diff --git a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
index a1fb0f2d7..82ff0e314 100644
--- a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
@@ -42,33 +42,6 @@ FastRandomContext insecure_rand_ctx(insecure_rand_seed);
 extern bool fPrintToConsole;
 extern void noui_connect();
 
-JoinSplitTestingSetup::JoinSplitTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName) : BasicTestingSetup(chainName)
-{
-    fs::path sapling_spend = ZC_GetParamsDir() / "sapling-spend.params";
-    fs::path sapling_output = ZC_GetParamsDir() / "sapling-output.params";
-    fs::path sprout_groth16 = ZC_GetParamsDir() / "sprout-groth16.params";
-
-    static_assert(
-        sizeof(fs::path::value_type) == sizeof(codeunit),
-        "librustzcash not configured correctly");
-    auto sapling_spend_str = sapling_spend.native();
-    auto sapling_output_str = sapling_output.native();
-    auto sprout_groth16_str = sprout_groth16.native();
-
-    librustzcash_init_zksnark_params(
-        reinterpret_cast<const codeunit*>(sapling_spend_str.c_str()),
-        sapling_spend_str.length(),
-        reinterpret_cast<const codeunit*>(sapling_output_str.c_str()),
-        sapling_output_str.length(),
-        reinterpret_cast<const codeunit*>(sprout_groth16_str.c_str()),
-        sprout_groth16_str.length()
-    );
-}
-
-JoinSplitTestingSetup::~JoinSplitTestingSetup()
-{
-}
-
 BasicTestingSetup::BasicTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName)
 {
     assert(sodium_init() != -1);
@@ -98,7 +71,7 @@ BasicTestingSetup::~BasicTestingSetup()
     ECC_Stop();
 }
 
-TestingSetup::TestingSetup(const std::string& chainName) : JoinSplitTestingSetup(chainName)
+TestingSetup::TestingSetup(const std::string& chainName) : BasicTestingSetup(chainName)
 {
     const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
         // Ideally we'd move all the RPC tests to the functional testing framework
diff --git a/src/test/test_bitcoin.h b/src/test/test_bitcoin.h
index 02cb77c03..1f42927a7 100644
--- a/src/test/test_bitcoin.h
+++ b/src/test/test_bitcoin.h
@@ -20,16 +20,10 @@ struct BasicTestingSetup {
     ~BasicTestingSetup();
 };
 
-// Setup w.r.t. zk-SNARK API
-struct JoinSplitTestingSetup: public BasicTestingSetup {
-    JoinSplitTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName = CBaseChainParams::MAIN);
-    ~JoinSplitTestingSetup();
-};
-
 /** Testing setup that configures a complete environment.
  * Included are data directory, coins database, script check threads setup.
  */
-struct TestingSetup: public JoinSplitTestingSetup {
+struct TestingSetup: public BasicTestingSetup {
     CCoinsViewDB *pcoinsdbview;
     fs::path orig_current_path;
     fs::path pathTemp;