From 4fc5038cc65292212b3a897dc973c19ec06f574d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Tucker <adamleetucker@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 11:20:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] remove redundancy

---
 server/start.go | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/start.go b/server/start.go
index d894f75e0ee8..6defcb66edd7 100644
--- a/server/start.go
+++ b/server/start.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ func startInProcess(ctx *Context, clientCtx client.Context, appCreator types.App
 	var app types.Application
 
 	if isTestnet, ok := ctx.Viper.Get(KeyIsTestnet).(bool); ok && isTestnet {
-		app, err = testnetify(ctx, home, appCreator, db)
+		app, err = testnetify(ctx, home, appCreator, db, traceWriter)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -669,7 +670,7 @@ before stopping the daemon.
 
 // testnetify modifies both state and blockStore, allowing the provided operator address and local validator key to control the network
 // that the state in the data folder represents. The chainID of the local genesis file is modified to match the provided chainID.
-func testnetify(ctx *Context, home string, testnetAppCreator types.AppCreator, db db.DB) (types.Application, error) {
+func testnetify(ctx *Context, home string, testnetAppCreator types.AppCreator, db db.DB, traceWriter io.WriteCloser) (types.Application, error) {
 	config := ctx.Config
 
 	newChainID, ok := ctx.Viper.Get(KeyNewChainID).(string)
@@ -677,12 +678,6 @@ func testnetify(ctx *Context, home string, testnetAppCreator types.AppCreator, d
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected string for key %s", KeyNewChainID)
 	}
 
-	traceWriterFile := ctx.Viper.GetString(flagTraceStore)
-	traceWriter, err := openTraceWriter(traceWriterFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	genDocProvider := node.DefaultGenesisDocProviderFunc(config)
 
 	// Initialize blockStore and stateDB.