diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
   <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.19.9/>
 
 This release includes the following features and fixes:
+ - Removed 'softforks' information from `getblockchaininfo` RPC call, which
+   had only reported on some very old upgrades.
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1217,39 +1217,6 @@
                                 nCheckDepth);
 }
 
-/** Implementation of IsSuperMajority with better feedback */
-static UniValue SoftForkMajorityDesc(int version, const CBlockIndex *pindex,
-                                     const Consensus::Params &consensusParams) {
-    UniValue rv(UniValue::VOBJ);
-    bool activated = false;
-    switch (version) {
-        case 2:
-            activated = pindex->nHeight >= consensusParams.BIP34Height;
-            break;
-        case 3:
-            activated = pindex->nHeight >= consensusParams.BIP66Height;
-            break;
-        case 4:
-            activated = pindex->nHeight >= consensusParams.BIP65Height;
-            break;
-        case 5:
-            activated = pindex->nHeight >= consensusParams.CSVHeight;
-            break;
-    }
-    rv.pushKV("status", activated);
-    return rv;
-}
-
-static UniValue SoftForkDesc(const std::string &name, int version,
-                             const CBlockIndex *pindex,
-                             const Consensus::Params &consensusParams) {
-    UniValue rv(UniValue::VOBJ);
-    rv.pushKV("id", name);
-    rv.pushKV("version", version);
-    rv.pushKV("reject", SoftForkMajorityDesc(version, pindex, consensusParams));
-    return rv;
-}
-
 UniValue getblockchaininfo(const Config &config,
                            const JSONRPCRequest &request) {
     if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() != 0) {
@@ -1287,18 +1254,6 @@
             "pruning is enabled (only present if pruning is enabled)\n"
             "  \"prune_target_size\": xxxxxx,  (numeric) the target size "
             "used by pruning (only present if automatic pruning is enabled)\n"
-            "  \"softforks\": [                (array) status of softforks in "
-            "progress\n"
-            "     {\n"
-            "        \"id\": \"xxxx\",           (string) name of softfork\n"
-            "        \"version\": xx,          (numeric) block version\n"
-            "        \"reject\": {             (object) progress toward "
-            "rejecting pre-softfork blocks\n"
-            "           \"status\": xx,        (boolean) true if threshold "
-            "reached\n"
-            "        },\n"
-            "     }, ...\n"
-            "  ]\n"
             "  \"warnings\" : \"...\",           (string) any network and "
             "blockchain warnings.\n"
             "}\n"
@@ -1341,15 +1296,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    const Consensus::Params &consensusParams =
-        config.GetChainParams().GetConsensus();
-    UniValue softforks(UniValue::VARR);
-    softforks.push_back(SoftForkDesc("bip34", 2, tip, consensusParams));
-    softforks.push_back(SoftForkDesc("bip66", 3, tip, consensusParams));
-    softforks.push_back(SoftForkDesc("bip65", 4, tip, consensusParams));
-    softforks.push_back(SoftForkDesc("csv", 5, tip, consensusParams));
-    obj.pushKV("softforks", softforks);
-
     obj.pushKV("warnings", GetWarnings("statusbar"));
     return obj;
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_bip68_sequence.py b/test/functional/feature_bip68_sequence.py
--- a/test/functional/feature_bip68_sequence.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_bip68_sequence.py
@@ -403,11 +403,8 @@
         self.nodes[0].generate(10)
 
     def get_csv_status(self):
-        softforks = self.nodes[0].getblockchaininfo()['softforks']
-        for sf in softforks:
-            if sf['id'] == 'csv' and sf['version'] == 5:
-                return sf['reject']['status']
-        raise AssertionError('Cannot find CSV fork activation information')
+        height = self.nodes[0].getblockchaininfo()['blocks']
+        return height >= 576
 
     # Make sure that BIP68 isn't being used to validate blocks, prior to
     # versionbits activation.  If more blocks are mined prior to this test
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_csv_activation.py b/test/functional/feature_csv_activation.py
--- a/test/functional/feature_csv_activation.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_csv_activation.py
@@ -103,11 +103,8 @@
 
 
 def get_csv_status(node):
-    softforks = node.getblockchaininfo()['softforks']
-    for sf in softforks:
-        if sf['id'] == 'csv' and sf['version'] == 5:
-            return sf['reject']['status']
-    raise AssertionError('Cannot find CSV fork activation information')
+    height = node.getblockchaininfo()['blocks']
+    return height >= 576
 
 
 class BIP68_112_113Test(ComparisonTestFramework):
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
             'mediantime',
             'pruned',
             'size_on_disk',
-            'softforks',
             'verificationprogress',
             'warnings',
         ]