diff --git a/connectd/connectd.c b/connectd/connectd.c
index deb604f45..e20bf7f7f 100644
--- a/connectd/connectd.c
+++ b/connectd/connectd.c
@@ -1437,8 +1437,7 @@ setup_listeners(const tal_t *ctx,
 		toraddr = tor_autoservice(tmpctx,
 					  &proposed_wireaddr[i],
 					  tor_password,
-					  localaddr,
-					  daemon->use_v3_autotor);
+					  localaddr);
 
 		if (!(proposed_listen_announce[i] & ADDR_ANNOUNCE)) {
 			continue;
@@ -1534,7 +1533,6 @@ static void connect_init(struct daemon *daemon, const u8 *msg)
 		&proxyaddr, &daemon->always_use_proxy,
 		&daemon->dev_allow_localhost, &daemon->use_dns,
 		&tor_password,
-		&daemon->use_v3_autotor,
 		&daemon->timeout_secs,
 		&daemon->websocket_helper,
 		&daemon->websocket_port,
diff --git a/connectd/connectd.h b/connectd/connectd.h
index f820ca2d1..72161b122 100644
--- a/connectd/connectd.h
+++ b/connectd/connectd.h
@@ -206,9 +206,6 @@ struct daemon {
 	/* File descriptors to listen on once we're activated. */
 	const struct listen_fd **listen_fds;
 
-	/* Allow to define the default behavior of tor services calls*/
-	bool use_v3_autotor;
-
 	/* Our features, as lightningd told us */
 	struct feature_set *our_features;
 
diff --git a/connectd/connectd_wire.csv b/connectd/connectd_wire.csv
index 67af1dca0..91d0fdb6d 100644
--- a/connectd/connectd_wire.csv
+++ b/connectd/connectd_wire.csv
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ msgdata,connectd_init,use_tor_proxy_always,bool,
 msgdata,connectd_init,dev_allow_localhost,bool,
 msgdata,connectd_init,use_dns,bool,
 msgdata,connectd_init,tor_password,wirestring,
-msgdata,connectd_init,use_v3_autotor,bool,
 msgdata,connectd_init,timeout_secs,u32,
 msgdata,connectd_init,websocket_helper,wirestring,
 msgdata,connectd_init,websocket_port,u16,
diff --git a/connectd/tor_autoservice.c b/connectd/tor_autoservice.c
index a790c8615..33b6b970f 100644
--- a/connectd/tor_autoservice.c
+++ b/connectd/tor_autoservice.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static void discard_remaining_response(struct rbuf *rbuf)
 static struct wireaddr *make_onion(const tal_t *ctx,
 				   struct rbuf *rbuf,
 				   const struct wireaddr *local,
-				   bool use_v3_autotor,
 				   u16 port)
 {
 	char *line;
@@ -101,25 +100,18 @@ static struct wireaddr *make_onion(const tal_t *ctx,
 		if (!strstarts(line, "VERSION Tor="))
 			continue;
 
-		if (use_v3_autotor)
-			if (strstr(line, "\"0.0") ||
-				strstr(line, "\"0.1") ||
-				strstr(line, "\"0.2") ||
-				strstr(line, "\"0.3")) {
-						use_v3_autotor = false;
-						status_unusual("Autotor: fallback to try a V2 onion service, your Tor version is smaller than 0.4.x.x");
-			}
-	};
+		if (strstr(line, "\"0.0") ||
+		    strstr(line, "\"0.1") ||
+		    strstr(line, "\"0.2") ||
+		    strstr(line, "\"0.3")) {
+			status_failed(STATUS_FAIL_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+				      "Autotor: your Tor version is smaller than 0.4.x.x");
+		}
+	}
 
-	if (!use_v3_autotor) {
-		tor_send_cmd(rbuf,
-		     tal_fmt(tmpctx, "ADD_ONION NEW:RSA1024 Port=%d,%s Flags=DiscardPK,Detach",
-			     port, fmt_wireaddr(tmpctx, local)));
-	} else {
-		tor_send_cmd(rbuf,
+	tor_send_cmd(rbuf,
 		     tal_fmt(tmpctx, "ADD_ONION NEW:ED25519-V3 Port=%d,%s Flags=DiscardPK,Detach",
 			     port, fmt_wireaddr(tmpctx, local)));
-	}
 
 	while ((line = tor_response_line(rbuf)) != NULL) {
 		const char *name;
@@ -268,8 +260,7 @@ static void negotiate_auth(struct rbuf *rbuf, const char *tor_password)
 struct wireaddr *tor_autoservice(const tal_t *ctx,
 				 const struct wireaddr_internal *tor_serviceaddr,
 				 const char *tor_password,
-				 const struct wireaddr *laddr,
-				 const bool use_v3_autotor)
+				 const struct wireaddr *laddr)
 {
 	int fd;
 	struct wireaddr *onion;
@@ -290,7 +281,7 @@ struct wireaddr *tor_autoservice(const tal_t *ctx,
 	rbuf_init(&rbuf, fd, buffer, tal_count(buffer), buf_resize);
 
 	negotiate_auth(&rbuf, tor_password);
-	onion = make_onion(ctx, &rbuf, laddr, use_v3_autotor, tor_serviceaddr->u.torservice.port);
+	onion = make_onion(ctx, &rbuf, laddr, tor_serviceaddr->u.torservice.port);
 
 	/*on the other hand we can stay connected until ln finish to keep onion alive and then vanish */
 	//because when we run with Detach flag as we now do every start of LN creates a new addr while the old
diff --git a/connectd/tor_autoservice.h b/connectd/tor_autoservice.h
index 8bdb8bb9d..dce91a637 100644
--- a/connectd/tor_autoservice.h
+++ b/connectd/tor_autoservice.h
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 struct wireaddr *tor_autoservice(const tal_t *ctx,
 				 const struct wireaddr_internal *tor_serviceaddr,
 				 const char *tor_password,
-				 const struct wireaddr *localaddr,
-				 const bool use_v3_autotor);
+				 const struct wireaddr *localaddr);
 
 struct wireaddr *tor_fixed_service(const tal_t *ctx,
 				 const struct wireaddr_internal *tor_serviceaddr,
diff --git a/doc/lightning-listconfigs.7 b/doc/lightning-listconfigs.7
index e781d0019..79e816783 100644
--- a/doc/lightning-listconfigs.7
+++ b/doc/lightning-listconfigs.7
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ On failure, one of the following error codes may be returned:
    "autolisten": true,
    "proxy": "127.0.0.1:9050",
    "disable-dns": "false",
-   "enable-autotor-v2-mode": "false",
    "encrypted-hsm": false,
    "rpc-file-mode": "0600",
    "log-level": "DEBUG",
@@ -282,4 +281,4 @@ Vincenzo Palazzo \fI<vincenzo.palazzo@protonmail.com\fR> wrote the initial versi
 
 Main web site: \fIhttps://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning\fR
 
-\" SHA256STAMP:8d8f73010f55f3af6e050c944cf7670109224b3cf3166cc754047f6e20beef20
+\" SHA256STAMP:c55d5a93c5917bbab0be1633f0f9f06196cfdde6b79434ef012e9dfc2fbbcca9
diff --git a/doc/lightning-listconfigs.7.md b/doc/lightning-listconfigs.7.md
index 5b285b663..823ee79ba 100644
--- a/doc/lightning-listconfigs.7.md
+++ b/doc/lightning-listconfigs.7.md
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ EXAMPLE JSON RESPONSE
    "autolisten": true,
    "proxy": "127.0.0.1:9050",
    "disable-dns": "false",
-   "enable-autotor-v2-mode": "false",
    "encrypted-hsm": false,
    "rpc-file-mode": "0600",
    "log-level": "DEBUG",
diff --git a/lightningd/connect_control.c b/lightningd/connect_control.c
index 144f77710..0fe758048 100644
--- a/lightningd/connect_control.c
+++ b/lightningd/connect_control.c
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ int connectd_init(struct lightningd *ld)
 	    ld->proxyaddr, ld->always_use_proxy || ld->pure_tor_setup,
 	    IFDEV(ld->dev_allow_localhost, false), ld->config.use_dns,
 	    ld->tor_service_password ? ld->tor_service_password : "",
-	    ld->config.use_v3_autotor,
 	    ld->config.connection_timeout_secs,
 	    websocket_helper_path,
 	    ld->websocket_port,
diff --git a/lightningd/lightningd.h b/lightningd/lightningd.h
index ae74a635f..5e3a1edb7 100644
--- a/lightningd/lightningd.h
+++ b/lightningd/lightningd.h
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ struct config {
 	/* Minimal amount of effective funding_satoshis for accepting channels */
 	u64 min_capacity_sat;
 
-	/* Allow to define the default behavior of tor services calls*/
-	bool use_v3_autotor;
-
 	/* This is the key we use to encrypt `hsm_secret`. */
 	struct secret *keypass;
 
diff --git a/lightningd/options.c b/lightningd/options.c
index 826b87b64..34e6f6db4 100644
--- a/lightningd/options.c
+++ b/lightningd/options.c
@@ -793,8 +793,6 @@ static const struct config testnet_config = {
 	/* Sets min_effective_htlc_capacity - at 1000$/BTC this is 10ct */
 	.min_capacity_sat = 10000,
 
-	.use_v3_autotor = true,
-
 	/* 1 minute should be enough for anyone! */
 	.connection_timeout_secs = 60,
 
@@ -859,9 +857,6 @@ static const struct config mainnet_config = {
 	/* Sets min_effective_htlc_capacity - at 1000$/BTC this is 10ct */
 	.min_capacity_sat = 10000,
 
-	/* Allow to define the default behavior of tor services calls*/
-	.use_v3_autotor = true,
-
 	/* 1 minute should be enough for anyone! */
 	.connection_timeout_secs = 60,
 
@@ -1168,10 +1163,6 @@ static void register_opts(struct lightningd *ld)
 	opt_register_early_noarg("--disable-dns", opt_set_invbool, &ld->config.use_dns,
 				 "Disable DNS lookups of peers");
 
-	if (deprecated_apis)
-		opt_register_noarg("--enable-autotor-v2-mode", opt_set_invbool, &ld->config.use_v3_autotor,
-				   opt_hidden);
-
 	opt_register_noarg("--encrypted-hsm", opt_set_hsm_password, ld,
 					  "Set the password to encrypt hsm_secret with. If no password is passed through command line, "
 					  "you will be prompted to enter it.");
diff --git a/lightningd/plugin.c b/lightningd/plugin.c
index e0dff8188..1497439cc 100644
--- a/lightningd/plugin.c
+++ b/lightningd/plugin.c
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ plugin_populate_init_request(struct plugin *plugin, struct jsonrpc_request *req)
 	json_add_string(req->stream, "network", chainparams->network_name);
 	if (ld->proxyaddr) {
 		json_add_address(req->stream, "proxy", ld->proxyaddr);
-		json_add_bool(req->stream, "torv3-enabled", ld->config.use_v3_autotor);
+		json_add_bool(req->stream, "torv3-enabled", true);
 		json_add_bool(req->stream, "always_use_proxy", ld->always_use_proxy);
 		if (deprecated_apis)
 			json_add_bool(req->stream, "use_proxy_always",