diff --git a/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h b/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h
index 35a419396b1..89f15c8db1c 100644
--- a/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h
+++ b/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ public:
 
 class DescriptorScriptPubKeyMan : public ScriptPubKeyMan
 {
-    friend class LegacyDataSPKM;
 private:
     using ScriptPubKeyMap = std::map<CScript, int32_t>; // Map of scripts to descriptor range index
     using PubKeyMap = std::map<CPubKey, int32_t>; // Map of pubkeys involved in scripts to descriptor range index