diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 027a36394..d5254806a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ bool static DisconnectTip(CValidationState& state, const Consensus::Params& cons
         list<CTransaction> removed;
         CValidationState stateDummy;
         if (tx.IsCoinBase() || !AcceptToMemoryPool(mempool, stateDummy, tx, false, NULL, true)) {
-            mempool.remove(tx, removed, true);
+            mempool.removeRecursive(tx, removed);
         } else if (mempool.exists(tx.GetHash())) {
             vHashUpdate.push_back(tx.GetHash());
         }
diff --git a/src/test/mempool_tests.cpp b/src/test/mempool_tests.cpp
index fa352ace8..ebdf7dbaa 100644
--- a/src/test/mempool_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/mempool_tests.cpp
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(MempoolRemoveTest)
     std::list<CTransaction> removed;
 
     // Nothing in pool, remove should do nothing:
-    testPool.remove(txParent, removed, true);
+    testPool.removeRecursive(txParent, removed);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(removed.size(), 0);
 
     // Just the parent:
     testPool.addUnchecked(txParent.GetHash(), entry.FromTx(txParent));
-    testPool.remove(txParent, removed, true);
+    testPool.removeRecursive(txParent, removed);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(removed.size(), 1);
     removed.clear();
     
@@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(MempoolRemoveTest)
         testPool.addUnchecked(txGrandChild[i].GetHash(), entry.FromTx(txGrandChild[i]));
     }
     // Remove Child[0], GrandChild[0] should be removed:
-    testPool.remove(txChild[0], removed, true);
+    testPool.removeRecursive(txChild[0], removed);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(removed.size(), 2);
     removed.clear();
     // ... make sure grandchild and child are gone:
-    testPool.remove(txGrandChild[0], removed, true);
+    testPool.removeRecursive(txGrandChild[0], removed);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(removed.size(), 0);
-    testPool.remove(txChild[0], removed, true);
+    testPool.removeRecursive(txChild[0], removed);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(removed.size(), 0);
     // Remove parent, all children/grandchildren should go:
-    testPool.remove(txParent, removed, true);
+    testPool.removeRecursive(txParent, removed);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(removed.size(), 5);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testPool.size(), 0);
     removed.clear();
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(MempoolRemoveTest)
     }
     // Now remove the parent, as might happen if a block-re-org occurs but the parent cannot be
     // put into the mempool (maybe because it is non-standard):
-    testPool.remove(txParent, removed, true);
+    testPool.removeRecursive(txParent, removed);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(removed.size(), 6);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(testPool.size(), 0);
     removed.clear();
@@ -281,11 +281,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(MempoolIndexingTest)
 
     // Now try removing tx10 and verify the sort order returns to normal
     std::list<CTransaction> removed;
-    pool.remove(pool.mapTx.find(tx10.GetHash())->GetTx(), removed, true);
+    pool.removeRecursive(pool.mapTx.find(tx10.GetHash())->GetTx(), removed);
     CheckSort<descendant_score>(pool, snapshotOrder);
 
-    pool.remove(pool.mapTx.find(tx9.GetHash())->GetTx(), removed, true);
-    pool.remove(pool.mapTx.find(tx8.GetHash())->GetTx(), removed, true);
+    pool.removeRecursive(pool.mapTx.find(tx9.GetHash())->GetTx(), removed);
+    pool.removeRecursive(pool.mapTx.find(tx8.GetHash())->GetTx(), removed);
     /* Now check the sort on the mining score index.
      * Final order should be:
      *
diff --git a/src/txmempool.cpp b/src/txmempool.cpp
index 01f6c97ae..2d1b78bea 100644
--- a/src/txmempool.cpp
+++ b/src/txmempool.cpp
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ void CTxMemPool::CalculateDescendants(txiter entryit, setEntries &setDescendants
     }
 }
 
-void CTxMemPool::remove(const CTransaction &origTx, std::list<CTransaction>& removed, bool fRecursive)
+void CTxMemPool::removeRecursive(const CTransaction &origTx, std::list<CTransaction>& removed)
 {
     // Remove transaction from memory pool
     {
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ void CTxMemPool::remove(const CTransaction &origTx, std::list<CTransaction>& rem
         txiter origit = mapTx.find(origTx.GetHash());
         if (origit != mapTx.end()) {
             txToRemove.insert(origit);
-        } else if (fRecursive) {
-            // If recursively removing but origTx isn't in the mempool
+        } else {
+            // When recursively removing but origTx isn't in the mempool
             // be sure to remove any children that are in the pool. This can
             // happen during chain re-orgs if origTx isn't re-accepted into
             // the mempool for any reason.
@@ -485,12 +485,8 @@ void CTxMemPool::remove(const CTransaction &origTx, std::list<CTransaction>& rem
             }
         }
         setEntries setAllRemoves;
-        if (fRecursive) {
-            BOOST_FOREACH(txiter it, txToRemove) {
-                CalculateDescendants(it, setAllRemoves);
-            }
-        } else {
-            setAllRemoves.swap(txToRemove);
+        BOOST_FOREACH(txiter it, txToRemove) {
+            CalculateDescendants(it, setAllRemoves);
         }
         BOOST_FOREACH(txiter it, setAllRemoves) {
             removed.push_back(it->GetTx());
@@ -524,7 +520,7 @@ void CTxMemPool::removeForReorg(const CCoinsViewCache *pcoins, unsigned int nMem
     }
     BOOST_FOREACH(const CTransaction& tx, transactionsToRemove) {
         list<CTransaction> removed;
-        remove(tx, removed, true);
+        removeRecursive(tx, removed);
     }
 }
 
@@ -539,7 +535,7 @@ void CTxMemPool::removeConflicts(const CTransaction &tx, std::list<CTransaction>
             const CTransaction &txConflict = *it->second.ptx;
             if (txConflict != tx)
             {
-                remove(txConflict, removed, true);
+                removeRecursive(txConflict, removed);
                 ClearPrioritisation(txConflict.GetHash());
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/txmempool.h b/src/txmempool.h
index 7a2a1ef43..da5a97649 100644
--- a/src/txmempool.h
+++ b/src/txmempool.h
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ public:
     bool addUnchecked(const uint256& hash, const CTxMemPoolEntry &entry, bool fCurrentEstimate = true);
     bool addUnchecked(const uint256& hash, const CTxMemPoolEntry &entry, setEntries &setAncestors, bool fCurrentEstimate = true);
 
-    void remove(const CTransaction &tx, std::list<CTransaction>& removed, bool fRecursive = false);
+    void removeRecursive(const CTransaction &tx, std::list<CTransaction>& removed);
     void removeForReorg(const CCoinsViewCache *pcoins, unsigned int nMemPoolHeight, int flags);
     void removeConflicts(const CTransaction &tx, std::list<CTransaction>& removed);
     void removeForBlock(const std::vector<CTransaction>& vtx, unsigned int nBlockHeight,