diff --git a/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/PayChan.cpp b/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/PayChan.cpp
index 8659e01435..8191993d8a 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/PayChan.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/PayChan.cpp
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ closeChannel (
 NotTEC
 PayChanCreate::preflight (PreflightContext const& ctx)
 {
-    if (!ctx.rules.enabled (featurePayChan))
-        return temDISABLED;
-
     if (ctx.rules.enabled(fix1543) && ctx.tx.getFlags() & tfUniversalMask)
         return temINVALID_FLAG;
 
@@ -296,9 +293,6 @@ PayChanCreate::doApply()
 NotTEC
 PayChanFund::preflight (PreflightContext const& ctx)
 {
-    if (!ctx.rules.enabled (featurePayChan))
-        return temDISABLED;
-
     if (ctx.rules.enabled(fix1543) && ctx.tx.getFlags() & tfUniversalMask)
         return temINVALID_FLAG;
 
@@ -390,9 +384,6 @@ PayChanFund::doApply()
 NotTEC
 PayChanClaim::preflight (PreflightContext const& ctx)
 {
-    if (! ctx.rules.enabled(featurePayChan))
-        return temDISABLED;
-
     // A search through historic MainNet ledgers by the data team found no
     // occurrences of a transaction with the error that fix1512 fixed.  That
     // means there are no old transactions with that error that we might
diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/Feature.h b/src/ripple/protocol/Feature.h
index 8e9f789a09..f44f7254d6 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/Feature.h
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/Feature.h
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ foreachFeature(FeatureBitset bs, F&& f)
 
 extern uint256 const featureTickets;
 extern uint256 const featureOwnerPaysFee;
-extern uint256 const featurePayChan;
+extern uint256 const retiredPayChan;
 extern uint256 const featureFlow;
 extern uint256 const featureCompareTakerFlowCross;
 extern uint256 const featureFlowCross;
diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/Feature.cpp b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/Feature.cpp
index ba650a8ff1..96340445a7 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/Feature.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/Feature.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ uint256 bitsetIndexToFeature(size_t i)
 
 uint256 const featureTickets = *getRegisteredFeature("Tickets");
 uint256 const featureOwnerPaysFee = *getRegisteredFeature("OwnerPaysFee");
-uint256 const featurePayChan = *getRegisteredFeature("PayChan");
+uint256 const retiredPayChan = *getRegisteredFeature("PayChan");
 uint256 const featureFlow = *getRegisteredFeature("Flow");
 uint256 const featureCompareTakerFlowCross = *getRegisteredFeature("CompareTakerFlowCross");
 uint256 const featureFlowCross = *getRegisteredFeature("FlowCross");