diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpcc.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpcc.go
index 8c42b6efbc18..10d3349c6325 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpcc.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpcc.go
@@ -623,13 +623,13 @@ func loadTPCCBench(
 	var rebalanceWait time.Duration
 	switch b.LoadConfig {
 	case singleLoadgen:
-		loadArgs = `--scatter --checks=false`
+		loadArgs = `--checks=false`
 		rebalanceWait = time.Duration(b.LoadWarehouses/250) * time.Minute
 	case singlePartitionedLoadgen:
-		loadArgs = fmt.Sprintf(`--scatter --checks=false --partitions=%d`, b.partitions())
+		loadArgs = fmt.Sprintf(`--checks=false --partitions=%d`, b.partitions())
 		rebalanceWait = time.Duration(b.LoadWarehouses/125) * time.Minute
 	case multiLoadgen:
-		loadArgs = fmt.Sprintf(`--scatter --checks=false --partitions=%d --zones="%s"`,
+		loadArgs = fmt.Sprintf(`--checks=false --partitions=%d --zones="%s"`,
 			b.partitions(), strings.Join(b.Distribution.zones(), ","))
 		rebalanceWait = time.Duration(b.LoadWarehouses/50) * time.Minute
 	default:
@@ -656,15 +656,9 @@ func loadTPCCBench(
 	// Split and scatter the tables. Ramp up to the expected load in the desired
 	// distribution. This should allow for load-based rebalancing to help
 	// distribute load. Optionally pass some load configuration-specific flags.
-	method := ""
-	if b.Chaos {
-		// For chaos tests, we don't want to use the default method because it
-		// involves preparing statements on all connections (see #51785).
-		method = "--method=simple"
-	}
 	cmd = fmt.Sprintf("./workload run tpcc --warehouses=%d --workers=%d --max-rate=%d "+
-		"--wait=false --duration=%s --scatter --tolerate-errors %s {pgurl%s}",
-		b.LoadWarehouses, b.LoadWarehouses, b.LoadWarehouses/2, rebalanceWait, method, roachNodes)
+		"--wait=false --duration=%s --scatter --tolerate-errors {pgurl%s}",
+		b.LoadWarehouses, b.LoadWarehouses, b.LoadWarehouses/2, rebalanceWait, roachNodes)
 	if out, err := c.RunWithBuffer(ctx, c.l, loadNode, cmd); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed with output %q", string(out))
 	}
@@ -824,10 +818,9 @@ func runTPCCBench(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster, b tpccBenchSpec) {
 				t.Status(fmt.Sprintf("running benchmark, warehouses=%d", warehouses))
 				histogramsPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/warehouses=%d/stats.json", perfArtifactsDir, activeWarehouses)
 				cmd := fmt.Sprintf("./workload run tpcc --warehouses=%d --active-warehouses=%d "+
-					"--tolerate-errors --scatter --ramp=%s --duration=%s%s {pgurl%s} "+
-					"--histograms=%s",
+					"--tolerate-errors --ramp=%s --duration=%s%s --histograms=%s {pgurl%s}",
 					b.LoadWarehouses, activeWarehouses, rampDur,
-					loadDur, extraFlags, sqlGateways, histogramsPath)
+					loadDur, extraFlags, histogramsPath, sqlGateways)
 				err := c.RunE(ctx, group.loadNodes, cmd)
 				loadDone <- timeutil.Now()
 				if err != nil {