diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
 bool CWalletDB::WriteCryptedKey(const CPubKey &vchPubKey,
                                 const std::vector<uint8_t> &vchCryptedSecret,
                                 const CKeyMetadata &keyMeta) {
-    const bool fEraseUnencryptedKey = true;
 
     if (!WriteIC(std::make_pair(std::string("keymeta"), vchPubKey), keyMeta)) {
         return false;
@@ -104,11 +103,8 @@
                  vchCryptedSecret, false)) {
         return false;
     }
-    if (fEraseUnencryptedKey) {
-        EraseIC(std::make_pair(std::string("key"), vchPubKey));
-        EraseIC(std::make_pair(std::string("wkey"), vchPubKey));
-    }
-
+    EraseIC(std::make_pair(std::string("key"), vchPubKey));
+    EraseIC(std::make_pair(std::string("wkey"), vchPubKey));
     return true;
 }