diff --git a/src/wallet/interfaces.cpp b/src/wallet/interfaces.cpp
index 5308b4418d7..a093dab7e70 100644
--- a/src/wallet/interfaces.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/interfaces.cpp
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ public:
         m_context.chain = &chain;
         m_context.args = &args;
     }
-    ~WalletLoaderImpl() override { UnloadWallets(m_context); }
+    ~WalletLoaderImpl() override { stop(); }
 
     //! ChainClient methods
     void registerRpcs() override
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ public:
         m_context.scheduler = &scheduler;
         return StartWallets(m_context);
     }
-    void stop() override { return StopWallets(m_context); }
+    void stop() override { return UnloadWallets(m_context); }
     void setMockTime(int64_t time) override { return SetMockTime(time); }
     void schedulerMockForward(std::chrono::seconds delta) override { Assert(m_context.scheduler)->MockForward(delta); }
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/load.cpp b/src/wallet/load.cpp
index 3fdad7d6fb1..379f606f088 100644
--- a/src/wallet/load.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/load.cpp
@@ -162,13 +162,6 @@ void StartWallets(WalletContext& context)
     context.scheduler->scheduleEvery([&context] { MaybeResendWalletTxs(context); }, 1min);
 }
 
-void StopWallets(WalletContext& context)
-{
-    for (const std::shared_ptr<CWallet>& pwallet : GetWallets(context)) {
-        pwallet->Close();
-    }
-}
-
 void UnloadWallets(WalletContext& context)
 {
     auto wallets = GetWallets(context);
diff --git a/src/wallet/load.h b/src/wallet/load.h
index e7224c27ee9..20859d5c4d8 100644
--- a/src/wallet/load.h
+++ b/src/wallet/load.h
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ bool LoadWallets(WalletContext& context);
 //! Complete startup of wallets.
 void StartWallets(WalletContext& context);
 
-//! Stop all wallets. Wallets will be flushed first.
-void StopWallets(WalletContext& context);
-
-//! Close all wallets.
 void UnloadWallets(WalletContext& context);
 } // namespace wallet