diff --git a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_attempt.cpp b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_attempt.cpp
index 4de17b1e..b14dd723 100644
--- a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_attempt.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_attempt.cpp
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ std::string nano::bootstrap_attempt::mode_text ()
 	return mode_text;
 }
 
-void nano::bootstrap_attempt::set_start_account (nano::account const &)
-{
-	debug_assert (mode == nano::bootstrap_mode::legacy);
-}
-
 bool nano::bootstrap_attempt::process_block (std::shared_ptr<nano::block> const & block_a, nano::account const & known_account_a, uint64_t pull_blocks_processed, nano::bulk_pull::count_t max_blocks, bool block_expected, unsigned retry_limit)
 {
 	bool stop_pull (false);
diff --git a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_attempt.hpp b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_attempt.hpp
index add9701b..6cb62c17 100644
--- a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_attempt.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_attempt.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public:
 	void pull_finished ();
 	bool should_log ();
 	std::string mode_text ();
-	virtual void set_start_account (nano::account const &);
 	virtual bool process_block (std::shared_ptr<nano::block> const &, nano::account const &, uint64_t, nano::bulk_pull::count_t, bool, unsigned);
 	virtual void get_information (boost::property_tree::ptree &) = 0;
 	nano::mutex next_log_mutex;
diff --git a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_legacy.hpp b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_legacy.hpp
index ff2186c8..51423d77 100644
--- a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_legacy.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_legacy.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public:
 	void add_frontier (nano::pull_info const &);
 	void add_bulk_push_target (nano::block_hash const &, nano::block_hash const &);
 	bool request_bulk_push_target (std::pair<nano::block_hash, nano::block_hash> &);
-	void set_start_account (nano::account const &) override;
+	void set_start_account (nano::account const &);
 	void run_start (nano::unique_lock<nano::mutex> &);
 	void get_information (boost::property_tree::ptree &) override;
 	nano::tcp_endpoint endpoint_frontier_request;