diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/parse_numbers.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/parse_numbers.cpp
index 69e58c3f63c..33b50042908 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/parse_numbers.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/parse_numbers.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ FUZZ_TARGET(parse_numbers)
 
     (void)ParseMoney(random_string);
 
-    double d;
-    (void)ParseDouble(random_string, &d);
-
     uint8_t u8;
     (void)ParseUInt8(random_string, &u8);
 
diff --git a/src/test/util_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
index de78b1bb509..dbd94eedfa4 100644
--- a/src/test/util_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
@@ -1730,32 +1730,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_ParseUInt64)
     BOOST_CHECK(!ParseUInt64("-1234", &n));
 }
 
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_ParseDouble)
-{
-    double n;
-    // Valid values
-    BOOST_CHECK(ParseDouble("1234", nullptr));
-    BOOST_CHECK(ParseDouble("0", &n) && n == 0.0);
-    BOOST_CHECK(ParseDouble("1234", &n) && n == 1234.0);
-    BOOST_CHECK(ParseDouble("01234", &n) && n == 1234.0); // no octal
-    BOOST_CHECK(ParseDouble("2147483647", &n) && n == 2147483647.0);
-    BOOST_CHECK(ParseDouble("-2147483648", &n) && n == -2147483648.0);
-    BOOST_CHECK(ParseDouble("-1234", &n) && n == -1234.0);
-    BOOST_CHECK(ParseDouble("1e6", &n) && n == 1e6);
-    BOOST_CHECK(ParseDouble("-1e6", &n) && n == -1e6);
-    // Invalid values
-    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseDouble("", &n));
-    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseDouble(" 1", &n)); // no padding inside
-    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseDouble("1 ", &n));
-    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseDouble("1a", &n));
-    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseDouble("aap", &n));
-    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseDouble("0x1", &n)); // no hex
-    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseDouble(STRING_WITH_EMBEDDED_NULL_CHAR, &n));
-    // Overflow and underflow
-    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseDouble("-1e10000", nullptr));
-    BOOST_CHECK(!ParseDouble("1e10000", nullptr));
-}
-
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_FormatParagraph)
 {
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatParagraph("", 79, 0), "");
diff --git a/src/util/strencodings.cpp b/src/util/strencodings.cpp
index 90bf39f0100..53989a8d28e 100644
--- a/src/util/strencodings.cpp
+++ b/src/util/strencodings.cpp
@@ -302,17 +302,6 @@ bool ParseIntegral(const std::string& str, T* out)
 }
 }; // namespace
 
-[[nodiscard]] static bool ParsePrechecks(const std::string& str)
-{
-    if (str.empty()) // No empty string allowed
-        return false;
-    if (str.size() >= 1 && (IsSpace(str[0]) || IsSpace(str[str.size()-1]))) // No padding allowed
-        return false;
-    if (!ValidAsCString(str)) // No embedded NUL characters allowed
-        return false;
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool ParseInt32(const std::string& str, int32_t* out)
 {
     return ParseIntegral<int32_t>(str, out);
@@ -343,20 +332,6 @@ bool ParseUInt64(const std::string& str, uint64_t* out)
     return ParseIntegral<uint64_t>(str, out);
 }
 
-bool ParseDouble(const std::string& str, double *out)
-{
-    if (!ParsePrechecks(str))
-        return false;
-    if (str.size() >= 2 && str[0] == '0' && str[1] == 'x') // No hexadecimal floats allowed
-        return false;
-    std::istringstream text(str);
-    text.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-    double result;
-    text >> result;
-    if(out) *out = result;
-    return text.eof() && !text.fail();
-}
-
 std::string FormatParagraph(const std::string& in, size_t width, size_t indent)
 {
     std::stringstream out;
diff --git a/src/util/strencodings.h b/src/util/strencodings.h
index 07e19668902..688707d1884 100644
--- a/src/util/strencodings.h
+++ b/src/util/strencodings.h
@@ -158,13 +158,6 @@ std::optional<T> ToIntegral(const std::string& str)
  */
 [[nodiscard]] bool ParseUInt64(const std::string& str, uint64_t *out);
 
-/**
- * Convert string to double with strict parse error feedback.
- * @returns true if the entire string could be parsed as valid double,
- *   false if not the entire string could be parsed or when overflow or underflow occurred.
- */
-[[nodiscard]] bool ParseDouble(const std::string& str, double *out);
-
 /**
  * Convert a span of bytes to a lower-case hexadecimal string.
  */