diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index a6885f45d..1f5fc2c30 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -123,23 +123,11 @@ public:
 
         checkpointData = (Checkpoints::CCheckpointData) {
             boost::assign::map_list_of
-            ( 11111, uint256S("0x0000000069e244f73d78e8fd29ba2fd2ed618bd6fa2ee92559f542fdb26e7c1d"))
-            ( 33333, uint256S("0x000000002dd5588a74784eaa7ab0507a18ad16a236e7b1ce69f00d7ddfb5d0a6"))
-            ( 74000, uint256S("0x0000000000573993a3c9e41ce34471c079dcf5f52a0e824a81e7f953b8661a20"))
-            (105000, uint256S("0x00000000000291ce28027faea320c8d2b054b2e0fe44a773f3eefb151d6bdc97"))
-            (134444, uint256S("0x00000000000005b12ffd4cd315cd34ffd4a594f430ac814c91184a0d42d2b0fe"))
-            (168000, uint256S("0x000000000000099e61ea72015e79632f216fe6cb33d7899acb35b75c8303b763"))
-            (193000, uint256S("0x000000000000059f452a5f7340de6682a977387c17010ff6e6c3bd83ca8b1317"))
-            (210000, uint256S("0x000000000000048b95347e83192f69cf0366076336c639f9b7228e9ba171342e"))
-            (216116, uint256S("0x00000000000001b4f4b433e81ee46494af945cf96014816a4e2370f11b23df4e"))
-            (225430, uint256S("0x00000000000001c108384350f74090433e7fcf79a606b8e797f065b130575932"))
-            (250000, uint256S("0x000000000000003887df1f29024b06fc2200b55f8af8f35453d7be294df2d214"))
-            (279000, uint256S("0x0000000000000001ae8c72a0b0c301f67e3afca10e819efa9041e458e9bd7e40"))
-            (295000, uint256S("0x00000000000000004d9b4ef50f0f9d686fd69db2e03af35a100370c64632a983")),
-            1397080064, // * UNIX timestamp of last checkpoint block
-            36544669,   // * total number of transactions between genesis and last checkpoint
-                        //   (the tx=... number in the SetBestChain debug.log lines)
-            60000.0     // * estimated number of transactions per day after checkpoint
+            ( 0, consensus.hashGenesisBlock),
+            1231006505, // * UNIX timestamp of last checkpoint block
+            0,   // * total number of transactions between genesis and last checkpoint
+                 //   (the tx=... number in the SetBestChain debug.log lines)
+            0    // * estimated number of transactions per day after checkpoint
         };
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/test/Checkpoints_tests.cpp b/src/test/Checkpoints_tests.cpp
index 642ce13bc..c32a424f1 100644
--- a/src/test/Checkpoints_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/Checkpoints_tests.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(Checkpoints_tests, BasicTestingSetup)
 
+// TODO: checkpoints have been removed for now.
+/*
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sanity)
 {
     const Checkpoints::CCheckpointData& checkpoints = Params(CBaseChainParams::MAIN).Checkpoints();
@@ -37,5 +39,5 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sanity)
 
     BOOST_CHECK(Checkpoints::GetTotalBlocksEstimate(checkpoints) >= 134444);
 }    
-
+*/
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()