diff --git a/src/bench/wallet_balance.cpp b/src/bench/wallet_balance.cpp
index 08b9a3126c..9822956a17 100644
--- a/src/bench/wallet_balance.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/wallet_balance.cpp
@@ -11,31 +11,16 @@
 
 #include <optional>
 
-struct WalletTestingSetup {
-    std::unique_ptr<interfaces::Chain> m_chain = interfaces::MakeChain();
-    CWallet m_wallet;
-
-    WalletTestingSetup()
-        : m_wallet{*m_chain.get(), WalletLocation(), WalletDatabase::CreateMock()}
-    {
-    }
-
-    void handleNotifications()
-    {
-        m_wallet.m_chain_notifications_handler = m_chain->handleNotifications(m_wallet);
-    }
-};
-
 static void WalletBalance(benchmark::Bench& bench, const bool set_dirty, const bool add_watchonly, const bool add_mine, const uint32_t epoch_iters)
 {
     const auto& ADDRESS_WATCHONLY = ADDRESS_B58T_UNSPENDABLE;
 
-    WalletTestingSetup wallet_t{};
-    auto& wallet = wallet_t.m_wallet;
+    std::unique_ptr<interfaces::Chain> chain = interfaces::MakeChain();
+    CWallet wallet{*chain.get(), WalletLocation(), WalletDatabase::CreateMock()};
     {
         bool first_run;
         if (wallet.LoadWallet(first_run) != DBErrors::LOAD_OK) assert(false);
-        wallet_t.handleNotifications();
+        wallet.handleNotifications();
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/test/wallet_test_fixture.cpp b/src/wallet/test/wallet_test_fixture.cpp
index bd3f1e1f05..dc26ec10f3 100644
--- a/src/wallet/test/wallet_test_fixture.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/test/wallet_test_fixture.cpp
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 #include <wallet/db.h>
 #include <wallet/rpcwallet.h>
 
-WalletTestingSetup::WalletTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName):
-    TestingSetup(chainName), m_wallet(*m_chain, WalletLocation(), WalletDatabase::CreateMock())
+WalletTestingSetup::WalletTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName)
+    : TestingSetup(chainName),
+      m_wallet(*m_chain, WalletLocation(), WalletDatabase::CreateMock())
 {
     bool fFirstRun;
     m_wallet.LoadWallet(fFirstRun);
-    m_wallet.m_chain_notifications_handler = m_chain->handleNotifications(m_wallet);
+    m_wallet.handleNotifications();
 
     m_chain_client->registerRpcs();
 }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 923328dd09..70261b394d 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <chain.h>
 #include <chainparams.h>
-#include <wallet/coinselection.h>
 #include <consensus/consensus.h>
 #include <consensus/validation.h>
 #include <crypto/common.h>
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <key.h>
 #include <key_io.h>
 #include <keystore.h>
-#include <validation.h>
 #include <net.h>
 #include <policy/fees.h>
 #include <policy/policy.h>
@@ -33,6 +31,9 @@
 #include <util/fees.h>
 #include <util/moneystr.h>
 #include <util/validation.h>
+#include <validation.h>
+#include <wallet/coincontrol.h>
+#include <wallet/coinselection.h>
 #include <wallet/fees.h>
 #include <warnings.h>
 
@@ -5205,7 +5206,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<CWallet> CWallet::CreateWalletFromFile(interfaces::Chain& chain,
     chain.loadWallet(interfaces::MakeWallet(walletInstance));
 
     // Register with the validation interface. It's ok to do this after rescan since we're still holding locked_chain.
-    walletInstance->m_chain_notifications_handler = chain.handleNotifications(*walletInstance);
+    walletInstance->handleNotifications();
 
     walletInstance->SetBroadcastTransactions(gArgs.GetBoolArg("-walletbroadcast", DEFAULT_WALLETBROADCAST));
 
@@ -5220,6 +5221,11 @@ std::shared_ptr<CWallet> CWallet::CreateWalletFromFile(interfaces::Chain& chain,
     return walletInstance;
 }
 
+void CWallet::handleNotifications()
+{
+    m_chain_notifications_handler = m_chain.handleNotifications(*this);
+}
+
 void CWallet::postInitProcess()
 {
     // Add wallet transactions that aren't already in a block to mempool
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 3c146ae2ae..ce48aad7e7 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 #include <policy/feerate.h>
 #include <saltedhasher.h>
 #include <streams.h>
+#include <script/ismine.h>
 #include <tinyformat.h>
 #include <ui_interface.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <validationinterface.h>
-#include <script/ismine.h>
 #include <wallet/coincontrol.h>
 #include <wallet/crypter.h>
 #include <wallet/coinselection.h>
@@ -823,7 +823,10 @@ public:
     unsigned int nMasterKeyMaxID = 0;
 
     /** Construct wallet with specified name and database implementation. */
-    CWallet(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, std::unique_ptr<WalletDatabase> database) : m_chain(chain), m_location(location), database(std::move(database))
+    CWallet(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, std::unique_ptr<WalletDatabase> database)
+        : m_chain(chain),
+          m_location(location),
+          database(std::move(database))
     {
     }
 
@@ -854,6 +857,9 @@ public:
     /** Registered interfaces::Chain::Notifications handler. */
     std::unique_ptr<interfaces::Handler> m_chain_notifications_handler;
 
+    /** Register the wallet for chain notifications */
+    void handleNotifications();
+
     /** Interface for accessing chain state. */
     interfaces::Chain& chain() const { return m_chain; }
 
@@ -1296,8 +1302,6 @@ public:
 
     /** Implement lookup of key origin information through wallet key metadata. */
     bool GetKeyOrigin(const CKeyID& keyid, KeyOriginInfo& info) const override;
-
-    friend struct WalletTestingSetup;
 };
 
 /** A key allocated from the key pool. */