diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 220d3b93ae..22026c4468 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     strUsage += "  -datadir=<dir>         " + _("Specify data directory") + "\n";
     strUsage += "  -dbcache=<n>           " + strprintf(_("Set database cache size in megabytes (%d to %d, default: %d)"), nMinDbCache, nMaxDbCache, nDefaultDbCache) + "\n";
     strUsage += "  -loadblock=<file>      " + _("Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file") + " " + _("on startup") + "\n";
-    strUsage += "  -maxorphanblocks=<n>   " + strprintf(_("Keep at most <n> unconnectable blocks in memory (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_BLOCKS) + "\n";
     strUsage += "  -maxorphantx=<n>       " + strprintf(_("Keep at most <n> unconnectable transactions in memory (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS) + "\n";
     strUsage += "  -par=<n>               " + strprintf(_("Set the number of script verification threads (%u to %d, 0 = auto, <0 = leave that many cores free, default: %d)"), -(int)boost::thread::hardware_concurrency(), MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS, DEFAULT_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS) + "\n";
 #ifndef WIN32
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 717cec769e..662d5756f7 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ static const unsigned int MAX_P2SH_SIGOPS = 15;
 static const unsigned int MAX_TX_SIGOPS = MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS/5;
 /** Default for -maxorphantx, maximum number of orphan transactions kept in memory */
 static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS = 100;
-/** Default for -maxorphanblocks, maximum number of orphan blocks kept in memory */
-static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_BLOCKS = 750;
 /** The maximum size of a blk?????.dat file (since 0.8) */
 static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCKFILE_SIZE = 0x8000000; // 128 MiB
 /** The pre-allocation chunk size for blk?????.dat files (since 0.8) */