diff --git a/java/runtime/src/main/java/io/ray/runtime/runner/RunManager.java b/java/runtime/src/main/java/io/ray/runtime/runner/RunManager.java
index ec15f8121..21b47aaf9 100644
--- a/java/runtime/src/main/java/io/ray/runtime/runner/RunManager.java
+++ b/java/runtime/src/main/java/io/ray/runtime/runner/RunManager.java
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ public class RunManager {
     cmd.addAll(rayConfig.jvmParameters);
 
     // jvm options
-    cmd.add("RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER_0");
+    cmd.add("RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER");
 
     // Main class
     cmd.add(WORKER_CLASS);
diff --git a/python/ray/services.py b/python/ray/services.py
index 8d9b5afee..3a819f273 100644
--- a/python/ray/services.py
+++ b/python/ray/services.py
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ def build_java_worker_command(
     # above options.
     command += options
 
-    command += ["RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER_0"]
+    command += ["RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER"]
     command += ["io.ray.runtime.runner.worker.DefaultWorker"]
 
     return command
diff --git a/src/ray/common/constants.h b/src/ray/common/constants.h
index 4d816ab17..0ac238b2a 100644
--- a/src/ray/common/constants.h
+++ b/src/ray/common/constants.h
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ constexpr char kObjectTablePrefix[] = "ObjectTable";
 /// Prefix for the task table keys in redis.
 constexpr char kTaskTablePrefix[] = "TaskTable";
 
-constexpr char kWorkerDynamicOptionPlaceholderPrefix[] =
-    "RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER_";
+constexpr char kWorkerDynamicOptionPlaceholder[] =
+    "RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER";
 
 constexpr char kWorkerRayletConfigPlaceholder[] = "RAY_WORKER_RAYLET_CONFIG_PLACEHOLDER";
 
diff --git a/src/ray/protobuf/common.proto b/src/ray/protobuf/common.proto
index 8ac33a109..8745b3a57 100644
--- a/src/ray/protobuf/common.proto
+++ b/src/ray/protobuf/common.proto
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ message ActorCreationTaskSpec {
   int64 max_actor_restarts = 3;
   // The dynamic options used in the worker command when starting a worker process for
   // an actor creation task. If the list isn't empty, the options will be used to replace
-  // the placeholder strings (`RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER_0`,
-  // `RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER_1`, etc) in the worker command.
+  // the placeholder string `RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER` in the worker command.
   repeated string dynamic_worker_options = 4;
   // The max number of concurrent calls for direct call actors.
   int32 max_concurrency = 5;
diff --git a/src/ray/raylet/worker_pool.cc b/src/ray/raylet/worker_pool.cc
index 167fbdcfe..350bb5d2e 100644
--- a/src/ray/raylet/worker_pool.cc
+++ b/src/ray/raylet/worker_pool.cc
@@ -217,19 +217,13 @@ Process WorkerPool::StartWorkerProcess(const Language &language, const JobID &jo
 
   // Extract pointers from the worker command to pass into execvp.
   std::vector<std::string> worker_command_args;
-  size_t dynamic_option_index = 0;
   bool worker_raylet_config_placeholder_found = false;
   for (auto const &token : state.worker_command) {
-    const auto option_placeholder =
-        kWorkerDynamicOptionPlaceholderPrefix + std::to_string(dynamic_option_index);
-
-    if (token == option_placeholder) {
-      if (!dynamic_options.empty()) {
-        RAY_CHECK(dynamic_option_index < dynamic_options.size());
-        auto options = ParseCommandLine(dynamic_options[dynamic_option_index]);
+    if (token == kWorkerDynamicOptionPlaceholder) {
+      for (const auto &dynamic_option : dynamic_options) {
+        auto options = ParseCommandLine(dynamic_option);
         worker_command_args.insert(worker_command_args.end(), options.begin(),
                                    options.end());
-        ++dynamic_option_index;
       }
       continue;
     }
diff --git a/src/ray/raylet/worker_pool_test.cc b/src/ray/raylet/worker_pool_test.cc
index d8cbbfea3..c8fae0ae7 100644
--- a/src/ray/raylet/worker_pool_test.cc
+++ b/src/ray/raylet/worker_pool_test.cc
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ TEST_P(WorkerPoolTest, PopWorkersOfMultipleLanguages) {
 
 TEST_P(WorkerPoolTest, StartWorkerWithDynamicOptionsCommand) {
   const std::vector<std::string> java_worker_command = {
-      "RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER_0", "dummy_java_worker_command",
-      "RAY_WORKER_RAYLET_CONFIG_PLACEHOLDER", "RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER_1"};
+      "RAY_WORKER_DYNAMIC_OPTION_PLACEHOLDER", "dummy_java_worker_command",
+      "RAY_WORKER_RAYLET_CONFIG_PLACEHOLDER"};
   SetWorkerCommands({{Language::PYTHON, {"dummy_py_worker_command"}},
                      {Language::JAVA, java_worker_command}});
 
@@ -364,10 +364,9 @@ TEST_P(WorkerPoolTest, StartWorkerWithDynamicOptionsCommand) {
                                    task_spec.DynamicWorkerOptions());
   const auto real_command =
       worker_pool_->GetWorkerCommand(worker_pool_->LastStartedWorkerProcess());
-  ASSERT_EQ(real_command,
-            std::vector<std::string>({"test_op_0", "dummy_java_worker_command",
-                                      GetNumJavaWorkersPerProcessSystemProperty(1),
-                                      "test_op_1"}));
+  ASSERT_EQ(real_command, std::vector<std::string>(
+                              {"test_op_0", "test_op_1", "dummy_java_worker_command",
+                               GetNumJavaWorkersPerProcessSystemProperty(1)}));
 }
 
 TEST_P(WorkerPoolTest, PopWorkerMultiTenancy) {