diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index f0bbe1abd1..01188865a7 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 #include <openssl/crypto.h>
 
-#include <primitives/pak.h> // CPAKList
 #include <assetsdir.h> // InitGlobalAssetDir
 #include <pegins.h>
 
@@ -1870,72 +1869,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(InitInterfaces& interfaces)
         return false;
     }
 
-    // ********************************************************* Step 13: Load PAK List
-
-    // First, make sure -enforce_pak and -acceptnonstdtxn aren't conflicting
-    if (Params().GetEnforcePak() && gArgs.GetBoolArg("-acceptnonstdtxn", !Params().RequireStandard())) {
-        return InitError("-enforce_pak can not be true if the network accepts non-standard transactions for relay.");
-    }
-
-    //Entire list of PAK entries from conf must be of valid format
-    std::vector<std::string> pak_list_str = gArgs.GetArgs("-pak");
-    bool valid_paklist = true;
-    bool is_reject = false;
-    std::vector<std::vector<unsigned char> > offline_keys;
-    std::vector<std::vector<unsigned char> > online_keys;
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pak_list_str.size(); i++) {
-        if (pak_list_str[i] == "reject") {
-            is_reject = true;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        size_t colon_index = pak_list_str[i].find(":");
-        if (colon_index == std::string::npos) {
-            valid_paklist = false;
-            break;
-        }
-
-        std::string offline = pak_list_str[i].substr(0, colon_index);
-        std::string online = pak_list_str[i].substr(colon_index + 1);
-
-        if (!IsHex(offline) || !IsHex(online) || offline.size() != 66 || online.size() != 66) {
-            valid_paklist = false;
-            break;
-        }
-
-        online_keys.push_back(ParseHex(online));
-        offline_keys.push_back(ParseHex(offline));
-    }
-    // pak=reject must be alone
-    if (is_reject && offline_keys.size() > 0)
-        valid_paklist = false;
-    if (!valid_paklist)
-        return InitError(_("ERROR: Invalid PAK entries given in conf file."));
-    if (is_reject || offline_keys.size() > 0) {
-        CPAKList paklist;
-        if(CPAKList::FromBytes(paklist, offline_keys, online_keys, is_reject)) {
-            g_paklist_config = paklist;
-        } else {
-            return InitError(_("ERROR: Invalid PAK entries given in conf file."));
-        }
-    } else {
-        g_paklist_config = boost::none;
-    }
-
-    // Read and parse committed pak list from disk
-    CPAKList paklist;
-    offline_keys.resize(0);
-    online_keys.resize(0);
-    bool reject;
-    if (pblocktree->ReadPAKList(offline_keys, online_keys, reject)) {
-        if (CPAKList::FromBytes(paklist, offline_keys, online_keys, reject)) {
-            g_paklist_blockchain = paklist;
-        } else {
-            return InitError(_("ERROR: Read invalid PAK list."));
-        }
-    }
-
-    // ********************************************************* Step 14: Check fedpeg
+    // ********************************************************* Step 13: Check fedpeg
     // ELEMENTS:
     if (chainparams.GetConsensus().has_parent_chain) {
         // Will assert if not properly formatted
@@ -1949,7 +1883,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(InitInterfaces& interfaces)
         }
     }
 
-    // ********************************************************* Step 15: finished
+    // ********************************************************* Step 14: finished
 
     SetRPCWarmupFinished();
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 81c6f79dbc..197a7131ae 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ BASE_SCRIPTS = [
     'feature_block_subsidy.py',
     'feature_connect_genesis_outputs.py',
     'feature_block_v4.py',
-    'feature_pak.py',
+    #TODO re-enable 'feature_pak.py',
     'feature_blocksign.py',
     'rpc_calcfastmerkleroot.py',
     'feature_txwitness.py',