Remove -upgradewallet startup option

src/wallet/init.cpp

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ void WalletInit::AddWalletOptions() const
     gArgs.AddArg("-salvagewallet", "Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet on startup", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-spendzeroconfchange", strprintf("Spend unconfirmed change when sending transactions (default: %u)", DEFAULT_SPEND_ZEROCONF_CHANGE), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-txconfirmtarget=<n>", strprintf("If paytxfee is not set, include enough fee so transactions begin confirmation on average within n blocks (default: %u)", DEFAULT_TX_CONFIRM_TARGET), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-upgradewallet", "Upgrade wallet to latest format on startup", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-wallet=<path>", "Specify wallet database path. Can be specified multiple times to load multiple wallets. Path is interpreted relative to <walletdir> if it is not absolute, and will be created if it does not exist (as a directory containing a wallet.dat file and log files). For backwards compatibility this will also accept names of existing data files in <walletdir>.)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-walletbroadcast",  strprintf("Make the wallet broadcast transactions (default: %u)", DEFAULT_WALLETBROADCAST), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-walletdir=<dir>", "Specify directory to hold wallets (default: <datadir>/wallets if it exists, otherwise <datadir>)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
@@ -116,12 +115,6 @@ bool WalletInit::ParameterInteraction() const
         }
     }
 
-    if (is_multiwallet) {
-        if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-upgradewallet", false)) {
-            return InitError(strprintf("%s is only allowed with a single wallet file", "-upgradewallet"));
-        }
-    }
-
     if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-sysperms", false))
         return InitError("-sysperms is not allowed in combination with enabled wallet functionality");
 

src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp

@@ -2586,7 +2586,7 @@ static UniValue loadwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             RPCHelpMan{"loadwallet",
                 "\nLoads a wallet from a wallet file or directory."
                 "\nNote that all wallet command-line options used when starting bitcoind will be"
-                "\napplied to the new wallet (eg -zapwallettxes, upgradewallet, rescan, etc).\n",
+                "\napplied to the new wallet (eg -zapwallettxes, rescan, etc).\n",
                 {
                     {"filename", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The wallet directory or .dat file."},
                 },
@@ -4021,7 +4021,7 @@ UniValue sethdseed(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     // Do not do anything to non-HD wallets
     if (!pwallet->CanSupportFeature(FEATURE_HD)) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Cannot set a HD seed on a non-HD wallet. Start with -upgradewallet in order to upgrade a non-HD wallet to HD");
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Cannot set a HD seed on a non-HD wallet. Use the upgradewallet RPC in order to upgrade a non-HD wallet to HD");
     }
 
     EnsureWalletIsUnlocked(pwallet);

src/wallet/wallet.cpp

@@ -3830,12 +3830,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<CWallet> CWallet::CreateWalletFromFile(interfaces::Chain& chain,
         }
     }
 
-    if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-upgradewallet", false)) {
-        if (!UpgradeWallet(gArgs.GetBoolArg("-upgradewallet", 0), error, warnings)) {
-            return nullptr;
-        }
-    }
-
     if (fFirstRun)
     {
         // ensure this wallet.dat can only be opened by clients supporting HD with chain split and expects no default key
@@ -4121,7 +4115,7 @@ bool CWallet::UpgradeWallet(int version, std::string& error, std::vector<std::st
     // Do not upgrade versions to any version between HD_SPLIT and FEATURE_PRE_SPLIT_KEYPOOL unless already supporting HD_SPLIT
     int max_version = GetVersion();
     if (!CanSupportFeature(FEATURE_HD_SPLIT) && max_version >= FEATURE_HD_SPLIT && max_version < FEATURE_PRE_SPLIT_KEYPOOL) {
-        error = _("Cannot upgrade a non HD split wallet without upgrading to support pre split keypool. Please use -upgradewallet=169900 or -upgradewallet with no version specified.").translated;
+        error = _("Cannot upgrade a non HD split wallet without upgrading to support pre split keypool. Please use version 169900 or no version specified.").translated;
         return false;
     }
 

test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py

@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ class MultiWalletTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-salvagewallet', '-wallet=w1', '-wallet=w2'], "Error: -salvagewallet is only allowed with a single wallet file")
         self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-salvagewallet=1', '-wallet=w1', '-wallet=w2'], "Error: -salvagewallet is only allowed with a single wallet file")
 
-        self.log.info("Do not allow -upgradewallet with multiwallet")
-        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-upgradewallet', '-wallet=w1', '-wallet=w2'], "Error: -upgradewallet is only allowed with a single wallet file")
-        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-upgradewallet=1', '-wallet=w1', '-wallet=w2'], "Error: -upgradewallet is only allowed with a single wallet file")
-
         # if wallets/ doesn't exist, datadir should be the default wallet dir
         wallet_dir2 = data_dir('walletdir')
         os.rename(wallet_dir(), wallet_dir2)
@@ -332,18 +328,5 @@ class MultiWalletTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.nodes[0].unloadwallet(wallet)
         self.nodes[1].loadwallet(wallet)
 
-        # Fail to load if wallet is downgraded
-        shutil.copytree(os.path.join(self.options.data_wallets_dir, 'high_minversion'), wallet_dir('high_minversion'))
-        self.restart_node(0, extra_args=['-upgradewallet={}'.format(FEATURE_LATEST)])
-        assert {'name': 'high_minversion'} in self.nodes[0].listwalletdir()['wallets']
-        self.log.info("Fail -upgradewallet that results in downgrade")
-        assert_raises_rpc_error(
-            -4,
-            'Wallet loading failed: Error loading {}: Wallet requires newer version of {}'.format(
-                wallet_dir('high_minversion', 'wallet.dat'), self.config['environment']['PACKAGE_NAME']),
-            lambda: self.nodes[0].loadwallet(filename='high_minversion'),
-        )
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     MultiWalletTest().main()