diff --git a/src/bitcoin/d/mod.rs b/src/bitcoin/d/mod.rs
index af282dcc..2d917fc7 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin/d/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bitcoin/d/mod.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ impl BitcoinD {
             sendonly_client,
             watchonly_client,
             watchonly_wallet_path,
-            retries: 0,
+            retries: BITCOIND_RETRY_LIMIT,
         })
     }
 
@@ -270,12 +270,6 @@ impl BitcoinD {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Set how many times we'll retry a failed request. If passed None will set to default.
-    pub fn with_retry_limit(mut self, retry_limit: Option<usize>) -> Self {
-        self.retries = retry_limit.unwrap_or(BITCOIND_RETRY_LIMIT);
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Wrapper to retry a request sent to bitcoind upon IO failure
     /// according to the configured number of retries.
     fn retry<T, R: Fn() -> Result<T, BitcoindError>>(
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5a411824..a2cb7319 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ fn setup_bitcoind(
     bitcoind.sanity_check(&config.main_descriptor, config.bitcoin_config.network)?;
     log::info!("Connection to bitcoind established and checked.");
 
-    Ok(bitcoind.with_retry_limit(None))
+    Ok(bitcoind)
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]