diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 63e72c66d..7b6ebb1b3 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -330,8 +330,6 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     strUsage += "  -printtoconsole        " + _("Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file") + "\n";
     if (GetBoolArg("-help-debug", false))
     {
-        strUsage += "  -printblock=<hash>     " + _("Print block on startup, if found in block index") + "\n";
-        strUsage += "  -printblocktree        " + strprintf(_("Print block tree on startup (default: %u)"), 0) + "\n";
         strUsage += "  -printpriority         " + strprintf(_("Log transaction priority and fee per kB when mining blocks (default: %u)"), 0) + "\n";
         strUsage += "  -privdb                " + strprintf(_("Sets the DB_PRIVATE flag in the wallet db environment (default: %u)"), 1) + "\n";
         strUsage += "  -regtest               " + _("Enter regression test mode, which uses a special chain in which blocks can be solved instantly.") + "\n";
@@ -1048,34 +1046,6 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     }
     LogPrintf(" block index %15dms\n", GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
 
-    if (GetBoolArg("-printblockindex", false) || GetBoolArg("-printblocktree", false))
-    {
-        PrintBlockTree();
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if (mapArgs.count("-printblock"))
-    {
-        string strMatch = mapArgs["-printblock"];
-        int nFound = 0;
-        for (BlockMap::iterator mi = mapBlockIndex.begin(); mi != mapBlockIndex.end(); ++mi)
-        {
-            uint256 hash = (*mi).first;
-            if (boost::algorithm::starts_with(hash.ToString(), strMatch))
-            {
-                CBlockIndex* pindex = (*mi).second;
-                CBlock block;
-                ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pindex);
-                block.BuildMerkleTree();
-                LogPrintf("%s\n", block.ToString());
-                nFound++;
-            }
-        }
-        if (nFound == 0)
-            LogPrintf("No blocks matching %s were found\n", strMatch);
-        return false;
-    }
-
     boost::filesystem::path est_path = GetDataDir() / FEE_ESTIMATES_FILENAME;
     CAutoFile est_filein(fopen(est_path.string().c_str(), "rb"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
     // Allowed to fail as this file IS missing on first startup.
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 0a81d0d7b..7b821975a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3113,75 +3113,6 @@ bool InitBlockIndex() {
 
 
 
-void PrintBlockTree()
-{
-    AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
-    // pre-compute tree structure
-    map<CBlockIndex*, vector<CBlockIndex*> > mapNext;
-    for (BlockMap::iterator mi = mapBlockIndex.begin(); mi != mapBlockIndex.end(); ++mi)
-    {
-        CBlockIndex* pindex = (*mi).second;
-        mapNext[pindex->pprev].push_back(pindex);
-        // test
-        //while (rand() % 3 == 0)
-        //    mapNext[pindex->pprev].push_back(pindex);
-    }
-
-    vector<pair<int, CBlockIndex*> > vStack;
-    vStack.push_back(make_pair(0, chainActive.Genesis()));
-
-    int nPrevCol = 0;
-    while (!vStack.empty())
-    {
-        int nCol = vStack.back().first;
-        CBlockIndex* pindex = vStack.back().second;
-        vStack.pop_back();
-
-        // print split or gap
-        if (nCol > nPrevCol)
-        {
-            for (int i = 0; i < nCol-1; i++)
-                LogPrintf("| ");
-            LogPrintf("|\\\n");
-        }
-        else if (nCol < nPrevCol)
-        {
-            for (int i = 0; i < nCol; i++)
-                LogPrintf("| ");
-            LogPrintf("|\n");
-       }
-        nPrevCol = nCol;
-
-        // print columns
-        for (int i = 0; i < nCol; i++)
-            LogPrintf("| ");
-
-        // print item
-        CBlock block;
-        ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pindex);
-        LogPrintf("%d (blk%05u.dat:0x%x)  %s  tx %u\n",
-            pindex->nHeight,
-            pindex->GetBlockPos().nFile, pindex->GetBlockPos().nPos,
-            DateTimeStrFormat("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", block.GetBlockTime()),
-            block.vtx.size());
-
-        // put the main time-chain first
-        vector<CBlockIndex*>& vNext = mapNext[pindex];
-        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vNext.size(); i++)
-        {
-            if (chainActive.Next(vNext[i]))
-            {
-                swap(vNext[0], vNext[i]);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // iterate children
-        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vNext.size(); i++)
-            vStack.push_back(make_pair(nCol+i, vNext[i]));
-    }
-}
-
 bool LoadExternalBlockFile(FILE* fileIn, CDiskBlockPos *dbp)
 {
     // Map of disk positions for blocks with unknown parent (only used for reindex)
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index c0d641252..7a15c2608 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ bool InitBlockIndex();
 bool LoadBlockIndex();
 /** Unload database information */
 void UnloadBlockIndex();
-/** Print the loaded block tree */
-void PrintBlockTree();
 /** Process protocol messages received from a given node */
 bool ProcessMessages(CNode* pfrom);
 /** Send queued protocol messages to be sent to a give node */