diff --git a/node/config.go b/node/config.go
index 2047299fb5d7..b90698fb3d4e 100644
--- a/node/config.go
+++ b/node/config.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 )
 
@@ -194,8 +193,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Logger is a custom logger to use with the p2p.Server.
 	Logger log.Logger `toml:",omitempty"`
 
-	staticNodesWarning     bool
-	trustedNodesWarning    bool
 	oldGethResourceWarning bool
 
 	// AllowUnprotectedTxs allows non EIP-155 protected transactions to be send over RPC.
@@ -394,50 +391,6 @@ func (c *Config) NodeKey() *ecdsa.PrivateKey {
 	return key
 }
 
-// StaticNodes returns a list of node enode URLs configured as static nodes.
-func (c *Config) StaticNodes() []*enode.Node {
-	return c.parsePersistentNodes(&c.staticNodesWarning, c.ResolvePath(datadirStaticNodes))
-}
-
-// TrustedNodes returns a list of node enode URLs configured as trusted nodes.
-func (c *Config) TrustedNodes() []*enode.Node {
-	return c.parsePersistentNodes(&c.trustedNodesWarning, c.ResolvePath(datadirTrustedNodes))
-}
-
-// parsePersistentNodes parses a list of discovery node URLs loaded from a .json
-// file from within the data directory.
-func (c *Config) parsePersistentNodes(w *bool, path string) []*enode.Node {
-	// Short circuit if no node config is present
-	if c.DataDir == "" {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	c.warnOnce(w, "Found deprecated node list file %s, please use the TOML config file instead.", path)
-
-	// Load the nodes from the config file.
-	var nodelist []string
-	if err := common.LoadJSON(path, &nodelist); err != nil {
-		log.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Can't load node list file: %v", err))
-		return nil
-	}
-	// Interpret the list as a discovery node array
-	var nodes []*enode.Node
-	for _, url := range nodelist {
-		if url == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		node, err := enode.Parse(enode.ValidSchemes, url)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Node URL %s: %v\n", url, err))
-			continue
-		}
-		nodes = append(nodes, node)
-	}
-	return nodes
-}
-
 // KeyDirConfig determines the settings for keydirectory
 func (c *Config) KeyDirConfig() (string, error) {
 	var (
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index b60e32f22fd2..0c8924839dca 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -133,12 +133,6 @@ func New(conf *Config) (*Node, error) {
 	node.server.Config.PrivateKey = node.config.NodeKey()
 	node.server.Config.Name = node.config.NodeName()
 	node.server.Config.Logger = node.log
-	if node.server.Config.StaticNodes == nil {
-		node.server.Config.StaticNodes = node.config.StaticNodes()
-	}
-	if node.server.Config.TrustedNodes == nil {
-		node.server.Config.TrustedNodes = node.config.TrustedNodes()
-	}
 	if node.server.Config.NodeDatabase == "" {
 		node.server.Config.NodeDatabase = node.config.NodeDB()
 	}