diff --git a/mage_helpers/debug.go b/mage_helpers/debug.go
index e8a40e8ded0a3cc172bf94955357937bf697dfe2..da328e20000d119b8a58cbf1d44da139ebf66618 100644
--- a/mage_helpers/debug.go
+++ b/mage_helpers/debug.go
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ func SamStartApi(ctx context.Context, handler string, profile string, debug bool
 		commandArgs = append(commandArgs, `--debug-port=5986`,
 			fmt.Sprintf(`--debugger-path=%s`, delveDir),
 			`--debug-args=-delveAPI=2`)
-	} else {
-		commandArgs = append(commandArgs, `--warm-containers`, `EAGER`)
 	}
 
 	commandArgs = append(commandArgs,