diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 0898d0ff2..6564ce5b9 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs()
     gArgs.AddArg("-mocktime=<n>", "Replace actual time with <n> seconds since epoch (default: 0)", true, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     gArgs.AddArg("-maxsigcachesize=<n>", strprintf("Limit sum of signature cache and script execution cache sizes to <n> MiB (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_SIZE), true, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     gArgs.AddArg("-maxtipage=<n>", strprintf("Maximum tip age in seconds to consider node in initial block download (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_TIP_AGE), true, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-maxtxfee=<amt>", strprintf("Maximum total fees (in %s) to use in a single wallet transaction or raw transaction; setting this too low may abort large transactions (default: %s)",
+    gArgs.AddArg("-maxtxfee=<amt>", strprintf("Maximum total fees (in %s) to use in a single wallet transaction; setting this too low may abort large transactions (default: %s)", // TODO move setting to wallet
         CURRENCY_UNIT, FormatMoney(DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MAXFEE)), false, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     gArgs.AddArg("-printpriority", strprintf("Log transaction fee per kB when mining blocks (default: %u)", DEFAULT_PRINTPRIORITY), true, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     gArgs.AddArg("-printtoconsole", "Send trace/debug info to console (default: 1 when no -daemon. To disable logging to file, set -nodebuglogfile)", false, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index 13f02f017..57754ce85 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 #include <univalue.h>
 
+constexpr static CAmount DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_TX_FEE{COIN / 10};
 
 static void TxToJSON(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256 hashBlock, UniValue& entry)
 {
@@ -1038,7 +1039,7 @@ static UniValue sendrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 "\nAlso see createrawtransaction and signrawtransactionwithkey calls.\n",
                 {
                     {"hexstring", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The hex string of the raw transaction"},
-                    {"maxfeerate", RPCArg::Type::AMOUNT, /* default */ FormatMoney(maxTxFee), "Reject transactions whose fee rate is higher than the specified value, expressed in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kB\n"},
+                    {"maxfeerate", RPCArg::Type::AMOUNT, /* default */ FormatMoney(DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_TX_FEE), "Reject transactions whose fee rate is higher than the specified value, expressed in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kB\n"},
                 },
                 RPCResult{
             "\"hex\"             (string) The transaction hash in hex\n"
@@ -1070,7 +1071,7 @@ static UniValue sendrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR, "TX decode failed");
     CTransactionRef tx(MakeTransactionRef(std::move(mtx)));
 
-    CAmount max_raw_tx_fee = maxTxFee;
+    CAmount max_raw_tx_fee = DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_TX_FEE;
     // TODO: temporary migration code for old clients. Remove in v0.20
     if (request.params[1].isBool()) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Second argument must be numeric (maxfeerate) and no longer supports a boolean. To allow a transaction with high fees, set maxfeerate to 0.");
@@ -1108,7 +1109,7 @@ static UniValue testmempoolaccept(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                             {"rawtx", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::OMITTED, ""},
                         },
                         },
-                    {"maxfeerate", RPCArg::Type::AMOUNT, /* default */ FormatMoney(maxTxFee), "Reject transactions whose fee rate is higher than the specified value, expressed in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kB\n"},
+                    {"maxfeerate", RPCArg::Type::AMOUNT, /* default */ FormatMoney(DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_TX_FEE), "Reject transactions whose fee rate is higher than the specified value, expressed in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kB\n"},
                 },
                 RPCResult{
             "[                   (array) The result of the mempool acceptance test for each raw transaction in the input array.\n"
@@ -1152,7 +1153,7 @@ static UniValue testmempoolaccept(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     CTransactionRef tx(MakeTransactionRef(std::move(mtx)));
     const uint256& tx_hash = tx->GetHash();
 
-    CAmount max_raw_tx_fee = maxTxFee;
+    CAmount max_raw_tx_fee = DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_TX_FEE;
     // TODO: temporary migration code for old clients. Remove in v0.20
     if (request.params[1].isBool()) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Second argument must be numeric (maxfeerate) and no longer supports a boolean. To allow a transaction with high fees, set maxfeerate to 0.");