_lite max_count:80
 
 # FIXME - max_count is actually 32 but we save/load this as one long string of preencoded MeshPacket bytes - not a big array in RAM