diff --git a/rpcserver.go b/rpcserver.go
index 65e6478..3765c1b 100644
--- a/rpcserver.go
+++ b/rpcserver.go
@@ -1316,7 +1316,6 @@ var rpcHandlers = map[string]requestHandler{
 
 	// Extensions to the reference client JSON-RPC API
 	"exportwatchingwallet": ExportWatchingWallet,
-	"getaddressbalance":    GetAddressBalance,
 	// This was an extension but the reference implementation added it as
 	// well, but with a different API (no account parameter).  It's listed
 	// here because it hasn't been update to use the reference
@@ -1705,32 +1704,6 @@ func GetAccountAddress(w *Wallet, chainSvr *chain.Client, icmd btcjson.Cmd) (int
 	return addr.EncodeAddress(), err
 }
 
-// GetAddressBalance handles a getaddressbalance extension request by
-// returning the current balance (sum of unspent transaction output amounts)
-// for a single address.
-func GetAddressBalance(w *Wallet, chainSvr *chain.Client, icmd btcjson.Cmd) (interface{}, error) {
-	cmd := icmd.(*btcws.GetAddressBalanceCmd)
-
-	// Is address valid?
-	addr, err := btcutil.DecodeAddress(cmd.Address, activeNet.Params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, btcjson.ErrInvalidAddressOrKey
-	}
-
-	// Check if address is managed by this wallet.
-	_, err = w.KeyStore.Address(addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrAddressNotInWallet
-	}
-
-	bal, err := w.CalculateAddressBalance(addr, int(cmd.Minconf))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return bal.ToUnit(btcutil.AmountBTC), nil
-}
-
 // GetUnconfirmedBalance handles a getunconfirmedbalance extension request
 // by returning the current unconfirmed balance of an account.
 func GetUnconfirmedBalance(w *Wallet, chainSvr *chain.Client, icmd btcjson.Cmd) (interface{}, error) {
diff --git a/wallet.go b/wallet.go
index 3995959..80b17ba 100644
--- a/wallet.go
+++ b/wallet.go
@@ -739,41 +739,6 @@ func (w *Wallet) CalculateBalance(confirms int) (btcutil.Amount, error) {
 	return w.TxStore.Balance(confirms, bs.Height)
 }
 
-// CalculateAddressBalance sums the amounts of all unspent transaction
-// outputs to a single address's pubkey hash and returns the balance.
-//
-// If confirmations is 0, all UTXOs, even those not present in a
-// block (height -1), will be used to get the balance.  Otherwise,
-// a UTXO must be in a block.  If confirmations is 1 or greater,
-// the balance will be calculated based on how many how many blocks
-// include a UTXO.
-func (w *Wallet) CalculateAddressBalance(addr btcutil.Address, confirms int) (btcutil.Amount, error) {
-	bs, err := w.SyncedChainTip()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	var bal btcutil.Amount
-	unspent, err := w.TxStore.UnspentOutputs()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	for _, credit := range unspent {
-		if credit.Confirmed(confirms, bs.Height) {
-			// We only care about the case where len(addrs) == 1, and err
-			// will never be non-nil in that case
-			_, addrs, _, _ := credit.Addresses(activeNet.Params)
-			if len(addrs) != 1 {
-				continue
-			}
-			if addrs[0].EncodeAddress() == addr.EncodeAddress() {
-				bal += credit.Amount()
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return bal, nil
-}
-
 // CurrentAddress gets the most recently requested Bitcoin payment address
 // from a wallet.  If the address has already been used (there is at least
 // one transaction spending to it in the blockchain or btcd mempool), the next