diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index 35e090a0b..508c4de16 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ public:
         pchMessageStart[1] = 0xbe;
         pchMessageStart[2] = 0xb4;
         pchMessageStart[3] = 0xd9;
-        vAlertPubKey = ParseHex("04fc9702847840aaf195de8442ebecedf5b095cdbb9bc716bda9110971b28a49e0ead8564ff0db22209e0374782c093bb899692d524e9d6a6956e7c5ecbcd68284");
         nDefaultPort = 8333;
         nPruneAfterHeight = 100000;
 
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@ public:
         pchMessageStart[1] = 0x11;
         pchMessageStart[2] = 0x09;
         pchMessageStart[3] = 0x07;
-        vAlertPubKey = ParseHex("04302390343f91cc401d56d68b123028bf52e5fca1939df127f63c6467cdf9c8e2c14b61104cf817d0b780da337893ecc4aaff1309e536162dabbdb45200ca2b0a");
         nDefaultPort = 18333;
         nPruneAfterHeight = 1000;
 
diff --git a/src/chainparams.h b/src/chainparams.h
index 88bc66676..59202f548 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.h
+++ b/src/chainparams.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public:
 
     const Consensus::Params& GetConsensus() const { return consensus; }
     const CMessageHeader::MessageStartChars& MessageStart() const { return pchMessageStart; }
-    const std::vector<unsigned char>& AlertKey() const { return vAlertPubKey; }
     int GetDefaultPort() const { return nDefaultPort; }
 
     const CBlock& GenesisBlock() const { return genesis; }
@@ -80,8 +79,6 @@ protected:
 
     Consensus::Params consensus;
     CMessageHeader::MessageStartChars pchMessageStart;
-    //! Raw pub key bytes for the broadcast alert signing key.
-    std::vector<unsigned char> vAlertPubKey;
     int nDefaultPort;
     uint64_t nPruneAfterHeight;
     std::vector<CDNSSeedData> vSeeds;