diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index c6492b6349..50c776b81e 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ static bool IsLimitedPeer(const Peer& peer)
 static uint16_t GetHeadersLimit(const CNode& pfrom)
 {
     if (pfrom.GetCommonVersion() >= INCREASE_MAX_HEADERS_VERSION) {
-        return MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_NEW;
+        return MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS;
     }
     return MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_OLD;
 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 5927ca215b..16055175fb 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblockheaders()
         "If verbose is true, each item is an Object with information about a single blockheader.\n",
         {
             {"blockhash", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The block hash"},
-            {"count", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ strprintf("%s", MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_NEW), ""},
+            {"count", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ strprintf("%s", MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS), ""},
             {"verbose", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "true", "true for a json object, false for the hex-encoded data"},
         },
         {
@@ -1054,11 +1054,11 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblockheaders()
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Block not found");
     }
 
-    int nCount = MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_NEW;
+    int nCount = MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS;
     if (!request.params[1].isNull())
         nCount = request.params[1].get_int();
 
-    if (nCount <= 0 || nCount > (int)MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_NEW)
+    if (nCount <= 0 || nCount > (int)MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Count is out of range");
 
     bool fVerbose = true;
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getmerkleblocks()
         {
             {"filter", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The hex-encoded bloom filter"},
             {"blockhash", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The block hash"},
-            {"count", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ strprintf("%s", MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_NEW), ""},
+            {"count", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ strprintf("%s", MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS), ""},
         },
         RPCResult{
                 RPCResult::Type::ARR, "", "",
@@ -1163,11 +1163,11 @@ static RPCHelpMan getmerkleblocks()
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Block not found");
     }
 
-    int nCount = MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_NEW;
+    int nCount = MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS;
     if (!request.params[2].isNull())
         nCount = request.params[2].get_int();
 
-    if (nCount <= 0 || nCount > (int)MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_NEW) {
+    if (nCount <= 0 || nCount > (int)MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Count is out of range");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index 37c661853f..e61d5b62a7 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -85,10 +85,9 @@ static const int MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS = 15;
 static const int DEFAULT_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS = 0;
 /** Number of headers sent in one getheaders result. We rely on the assumption that if a peer sends
  *  less than this number, we reached its tip. Changing this value is a protocol upgrade. */
+static const unsigned int MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS = 8000;
+/** Superseded with new value in protocol version INCREASE_MAX_HEADERS_VERSION */
 static const unsigned int MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_OLD = 2000;
-/** Introduced in protocol version INCREASE_MAX_HEADERS_VERSION */
-static const unsigned int MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS_NEW = 8000;
-
 
 static const int64_t DEFAULT_MAX_TIP_AGE = 6 * 60 * 60; // ~144 blocks behind -> 2 x fork detection time, was 24 * 60 * 60 in bitcoin