diff --git a/src/wallet/db.h b/src/wallet/db.h
--- a/src/wallet/db.h
+++ b/src/wallet/db.h
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
      * for huge databases.
      */
     typedef std::pair<std::vector<uint8_t>, std::vector<uint8_t>> KeyValPair;
-    bool Salvage(const std::string &strFile, bool fAggressive,
-                 std::vector<KeyValPair> &vResult);
+    bool Salvage(const std::string &strFile, std::vector<KeyValPair> &vResult);
 
     bool Open(bool retry);
     void Close();
diff --git a/src/wallet/db.cpp b/src/wallet/db.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/db.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/db.cpp
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
     }
 
     std::vector<BerkeleyEnvironment::KeyValPair> salvagedData;
-    bool fSuccess = env->Salvage(newFilename, true, salvagedData);
+    bool fSuccess = env->Salvage(newFilename, salvagedData);
     if (salvagedData.empty()) {
         LogPrintf("Salvage(aggressive) found no records in %s.\n", newFilename);
         return false;
@@ -453,28 +453,19 @@
 static const char *DATA_END = "DATA=END";
 
 bool BerkeleyEnvironment::Salvage(
-    const std::string &strFile, bool fAggressive,
+    const std::string &strFile,
     std::vector<BerkeleyEnvironment::KeyValPair> &vResult) {
     LOCK(cs_db);
     assert(mapFileUseCount.count(strFile) == 0);
 
-    u_int32_t flags = DB_SALVAGE;
-    if (fAggressive) {
-        flags |= DB_AGGRESSIVE;
-    }
-
     std::stringstream strDump;
 
     Db db(dbenv.get(), 0);
-    int result = db.verify(strFile.c_str(), nullptr, &strDump, flags);
+    int result = db.verify(strFile.c_str(), nullptr, &strDump,
+                           DB_SALVAGE | DB_AGGRESSIVE);
     if (result == DB_VERIFY_BAD) {
         LogPrintf("BerkeleyEnvironment::Salvage: Database salvage found "
                   "errors, all data may not be recoverable.\n");
-        if (!fAggressive) {
-            LogPrintf("BerkeleyEnvironment::Salvage: Rerun with aggressive "
-                      "mode to ignore errors and continue.\n");
-            return false;
-        }
     }
     if (result != 0 && result != DB_VERIFY_BAD) {
         LogPrintf("BerkeleyEnvironment::Salvage: Database salvage failed with "