diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b8abcff59..8eb877655 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2791,9 +2791,8 @@ bool ContextualCheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIn
     return true;
 }
 
-bool AcceptBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex** ppindex)
+static bool AcceptBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, CBlockIndex** ppindex=NULL)
 {
-    const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
     // Check for duplicate
     uint256 hash = block.GetHash();
@@ -2846,7 +2845,7 @@ bool AcceptBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex** ppi
 
     CBlockIndex *&pindex = *ppindex;
 
-    if (!AcceptBlockHeader(block, state, &pindex))
+    if (!AcceptBlockHeader(block, state, chainparams, &pindex))
         return false;
 
     // Try to process all requested blocks that we don't have, but only
@@ -4508,7 +4507,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
                 Misbehaving(pfrom->GetId(), 20);
                 return error("non-continuous headers sequence");
             }
-            if (!AcceptBlockHeader(header, state, &pindexLast)) {
+            if (!AcceptBlockHeader(header, state, chainparams, &pindexLast)) {
                 int nDoS;
                 if (state.IsInvalid(nDoS)) {
                     if (nDoS > 0)
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index a82e3faa4..7a136075a 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ bool TestBlockValidity(CValidationState &state, const CBlock& block, CBlockIndex
 
 /** Store block on disk. If dbp is non-NULL, the file is known to already reside on disk */
 bool AcceptBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex **pindex, bool fRequested, CDiskBlockPos* dbp);
-bool AcceptBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, CValidationState& state, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, CBlockIndex **ppindex= NULL);
 
 
 class CBlockFileInfo