diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
index 4bae690b3f4..eb1fac5de1a 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# Copyright (c) 2017-2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Copyright (c) 2017-present The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 """Class for bitcoind node under test"""
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class TestNode():
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         """Dispatches any unrecognised messages to the RPC connection or a CLI instance."""
         if self.use_cli:
-            return getattr(RPCOverloadWrapper(self.cli, True), name)
+            return getattr(RPCOverloadWrapper(self.cli), name)
         else:
             assert self.rpc_connected and self.rpc is not None, self._node_msg("Error: no RPC connection")
             return getattr(RPCOverloadWrapper(self.rpc), name)
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ class TestNode():
 
     def get_wallet_rpc(self, wallet_name):
         if self.use_cli:
-            return RPCOverloadWrapper(self.cli("-rpcwallet={}".format(wallet_name)), True)
+            return RPCOverloadWrapper(self.cli("-rpcwallet={}".format(wallet_name)))
         else:
             assert self.rpc_connected and self.rpc, self._node_msg("RPC not connected")
             wallet_path = "wallet/{}".format(urllib.parse.quote(wallet_name))
@@ -925,9 +925,8 @@ class TestNodeCLI():
             return cli_stdout.rstrip("\n")
 
 class RPCOverloadWrapper():
-    def __init__(self, rpc, cli=False):
+    def __init__(self, rpc):
         self.rpc = rpc
-        self.is_cli = cli
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         return getattr(self.rpc, name)