diff --git a/internal/blockchain/error.go b/internal/blockchain/error.go
index f4c864cb1..6934ee9cb 100644
--- a/internal/blockchain/error.go
+++ b/internal/blockchain/error.go
@@ -389,10 +389,6 @@ const (
 	// more than it is allowed.
 	ErrBadStakebaseValue = ErrorKind("ErrBadStakebaseValue")
 
-	// ErrStakeFees indicates an error with the fees found in the stake
-	// transaction tree.
-	ErrStakeFees = ErrorKind("ErrStakeFees")
-
 	// ErrNoStakeTx indicates there were no stake transactions found in a
 	// block after stake validation height.
 	ErrNoStakeTx = ErrorKind("ErrNoStakeTx")
diff --git a/internal/blockchain/error_test.go b/internal/blockchain/error_test.go
index 4dcd630a8..efc09658c 100644
--- a/internal/blockchain/error_test.go
+++ b/internal/blockchain/error_test.go
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ func TestErrorKindStringer(t *testing.T) {
 		{ErrForceReorgWrongChain, "ErrForceReorgWrongChain"},
 		{ErrForceReorgMissingChild, "ErrForceReorgMissingChild"},
 		{ErrBadStakebaseValue, "ErrBadStakebaseValue"},
-		{ErrStakeFees, "ErrStakeFees"},
 		{ErrNoStakeTx, "ErrNoStakeTx"},
 		{ErrBadBlockHeight, "ErrBadBlockHeight"},
 		{ErrBlockOneTx, "ErrBlockOneTx"},