diff --git a/lib/Config.ts b/lib/Config.ts
index d38e42422..0e5ad8961 100644
--- a/lib/Config.ts
+++ b/lib/Config.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ class Config {
       port: 5040,
       webhookhost: 'localhost',
       webhookport: 8887,
-      nodeUrl: '',
       nodeIdentifier: '',
     };
   }
diff --git a/lib/connextclient/types.ts b/lib/connextclient/types.ts
index 2988baa3b..d045c169e 100644
--- a/lib/connextclient/types.ts
+++ b/lib/connextclient/types.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export type ConnextClientConfig = {
   port: number;
   webhookhost: string;
   webhookport: number;
-  nodeUrl: string;
   nodeIdentifier: string;
 };
 
diff --git a/sample-xud.conf b/sample-xud.conf
index 255717b99..538b706aa 100644
--- a/sample-xud.conf
+++ b/sample-xud.conf
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ strict = false
 disable = false
 host = "localhost"
 nodeIdentifier = ""
-nodeUrl = ""
 port = 5040
 webhookhost = "localhost"
 webhookport = 8887