diff --git a/src/txdb.cpp b/src/txdb.cpp
--- a/src/txdb.cpp
+++ b/src/txdb.cpp
@@ -155,10 +155,8 @@
 }
 
 CBlockTreeDB::CBlockTreeDB(size_t nCacheSize, bool fMemory, bool fWipe)
-    : CDBWrapper(gArgs.IsArgSet("-blocksdir")
-                     ? GetDataDir() / "blocks" / "index"
-                     : GetBlocksDir() / "index",
-                 nCacheSize, fMemory, fWipe) {}
+    : CDBWrapper(GetDataDir() / "blocks" / "index", nCacheSize, fMemory,
+                 fWipe) {}
 
 bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadBlockFileInfo(int nFile, CBlockFileInfo &info) {
     return Read(std::make_pair(DB_BLOCK_FILES, nFile), info);