diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp
index 01413f02229..d68118994bf 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getwalletinfo()
                     {
                         {
                         {RPCResult::Type::STR, "walletname", "the wallet name"},
-                        {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "walletversion", "the wallet version"},
+                        {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "walletversion", "(DEPRECATED) only related to unsupported legacy wallet, returns the latest version 169900 for backwards compatibility"},
                         {RPCResult::Type::STR, "format", "the database format (only sqlite)"},
                         {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "txcount", "the total number of transactions in the wallet"},
                         {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "keypoolsize", "how many new keys are pre-generated (only counts external keys)"},
@@ -82,9 +82,11 @@ static RPCHelpMan getwalletinfo()
 
     UniValue obj(UniValue::VOBJ);
 
+    const int latest_legacy_wallet_minversion{169900};
+
     size_t kpExternalSize = pwallet->KeypoolCountExternalKeys();
     obj.pushKV("walletname", pwallet->GetName());
-    obj.pushKV("walletversion", pwallet->GetVersion());
+    obj.pushKV("walletversion", latest_legacy_wallet_minversion);
     obj.pushKV("format", pwallet->GetDatabase().Format());
     obj.pushKV("txcount",       (int)pwallet->mapWallet.size());
     obj.pushKV("keypoolsize", (int64_t)kpExternalSize);
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 95ed7af806a..1b1080fd81c 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -828,9 +828,6 @@ public:
     //! signify that a particular wallet feature is now used.
     void SetMinVersion(enum WalletFeature, WalletBatch* batch_in = nullptr) override;
 
-    //! get the current wallet format (the oldest client version guaranteed to understand this wallet)
-    int GetVersion() const { LOCK(cs_wallet); return nWalletVersion; }
-
     //! Get wallet transactions that conflict with given transaction (spend same outputs)
     std::set<Txid> GetConflicts(const Txid& txid) const EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_wallet);