diff --git a/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h b/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h
index 4767d49889aaf..61292cdcc5207 100644
--- a/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h
+++ b/src/node/utxo_snapshot.h
@@ -22,22 +22,15 @@ class SnapshotMetadata
     //! during snapshot load to estimate progress of UTXO set reconstruction.
     uint64_t m_coins_count = 0;
 
-    //! Necessary to "fake" the base nChainTx so that we can estimate progress during
-    //! initial block download for the assumeutxo chainstate.
-    //!
-    //! TODO: this is unused and should be removed.
-    unsigned int m_nchaintx = 0;
-
     SnapshotMetadata() { }
     SnapshotMetadata(
         const uint256& base_blockhash,
         uint64_t coins_count,
         unsigned int nchaintx) :
             m_base_blockhash(base_blockhash),
-            m_coins_count(coins_count),
-            m_nchaintx(nchaintx) { }
+            m_coins_count(coins_count) { }
 
-    SERIALIZE_METHODS(SnapshotMetadata, obj) { READWRITE(obj.m_base_blockhash, obj.m_coins_count, obj.m_nchaintx); }
+    SERIALIZE_METHODS(SnapshotMetadata, obj) { READWRITE(obj.m_base_blockhash, obj.m_coins_count); }
 };
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_NODE_UTXO_SNAPSHOT_H
diff --git a/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp b/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp
index 15fc9b7cbd533..82e70b5cdcd9d 100644
--- a/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp
@@ -266,16 +266,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(chainstatemanager_activate_snapshot, TestChain100Setup)
             metadata.m_base_blockhash = uint256::ONE;
     }));
 
-    constexpr int bad_nchaintx = 9999;
-
-    BOOST_REQUIRE(CreateAndActivateUTXOSnapshot(
-        m_node, m_path_root, [](CAutoFile& auto_infile, SnapshotMetadata& metadata) {
-            // Provide an nChainTx that differs from the hardcoded one.
-            //
-            // Ultimately this malleation check should be removed when we remove
-            // the now-unnecessary nChainTx from the user-specified snapshot metadata.
-            metadata.m_nchaintx = bad_nchaintx;
-    }));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(CreateAndActivateUTXOSnapshot(m_node, m_path_root));
 
     // Ensure our active chain is the snapshot chainstate.
     BOOST_CHECK(!chainman.ActiveChainstate().m_from_snapshot_blockhash.IsNull());
@@ -286,10 +277,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(chainstatemanager_activate_snapshot, TestChain100Setup)
     const AssumeutxoData& au_data = *ExpectedAssumeutxo(snapshot_height, ::Params());
     const CBlockIndex* tip = chainman.ActiveTip();
 
-    // Ensure that, despite a bad nChainTx value being in the snapshot, activation
-    // uses the hardcoded value from chainparams.
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(tip->nChainTx, au_data.nChainTx);
-    BOOST_CHECK(tip->nChainTx != bad_nchaintx);
 
     // To be checked against later when we try loading a subsequent snapshot.
     uint256 loaded_snapshot_blockhash{*chainman.SnapshotBlockhash()};
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_dumptxoutset.py b/test/functional/rpc_dumptxoutset.py
index e65787ce087c7..dc469ba5521c5 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_dumptxoutset.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_dumptxoutset.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def run_test(self):
             digest = hashlib.sha256(f.read()).hexdigest()
             # UTXO snapshot hash should be deterministic based on mocked time.
             assert_equal(
-                digest, 'be032e5f248264ba08e11099ac09dbd001f6f87ffc68bf0f87043d8146d50664')
+                digest, '7ae82c986fa5445678d2a21453bb1c86d39e47af13da137640c2b1cf8093691c')
 
         # Specifying a path to an existing file will fail.
         assert_raises_rpc_error(