diff --git a/java/dev/enola/cli/DigestCommand.java b/java/dev/enola/cli/DigestCommand.java
index aa60c10e..bb818d32 100644
--- a/java/dev/enola/cli/DigestCommand.java
+++ b/java/dev/enola/cli/DigestCommand.java
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception {
             var resource = rp.getResource(uri);
 
             var multihash = new ResourceHasher().hash(resource, type);
-            multibase = Multibase.Base.Base64;
             pw.println(Multihashes.toString(multihash, multibase));
         }
         return 0;