diff --git a/collector.go b/collector.go
index d5d0932..cd989c4 100644
--- a/collector.go
+++ b/collector.go
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ var (
 		[]string{
 			"type",
 		})
-	zcashdChainTips = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
-		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-			Name: "zcash_chain_tip",
-			Help: "Return information about all known tips in the block tree, including the main chain as well as orphaned branches."},
-		[]string{"height", "hash", "branchlen", "status"},
-	)
 )
 
 // ZCASH_PEERS = Gauge("zcash_peers", "Number of peers")
@@ -67,5 +61,4 @@ func init() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(zcashdMemPoolBytes)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(zcashdMemPoolUsage)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(zcashdWalletBalance)
-	prometheus.MustRegister(zcashdChainTips)
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fb6545f..25065cc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ func main() {
 	go getBlockchainInfo()
 	go getMemPoolInfo()
 	go getWalletInfo()
-	go getChainTips()
 	log.Infoln("Listening on", *listenAddress)
 	if err := http.ListenAndServe(*listenAddress, nil); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
@@ -134,30 +133,3 @@ func getWalletInfo() {
 	}
 
 }
-
-func getChainTips() {
-	basicAuth := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(*rpcUser + ":" + *rpcPassword))
-	rpcClient := jsonrpc.NewClientWithOpts("http://"+*rpcHost+":"+*rpcPort,
-		&jsonrpc.RPCClientOpts{
-			CustomHeaders: map[string]string{
-				"Authorization": "Basic " + basicAuth,
-			}})
-	var chaintips *GetChainTips
-
-	for {
-		if err := rpcClient.CallFor(&chaintips, "getchaintips"); err != nil {
-			log.Warnln("Error calling getchaintips", err)
-		} else {
-			for _, ct := range *chaintips {
-				log.Infoln("Got chaintip: ", ct.Height)
-				zcashdChainTips.WithLabelValues(
-					strconv.FormatFloat(ct.Height, 'f', 2, 64),
-					ct.Hash,
-					strconv.FormatFloat(ct.Branchlen, 'f', 2, 64),
-					ct.Status).Set(ct.Height)
-			}
-		}
-		time.Sleep(time.Duration(30) * time.Second)
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/rpc.go b/rpc.go
index e6d517a..4ea6496 100644
--- a/rpc.go
+++ b/rpc.go
@@ -25,14 +25,3 @@ type ZGetTotalBalance struct {
 	Private     string `json:"private"`
 	Total       string `json:"total"`
 }
-
-// GetChainTips Return information about all known tips in the block tree, including the main chain as well as orphaned branches.
-// https://zcash-rpc.github.io/getchaintips.html
-type GetChainTips []ChainTip
-
-type ChainTip struct {
-	Height    float64 `json:"height"`
-	Hash      string  `json:"hash"`
-	Branchlen float64 `json:"branchlen"`
-	Status    string  `json:"status"`
-}