diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
index c11dda22c..e772f5653 100644
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ UniValue createmultisig(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         std::string msg = "createmultisig nrequired [\"key\",...]\n"
             "\nCreates a multi-signature address with n signature of m keys required.\n"
             "It returns a json object with the address and redeemScript.\n"
-            "DEPRECATION WARNING: Using addresses with createmultisig is deprecated. Clients must\n"
-            "transition to using addmultisigaddress to create multisig addresses with addresses known\n"
-            "to the wallet before upgrading to v0.17. To use the deprecated functionality, start bitcoind with -deprecatedrpc=createmultisig\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. nrequired                    (numeric, required) The number of required signatures out of the n keys or addresses.\n"
             "2. \"keys\"                       (string, required) A json array of hex-encoded public keys\n"
@@ -297,15 +294,8 @@ UniValue createmultisig(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         if (IsHex(keys[i].get_str()) && (keys[i].get_str().length() == 66 || keys[i].get_str().length() == 130)) {
             pubkeys.push_back(HexToPubKey(keys[i].get_str()));
         } else {
-#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-            CWallet* const pwallet = GetWalletForJSONRPCRequest(request);
-            if (IsDeprecatedRPCEnabled("createmultisig") && EnsureWalletIsAvailable(pwallet, false)) {
-                pubkeys.push_back(AddrToPubKey(pwallet, keys[i].get_str()));
-            } else
-#endif
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, strprintf("Invalid public key: %s\nNote that from v0.16, createmultisig no longer accepts addresses."
-            " Clients must transition to using addmultisigaddress to create multisig addresses with addresses known to the wallet before upgrading to v0.17."
-            " To use the deprecated functionality, start bitcoind with -deprecatedrpc=createmultisig", keys[i].get_str()));
+            " Users must use addmultisigaddress to create multisig addresses with addresses known to the wallet.", keys[i].get_str()));
         }
     }