diff --git a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/config.ts b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/config.ts
index 3e88d931f4e3..2dd82b2b0d1a 100644
--- a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/config.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/config.ts
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export const sequencerConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<SequencerConfig> = {
     ...booleanConfigHelper(DefaultSequencerConfig.buildCheckpointIfEmpty),
   },
   skipPushProposedBlocksToArchiver: {
-    description: 'Skip pushing proposed blocks to archiver (default: true)',
+    description: 'Skip pushing proposed blocks to archiver (test only)',
     ...booleanConfigHelper(DefaultSequencerConfig.skipPushProposedBlocksToArchiver),
   },
   minBlocksForCheckpoint: {
diff --git a/yarn-project/validator-client/src/proposal_handler.ts b/yarn-project/validator-client/src/proposal_handler.ts
index 08941b93de57..aff904864e5e 100644
--- a/yarn-project/validator-client/src/proposal_handler.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/validator-client/src/proposal_handler.ts
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ export class ProposalHandler {
     }
 
     // If we succeeded, push this block into the archiver (unless disabled)
-    if (reexecutionResult?.block && this.config.skipPushProposedBlocksToArchiver === false) {
+    if (reexecutionResult?.block && !this.config.skipPushProposedBlocksToArchiver) {
       await this.blockSource.addBlock(reexecutionResult.block);
     }