diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/session.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/session.rs
index 9db6a67836..221e007e9f 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/session.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/session.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub async fn build_session<'a>(
     // TODO use systems from the profile
     // TODO once the client/server for MCP has stabilized, we should probably add InProcess transport to each
     //      and avoid spawning here. But it is at least included in the CLI for portability
-    let config = SystemConfig::stdio("goose").with_args(vec!["server", "--name", "developer"]);
+    let config = SystemConfig::stdio("goose").with_args(vec!["mcp", "developer"]);
     agent
         .add_system(config)
         .await
diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/main.rs
index 488388f97e..d21f06e215 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -74,16 +74,7 @@ enum Command {
 
     /// Manage system prompts and behaviors
     #[command(about = "Run one of the mcp servers bundled with goose")]
-    Mcp {
-        #[arg(
-            short,
-            long,
-            value_name = "NAME",
-            help = "The stdio server to run",
-            long_help = "Runs one of the goose builtin MCP servers with stdio transport."
-        )]
-        name: String,
-    },
+    Mcp { name: String },
 
     /// Start or resume interactive chat sessions
     #[command(about = "Start or resume interactive chat sessions", alias = "s")]