diff --git a/core/src/accounts_hash_verifier.rs b/core/src/accounts_hash_verifier.rs
index 37a49adb98..ec446a9a2e 100644
--- a/core/src/accounts_hash_verifier.rs
+++ b/core/src/accounts_hash_verifier.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ impl AccountsHashVerifier {
                     check_hash: false,
                     accounts_cache_and_ancestors: None,
                     filler_account_suffix: None, // this will fail with filler accounts
-                    num_hash_scan_passes: None, // this code path is only for testing, so use default # passes here
                 })
                 .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
index e623fb59bf..14bae5498d 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -5526,7 +5526,6 @@ impl AccountsDb {
                 } else {
                     None
                 },
-                num_hash_scan_passes: self.num_hash_scan_passes,
             })
         } else {
             self.calculate_accounts_hash(slot, ancestors, check_hash)
@@ -5725,8 +5724,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         &self,
         config: &mut CalcAccountsHashConfig<'_>,
     ) -> Result<(Hash, u64), BankHashVerificationError> {
-        let (num_hash_scan_passes, bins_per_pass) =
-            Self::bins_per_pass(config.num_hash_scan_passes);
+        let (num_hash_scan_passes, bins_per_pass) = Self::bins_per_pass(self.num_hash_scan_passes);
         let use_bg_thread_pool = config.use_bg_thread_pool;
         let mut scan_and_hash = move || {
             let mut previous_pass = PreviousPass::default();
@@ -7926,7 +7924,6 @@ pub mod tests {
                 check_hash: false,
                 accounts_cache_and_ancestors: None,
                 filler_account_suffix: None,
-                num_hash_scan_passes: None,
             })
             .unwrap();
         let expected_hash = Hash::from_str("GKot5hBsd81kMupNCXHaqbhv3huEbxAFMLnpcX2hniwn").unwrap();
@@ -7952,7 +7949,6 @@ pub mod tests {
                 check_hash: false,
                 accounts_cache_and_ancestors: None,
                 filler_account_suffix: None,
-                num_hash_scan_passes: None,
             })
             .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_hash.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_hash.rs
index 9d3569f5ea..f165f0eb41 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_hash.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_hash.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ pub struct CalcAccountsHashConfig<'a> {
     )>,
     // these should be gone soon as we get an AccountsDb '&self'
     pub filler_account_suffix: Option<&'a Pubkey>,
-    pub num_hash_scan_passes: Option<usize>,
     // to come soon
     /*
     pub rent_collector: RentCollector,