diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
index 5ce1bbb89..4e4cca14c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ BITCOIN_TESTS =\
   test/bip32_tests.cpp \
   test/blockencodings_tests.cpp \
   test/bloom_tests.cpp \
-  test/Checkpoints_tests.cpp \
   test/coins_tests.cpp \
   test/compress_tests.cpp \
   test/crypto_tests.cpp \
diff --git a/src/checkpoints.cpp b/src/checkpoints.cpp
index aefddce46..d22c188c1 100644
--- a/src/checkpoints.cpp
+++ b/src/checkpoints.cpp
@@ -55,16 +55,6 @@ namespace Checkpoints {
         return fWorkBefore / (fWorkBefore + fWorkAfter);
     }
 
-    int GetTotalBlocksEstimate(const CCheckpointData& data)
-    {
-        const MapCheckpoints& checkpoints = data.mapCheckpoints;
-
-        if (checkpoints.empty())
-            return 0;
-
-        return checkpoints.rbegin()->first;
-    }
-
     CBlockIndex* GetLastCheckpoint(const CCheckpointData& data)
     {
         const MapCheckpoints& checkpoints = data.mapCheckpoints;
diff --git a/src/checkpoints.h b/src/checkpoints.h
index cd25ea537..04346f35f 100644
--- a/src/checkpoints.h
+++ b/src/checkpoints.h
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ struct CCheckpointData;
 namespace Checkpoints
 {
 
-//! Return conservative estimate of total number of blocks, 0 if unknown
-int GetTotalBlocksEstimate(const CCheckpointData& data);
-
 //! Returns last CBlockIndex* in mapBlockIndex that is a checkpoint
 CBlockIndex* GetLastCheckpoint(const CCheckpointData& data);
 
diff --git a/src/test/Checkpoints_tests.cpp b/src/test/Checkpoints_tests.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b7d368e1..000000000
--- a/src/test/Checkpoints_tests.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2011-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
-// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-//
-// Unit tests for block-chain checkpoints
-//
-
-#include "checkpoints.h"
-
-#include "uint256.h"
-#include "test/test_bitcoin.h"
-#include "chainparams.h"
-
-#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
-
-using namespace std;
-
-BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(Checkpoints_tests, BasicTestingSetup)
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sanity)
-{
-    const CCheckpointData& checkpoints = Params(CBaseChainParams::MAIN).Checkpoints();
-    BOOST_CHECK(Checkpoints::GetTotalBlocksEstimate(checkpoints) >= 134444);
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()