diff --git a/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h b/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h
index fe78cb46bd..61292cdcc5 100644
--- a/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h
+++ b/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h
@@ -22,20 +22,15 @@ public:
     //! during snapshot load to estimate progress of UTXO set reconstruction.
     uint64_t m_coins_count = 0;
 
-    //! Necessary to "fake" the base nChainTx so that we can estimate progress during
-    //! initial block download for the assumeutxo chainstate.
-    unsigned int m_nchaintx = 0;
-
     SnapshotMetadata() { }
     SnapshotMetadata(
         const uint256& base_blockhash,
         uint64_t coins_count,
         unsigned int nchaintx) :
             m_base_blockhash(base_blockhash),
-            m_coins_count(coins_count),
-            m_nchaintx(nchaintx) { }
+            m_coins_count(coins_count) { }
 
-    SERIALIZE_METHODS(SnapshotMetadata, obj) { READWRITE(obj.m_base_blockhash, obj.m_coins_count, obj.m_nchaintx); }
+    SERIALIZE_METHODS(SnapshotMetadata, obj) { READWRITE(obj.m_base_blockhash, obj.m_coins_count); }
 };
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_NODE_UTXO_SNAPSHOT_H
diff --git a/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp b/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp
index 1ca640d952..e4d6c5d62d 100644
--- a/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(chainstatemanager_activate_snapshot, TestChain100Setup)
 
     // Mine 10 more blocks, putting at us height 110 where a valid assumeutxo value can
     // be found.
+    constexpr int snapshot_height = 110;
     mineBlocks(10);
     initial_size += 10;
     initial_total_coins += 10;
@@ -292,6 +293,11 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(chainstatemanager_activate_snapshot, TestChain100Setup)
         *chainman.ActiveChainstate().m_from_snapshot_blockhash,
         *chainman.SnapshotBlockhash());
 
+    const AssumeutxoData& au_data = *ExpectedAssumeutxo(snapshot_height, ::Params());
+    const CBlockIndex* tip = chainman.ActiveTip();
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(tip->nChainTx, au_data.nChainTx);
+
     // To be checked against later when we try loading a subsequent snapshot.
     uint256 loaded_snapshot_blockhash{*chainman.SnapshotBlockhash()};
 
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 4a584e51d1..4704580ee8 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -6013,7 +6013,7 @@ bool ChainstateManager::PopulateAndValidateSnapshot(
     }
 
     assert(index);
-    index->nChainTx = metadata.m_nchaintx;
+    index->nChainTx = au_data.nChainTx;
     snapshot_chainstate.setBlockIndexCandidates.insert(snapshot_start_block);
 
     LogPrintf("[snapshot] validated snapshot (%.2f MB)\n",
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_dumptxoutset.py b/test/functional/rpc_dumptxoutset.py
index 7b2d02c3a6..ecd93593c1 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_dumptxoutset.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_dumptxoutset.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class DumptxoutsetTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             digest = hashlib.sha256(f.read()).hexdigest()
             # UTXO snapshot hash should be deterministic based on mocked time.
             assert_equal(
-                digest, '83ec62f0b9d9f2cdfe4514e8996d5ba0a6aa4cf74517988670d912db83bc0318')
+                digest, '32f1d4b7f643c97e88c540f431e8277fdd9332c3dea260b046c93787745e35b0')
 
         # Specifying a path to an existing file will fail.
         assert_raises_rpc_error(