diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 470c91498d0..63244c802ea 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ void SetupServerArgs(ArgsManager& argsman, bool can_listen_ipc)
     argsman.AddArg("-allowignoredconf", strprintf("For backwards compatibility, treat an unused %s file in the datadir as a warning, not an error.", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     argsman.AddArg("-loadblock=<file>", "Imports blocks from external file on startup", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     argsman.AddArg("-maxmempool=<n>", strprintf("Keep the transaction memory pool below <n> megabytes (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_MEMPOOL_SIZE_MB), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-    argsman.AddArg("-maxorphantx=<n>", strprintf("Keep at most <n> unconnectable transactions in memory (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     argsman.AddArg("-mempoolexpiry=<n>", strprintf("Do not keep transactions in the mempool longer than <n> hours (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_EXPIRY_HOURS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     argsman.AddArg("-minimumchainwork=<hex>", strprintf("Minimum work assumed to exist on a valid chain in hex (default: %s, testnet3: %s, testnet4: %s, signet: %s)", defaultChainParams->GetConsensus().nMinimumChainWork.GetHex(), testnetChainParams->GetConsensus().nMinimumChainWork.GetHex(), testnet4ChainParams->GetConsensus().nMinimumChainWork.GetHex(), signetChainParams->GetConsensus().nMinimumChainWork.GetHex()), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     argsman.AddArg("-par=<n>", strprintf("Set the number of script verification threads (0 = auto, up to %d, <0 = leave that many cores free, default: %d)",
diff --git a/src/net_processing.h b/src/net_processing.h
index d99674607ff..f1e5640a889 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.h
+++ b/src/net_processing.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Warnings;
 
 /** Whether transaction reconciliation protocol should be enabled by default. */
 static constexpr bool DEFAULT_TXRECONCILIATION_ENABLE{false};
-/** Default for -maxorphantx, maximum number of orphan transactions kept in memory */
+/** Default maximum number of orphan transactions kept in memory */
 static const uint32_t DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS{100};
 /** Default number of non-mempool transactions to keep around for block reconstruction. Includes
     orphan, replaced, and rejected transactions. */
diff --git a/src/node/peerman_args.cpp b/src/node/peerman_args.cpp
index e94572dbe2d..59dc592d66d 100644
--- a/src/node/peerman_args.cpp
+++ b/src/node/peerman_args.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ void ApplyArgsManOptions(const ArgsManager& argsman, PeerManager::Options& optio
 {
     if (auto value{argsman.GetBoolArg("-txreconciliation")}) options.reconcile_txs = *value;
 
-    if (auto value{argsman.GetIntArg("-maxorphantx")}) {
-        options.max_orphan_txs = uint32_t((std::clamp<int64_t>(*value, 0, std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max())));
-    }
-
     if (auto value{argsman.GetIntArg("-blockreconstructionextratxn")}) {
         options.max_extra_txs = uint32_t((std::clamp<int64_t>(*value, 0, std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max())));
     }
diff --git a/src/node/txorphanage.h b/src/node/txorphanage.h
index 686c5f5ab3d..ac43cb1d231 100644
--- a/src/node/txorphanage.h
+++ b/src/node/txorphanage.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ protected:
     unsigned int m_total_announcements{0};
 
     /** Map from wtxid to orphan transaction record. Limited by
-     *  -maxorphantx/DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS */
+     *  DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS */
     std::map<Wtxid, OrphanTx> m_orphans;
 
     struct PeerOrphanInfo {