diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index e1e8f737037..e4bee243042 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -420,8 +420,7 @@ void RPCExecutor::request(const QString &command, const WalletModel* wallet_mode
         std::smatch match;
         if (std::regex_match(executableCommand, match, validRegex)) {
             const std::string nblocks{match.str(1) == "" ? "1" : match.str(1)};
-            const std::string maxtries{match.str(2) == "" ? "1000000" : match.str(2)};
-
+            const std::string maxtries = match.str(2);
             if (!RPCConsole::RPCExecuteCommandLine(m_node, result, "getnewaddress\n", nullptr, wallet_model)) {
                 Q_EMIT reply(RPCConsole::CMD_ERROR, QString("Parse error: unbalanced ' or \""));
             }