1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/addrdb.cpp b/src/addrdb.cpp
index b8fd019bab..c3e224ee83 100644
--- a/src/addrdb.cpp
+++ b/src/addrdb.cpp
@@ -197,17 +197,16 @@ bool CBanDB::Write(const banmap_t& banSet)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool CBanDB::Read(banmap_t& banSet, bool& dirty)
+bool CBanDB::Read(banmap_t& banSet)
 {
-    // If the JSON banlist does not exist, then try to read the non-upgraded banlist.dat.
+    if (fs::exists(m_banlist_dat)) {
+        LogPrintf("banlist.dat ignored because it can only be read by " PACKAGE_NAME " version 22.x. Remove %s to silence this warning.\n", m_banlist_dat);
+    }
+    // If the JSON banlist does not exist, then recreate it
     if (!fs::exists(m_banlist_json)) {
-        // If this succeeds then we need to flush to disk in order to create the JSON banlist.
-        dirty = true;
-        return DeserializeFileDB(m_banlist_dat, banSet, CLIENT_VERSION);
+        return false;
     }
 
-    dirty = false;
-
     std::map<std::string, util::SettingsValue> settings;
     std::vector<std::string> errors;