diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -2134,7 +2134,6 @@
     for (const auto &client : node.chain_clients) {
         client->registerRpcs();
     }
-    g_rpc_node = &node;
 #if ENABLE_ZMQ
     RegisterZMQRPCCommands(tableRPC);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.h b/src/rpc/blockchain.h
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.h
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.h
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@
                            const CBlockIndex *blockindex)
     LOCKS_EXCLUDED(cs_main);
 
-//! Pointer to node state that needs to be declared as a global to be accessible
-//! RPC methods. Due to limitations of the RPC framework, there's currently no
-//! direct way to pass in state to RPC methods without globals.
-extern NodeContext *g_rpc_node;
-
 NodeContext &EnsureNodeContext(const util::Ref &context);
 CTxMemPool &EnsureMemPool(const util::Ref &context);
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -2835,5 +2835,3 @@
         t.appendCommand(commands[vcidx].name, &commands[vcidx]);
     }
 }
-
-NodeContext *g_rpc_node = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
--- a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
@@ -117,13 +117,11 @@
 TestingSetup::TestingSetup(const std::string &chainName)
     : BasicTestingSetup(chainName) {
     const Config &config = GetConfig();
-    g_rpc_node = &m_node;
     const CChainParams &chainparams = config.GetChainParams();
 
     // Ideally we'd move all the RPC tests to the functional testing framework
     // instead of unit tests, but for now we need these here.
     RPCServer rpcServer;
-    g_rpc_node = &m_node;
     RegisterAllRPCCommands(config, rpcServer, tableRPC);
 
     /**
@@ -183,7 +181,6 @@
     threadGroup.join_all();
     GetMainSignals().FlushBackgroundCallbacks();
     GetMainSignals().UnregisterBackgroundSignalScheduler();
-    g_rpc_node = nullptr;
     m_node.connman.reset();
     m_node.banman.reset();
     m_node.mempool = nullptr;