diff --git a/src/node/interfaces.cpp b/src/node/interfaces.cpp
index 65997267652..0506f00bb75 100644
--- a/src/node/interfaces.cpp
+++ b/src/node/interfaces.cpp
@@ -719,8 +719,7 @@ public:
         if (!m_node.mempool->CheckPolicyLimits(tx)) {
             return util::Error{Untranslated("too many unconfirmed transactions in cluster")};
         }
-        LOCK(m_node.mempool->cs);
-        return m_node.mempool->CheckPackageLimits({tx}, GetVirtualTransactionSize(*tx));
+        return {};
     }
     CFeeRate estimateSmartFee(int num_blocks, bool conservative, FeeCalculation* calc) override
     {
diff --git a/src/txmempool.cpp b/src/txmempool.cpp
index 99b7d3ef516..921765de732 100644
--- a/src/txmempool.cpp
+++ b/src/txmempool.cpp
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ void CTxMemPool::UpdateTransactionsFromBlock(const std::vector<Txid>& vHashesToU
     }
 }
 
-util::Result<void> CTxMemPool::CheckPackageLimits(const Package& package,
-                                                  const int64_t total_vsize) const
-{
-    return {};
-}
-
 bool CTxMemPool::HasDescendants(const Txid& txid) const
 {
     LOCK(cs);
diff --git a/src/txmempool.h b/src/txmempool.h
index 437bdf4ebd3..0c0ec241888 100644
--- a/src/txmempool.h
+++ b/src/txmempool.h
@@ -436,21 +436,6 @@ public:
      * more transactions as a DoS protection. */
     std::vector<txiter> GatherClusters(const std::vector<Txid>& txids) const EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs);
 
-    /** Calculate all in-mempool ancestors of a set of transactions not already in the mempool and
-     * check ancestor and descendant limits. Heuristics are used to estimate the ancestor and
-     * descendant count of all entries if the package were to be added to the mempool.  The limits
-     * are applied to the union of all package transactions. For example, if the package has 3
-     * transactions and limits.ancestor_count = 25, the union of all 3 sets of ancestors (including the
-     * transactions themselves) must be <= 22.
-     * @param[in]       package                 Transaction package being evaluated for acceptance
-     *                                          to mempool. The transactions need not be direct
-     *                                          ancestors/descendants of each other.
-     * @param[in]       total_vsize             Sum of virtual sizes for all transactions in package.
-     * @returns {} or the error reason if a limit is hit.
-     */
-    util::Result<void> CheckPackageLimits(const Package& package,
-                                          int64_t total_vsize) const EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs);
-
     /** Populate setDescendants with all in-mempool descendants of given transaction.
      *  Assumes that setDescendants includes all in-mempool descendants of anything
      *  already in it.  */
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 62b629d4b86..b2ea91e29d1 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1054,17 +1054,11 @@ bool MemPoolAccept::PackageMempoolChecks(const std::vector<CTransactionRef>& txn
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
     AssertLockHeld(m_pool.cs);
 
-    // CheckPackageLimits expects the package transactions to not already be in the mempool.
-    assert(std::all_of(txns.cbegin(), txns.cend(), [this](const auto& tx) { return !m_pool.exists(tx->GetHash()); }));
+    assert(std::all_of(txns.cbegin(), txns.cend(), [this](const auto& tx)
+                       { return !m_pool.exists(tx->GetHash());}));
 
     assert(txns.size() == workspaces.size());
 
-    auto result = m_pool.CheckPackageLimits(txns, total_vsize);
-    if (!result) {
-        // This is a package-wide error, separate from an individual transaction error.
-        return package_state.Invalid(PackageValidationResult::PCKG_POLICY, "package-mempool-limits", util::ErrorString(result).original);
-    }
-
     // No conflicts means we're finished. Further checks are all RBF-only.
     if (!m_subpackage.m_rbf) return true;