diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index 05b8575db36..f38480304ea 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -1060,3 +1060,7 @@ void SelectParams(const std::string& network)
     SelectBaseParams(network);
     globalChainParams = CreateChainParams(network);
 }
+
+void ClearCheckpoints(CChainParams &params) {
+    params.checkpointData = {};
+}
diff --git a/src/chainparams.h b/src/chainparams.h
index fbacc18b6f6..77f0cecdee1 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.h
+++ b/src/chainparams.h
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ class CChainParams
     std::vector<MasternodeKeys> vMasternodes;
     std::vector<CTransactionRef> CreateGenesisMasternodes();
     std::set<CKeyID> genesisTeam;
+
+    friend void ClearCheckpoints(CChainParams &params);
 };
 
 const auto SMART_CONTRACT_DFIP_2201 = "DFIP2201";
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 65e3d1bae15..bf48fabc157 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1085,8 +1085,14 @@ bool AppInitParameterInteraction()
         mempool.setSanityCheck(1.0 / ratio);
     }
     fCheckBlockIndex = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-checkblockindex", chainparams.DefaultConsistencyChecks());
-    if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-checkpoints", DEFAULT_CHECKPOINTS_ENABLED))
-        LogPrintf("Warning: -checkpoints does nothing, it will be removed in next release.\n");
+    if (!gArgs.GetBoolArg("-checkpoints", DEFAULT_CHECKPOINTS_ENABLED)) {
+        LogPrintf("conf: checkpoints disabled.\n");
+        // Safe to const_cast, as we know it's always allocated, and is always in the global var
+        // and it is not used anywhere yet.
+        ClearCheckpoints(const_cast<CChainParams&>(chainparams));
+    } else {
+        LogPrintf("conf: checkpoints enabled.\n");
+    }
 
     hashAssumeValid = uint256S(gArgs.GetArg("-assumevalid", chainparams.GetConsensus().defaultAssumeValid.GetHex()));
     if (!hashAssumeValid.IsNull())
@@ -1360,7 +1366,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(InitInterfaces& interfaces)
     // Warn about relative -datadir path.
     if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-datadir") && !fs::path(gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", "")).is_absolute()) {
         LogPrintf("Warning: relative datadir option '%s' specified, which will be interpreted relative to the " /* Continued */
-                  "current working directory '%s'. This is fragile, because if defi is started in the future "
+                  "current working directory '%s'. This is fragile, because if defid is started in the future "
                   "from a different location, it will be unable to locate the current data files. There could "
                   "also be data loss if defi is started while in a temporary directory.\n",
             gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", ""), fs::current_path().string());
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index 43f0eb7ce93..10b579fd783 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static const int64_t DEFAULT_MAX_TIP_AGE = 10 * 60 * 60;
 /** Maximum age of our tip in seconds for us to be considered current for fee estimation */
 static const int64_t MAX_FEE_ESTIMATION_TIP_AGE = 10 * 60;
 
-static const bool DEFAULT_CHECKPOINTS_ENABLED = false;
+static const bool DEFAULT_CHECKPOINTS_ENABLED = true;
 static const bool DEFAULT_TXINDEX = false;
 static const char* const DEFAULT_BLOCKFILTERINDEX = "0";
 static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BANSCORE_THRESHOLD = 100;
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ extern std::atomic_bool fReindex;
 extern int nScriptCheckThreads;
 extern bool fRequireStandard;
 extern bool fCheckBlockIndex;
-extern bool fCheckpointsEnabled;
 
 extern bool fStopOrInterrupt;
 extern std::string fInterruptBlockHash;