diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 910baf6b56..069f8b5cf6 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1763,9 +1763,6 @@ void static Discover()
 
 void StartNode(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
 {
-    // Make this thread recognisable as the startup thread
-    RenameThread("bitcoin-start");
-
     if (semOutbound == NULL) {
         // initialize semaphore
         int nMaxOutbound = min(MAX_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS, (int)GetArg("-maxconnections", 125));