diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index d6f80e1558c..c6b884e40a9 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ int GuiMain(int argc, char* argv[])
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-    // Parse URIs on command line -- this can affect Params()
+    // Parse URIs on command line
     PaymentServer::ipcParseCommandLine(argc, argv);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp b/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
index cb09035b45f..c82f0683fc8 100644
--- a/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
@@ -78,32 +78,11 @@ void PaymentServer::ipcParseCommandLine(int argc, char* argv[])
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
     {
         QString arg(argv[i]);
-        if (arg.startsWith("-"))
-            continue;
+        if (arg.startsWith("-")) continue;
 
-        // If the bitcoin: URI contains a payment request, we are not able to detect the
-        // network as that would require fetching and parsing the payment request.
-        // That means clicking such an URI which contains a testnet payment request
-        // will start a mainnet instance and throw a "wrong network" error.
         if (arg.startsWith(BITCOIN_IPC_PREFIX, Qt::CaseInsensitive)) // bitcoin: URI
         {
-            if (savedPaymentRequests.contains(arg)) continue;
             savedPaymentRequests.insert(arg);
-
-            SendCoinsRecipient r;
-            if (GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURI(arg, &r) && !r.address.isEmpty())
-            {
-                auto tempChainParams = CreateChainParams(gArgs, CBaseChainParams::MAIN);
-
-                if (IsValidDestinationString(r.address.toStdString(), *tempChainParams)) {
-                    SelectParams(CBaseChainParams::MAIN);
-                } else {
-                    tempChainParams = CreateChainParams(gArgs, CBaseChainParams::TESTNET);
-                    if (IsValidDestinationString(r.address.toStdString(), *tempChainParams)) {
-                        SelectParams(CBaseChainParams::TESTNET);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
 }