diff --git a/fullnode/src/main.rs b/fullnode/src/main.rs
index f389e605c4..263c31d8e2 100644
--- a/fullnode/src/main.rs
+++ b/fullnode/src/main.rs
@@ -223,33 +223,32 @@ fn main() {
         let (signer_service, signer_addr) = LocalVoteSignerService::new();
         (Some(signer_service), signer_addr)
     };
-    let rpc_port = if let Some(port) = matches.value_of("rpc_port") {
+    let (rpc_port, rpc_pubsub_port) = if let Some(port) = matches.value_of("rpc_port") {
         let port_number = port.to_string().parse().expect("integer");
         if port_number == 0 {
             eprintln!("Invalid RPC port requested: {:?}", port);
             exit(1);
         }
-        port_number
+        (port_number, port_number + 1)
     } else {
-        solana_netutil::find_available_port_in_range(FULLNODE_PORT_RANGE)
-            .expect("unable to allocate rpc port")
+        (
+            solana_netutil::find_available_port_in_range(FULLNODE_PORT_RANGE)
+                .expect("unable to allocate rpc_port"),
+            solana_netutil::find_available_port_in_range(FULLNODE_PORT_RANGE)
+                .expect("unable to allocate rpc_pubsub_port"),
+        )
     };
-    fullnode_config.rpc_port = Some(rpc_port);
     let init_complete_file = matches.value_of("init_complete_file");
     fullnode_config.entry_stream = matches.value_of("entry_stream").map(|s| s.to_string());
 
     let keypair = Arc::new(keypair);
-    let node = Node::new_with_external_ip(keypair.pubkey(), &gossip);
-    let mut node_info = node.info.clone();
-
-    node_info.rpc.set_port(rpc_port);
-    node_info.rpc_pubsub.set_port(rpc_port + 1);
+    let mut node = Node::new_with_external_ip(keypair.pubkey(), &gossip);
+    node.info.rpc.set_port(rpc_port);
+    node.info.rpc_pubsub.set_port(rpc_pubsub_port);
 
     let mut leader_scheduler = LeaderScheduler::default();
     leader_scheduler.use_only_bootstrap_leader = use_only_bootstrap_leader;
 
-    info!("Node ID: {}", node.info.id);
-
     let vote_account;
     let vote_signer_option = if !no_signer {
         let vote_signer =
@@ -263,6 +262,7 @@ fn main() {
         None
     };
 
+    let gossip_addr = node.info.gossip;
     let mut fullnode = Fullnode::new(
         node,
         keypair.clone(),
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ fn main() {
     if !no_signer {
         let leader_node_info = loop {
             info!("Looking for leader...");
-            match poll_gossip_for_leader(node_info.gossip, Some(10)) {
+            match poll_gossip_for_leader(gossip_addr, Some(10)) {
                 Ok(leader_node_info) => {
                     info!("Found leader: {:?}", leader_node_info);
                     break leader_node_info;
diff --git a/src/fullnode.rs b/src/fullnode.rs
index f474c74d63..fb99ce879e 100644
--- a/src/fullnode.rs
+++ b/src/fullnode.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ pub enum FullnodeReturnType {
 
 pub struct FullnodeConfig {
     pub sigverify_disabled: bool,
-    pub rpc_port: Option<u16>,
     pub entry_stream: Option<String>,
     pub storage_rotate_count: u64,
 }
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ impl Default for FullnodeConfig {
         const NUM_HASHES_FOR_STORAGE_ROTATE: u64 = 1024;
         Self {
             sigverify_disabled: false,
-            rpc_port: None,
             entry_stream: None,
             storage_rotate_count: NUM_HASHES_FOR_STORAGE_ROTATE,
         }
@@ -165,22 +163,11 @@ impl Fullnode {
         entrypoint_info_option: Option<&NodeInfo>,
         config: FullnodeConfig,
     ) -> Self {
-        let mut rpc_addr = node.info.rpc;
-        let mut rpc_pubsub_addr = node.info.rpc_pubsub;
-        // If rpc_port == `None`, node will listen on the ports set in NodeInfo
-        if let Some(port) = config.rpc_port {
-            rpc_addr.set_port(port);
-            node.info.rpc = rpc_addr;
-            rpc_pubsub_addr.set_port(port + 1);
-            node.info.rpc_pubsub = rpc_pubsub_addr;
-        }
-
-        info!("node rpc address: {}", node.info.rpc);
+        info!("node info: {:?}", node.info);
         info!("node entrypoint_info: {:?}", entrypoint_info_option);
-        let local_gossip_addr = node.sockets.gossip.local_addr().unwrap();
         info!(
-            "node local gossip address: {} (advertising {})",
-            local_gossip_addr, node.info.gossip
+            "node local gossip address: {}",
+            node.sockets.gossip.local_addr().unwrap()
         );
 
         let exit = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
@@ -189,7 +176,7 @@ impl Fullnode {
         node.info.wallclock = timestamp();
         assert_eq!(keypair.pubkey(), node.info.id);
         let cluster_info = Arc::new(RwLock::new(ClusterInfo::new_with_keypair(
-            node.info,
+            node.info.clone(),
             keypair.clone(),
         )));
 
@@ -200,7 +187,7 @@ impl Fullnode {
         let drone_addr = {
             let mut entrypoint_drone_addr = match entrypoint_info_option {
                 Some(entrypoint_info_info) => entrypoint_info_info.rpc,
-                None => rpc_addr,
+                None => node.info.rpc,
             };
             entrypoint_drone_addr.set_port(solana_drone::drone::DRONE_PORT);
             entrypoint_drone_addr
@@ -211,7 +198,7 @@ impl Fullnode {
         let rpc_service = JsonRpcService::new(
             &bank,
             &cluster_info,
-            SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)), rpc_addr.port()),
+            SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)), node.info.rpc.port()),
             drone_addr,
             storage_state.clone(),
         );
@@ -220,7 +207,7 @@ impl Fullnode {
             &bank,
             SocketAddr::new(
                 IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)),
-                rpc_pubsub_addr.port(),
+                node.info.rpc_pubsub.port(),
             ),
         );