diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index c0c9345bd..0d804dcc1 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -3415,7 +3415,7 @@ class DescribeWalletAddressVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<UniValue>
 public:
     CWallet * const pwallet;
 
-    void ProcessSubScript(const CScript& subscript, UniValue& obj, bool include_addresses = false) const
+    void ProcessSubScript(const CScript& subscript, UniValue& obj) const
     {
         // Always present: script type and redeemscript
         std::vector<std::vector<unsigned char>> solutions_data;
@@ -3424,7 +3424,6 @@ public:
         obj.pushKV("hex", HexStr(subscript.begin(), subscript.end()));
 
         CTxDestination embedded;
-        UniValue a(UniValue::VARR);
         if (ExtractDestination(subscript, embedded)) {
             // Only when the script corresponds to an address.
             UniValue subobj(UniValue::VOBJ);
@@ -3437,7 +3436,6 @@ public:
             // Always report the pubkey at the top level, so that `getnewaddress()['pubkey']` always works.
             if (subobj.exists("pubkey")) obj.pushKV("pubkey", subobj["pubkey"]);
             obj.pushKV("embedded", std::move(subobj));
-            if (include_addresses) a.push_back(EncodeDestination(embedded));
         } else if (which_type == TX_MULTISIG) {
             // Also report some information on multisig scripts (which do not have a corresponding address).
             // TODO: abstract out the common functionality between this logic and ExtractDestinations.
@@ -3445,17 +3443,10 @@ public:
             UniValue pubkeys(UniValue::VARR);
             for (size_t i = 1; i < solutions_data.size() - 1; ++i) {
                 CPubKey key(solutions_data[i].begin(), solutions_data[i].end());
-                if (include_addresses) a.push_back(EncodeDestination(key.GetID()));
                 pubkeys.push_back(HexStr(key.begin(), key.end()));
             }
             obj.pushKV("pubkeys", std::move(pubkeys));
         }
-
-        // The "addresses" field is confusing because it refers to public keys using their P2PKH address.
-        // For that reason, only add the 'addresses' field when needed for backward compatibility. New applications
-        // can use the 'embedded'->'address' field for P2SH or P2WSH wrapped addresses, and 'pubkeys' for
-        // inspecting multisig participants.
-        if (include_addresses) obj.pushKV("addresses", std::move(a));
     }
 
     explicit DescribeWalletAddressVisitor(CWallet* _pwallet) : pwallet(_pwallet) {}
@@ -3478,7 +3469,7 @@ public:
         UniValue obj(UniValue::VOBJ);
         CScript subscript;
         if (pwallet && pwallet->GetCScript(scriptID, subscript)) {
-            ProcessSubScript(subscript, obj, pwallet->chain().rpcEnableDeprecated("validateaddress"));
+            ProcessSubScript(subscript, obj);
         }
         return obj;
     }