diff --git a/plugins/libplugin-pay.c b/plugins/libplugin-pay.c
index 948c6e9f3..6984d153f 100644
--- a/plugins/libplugin-pay.c
+++ b/plugins/libplugin-pay.c
@@ -984,22 +984,6 @@ void *payment_mod_get_data(const struct payment *p,
 	abort();
 }
 
-static inline struct dummy_data *
-dummy_data_init(struct payment *p)
-{
-	return tal(p, struct dummy_data);
-}
-
-static inline void dummy_step_cb(struct dummy_data *dd,
-				 struct payment *p)
-{
-	fprintf(stderr, "dummy_step_cb called for payment %p at step %d\n", p, p->step);
-	payment_continue(p);
-}
-
-REGISTER_PAYMENT_MODIFIER(dummy, struct dummy_data *, dummy_data_init,
-			  dummy_step_cb);
-
 static struct retry_mod_data *retry_data_init(struct payment *p);
 
 static inline void retry_step_cb(struct retry_mod_data *rd,
diff --git a/plugins/libplugin-pay.h b/plugins/libplugin-pay.h
index 1520e7047..f925fe82d 100644
--- a/plugins/libplugin-pay.h
+++ b/plugins/libplugin-pay.h
@@ -257,16 +257,11 @@ void *payment_mod_get_data(const struct payment *payment,
 		return payment_mod_get_data(p, &name##_pay_mod);               \
 	}
 
-struct dummy_data {
-	unsigned int *dummy_param;
-};
 
 struct retry_mod_data {
 	int retries;
 };
-
 /* List of globally available payment modifiers. */
-extern struct payment_modifier dummy_pay_mod;
 REGISTER_PAYMENT_MODIFIER_HEADER(retry, struct retry_mod_data);
 
 /* For the root payment we can seed the channel_hints with the result from
diff --git a/plugins/pay.c b/plugins/pay.c
index 6b894eb00..a62d6cd2d 100644
--- a/plugins/pay.c
+++ b/plugins/pay.c
@@ -1726,8 +1726,7 @@ static void init(struct plugin *p,
 	maxdelay_default = atoi(field);
 }
 
-struct payment_modifier *paymod_mods[4] = {
-	&dummy_pay_mod,
+struct payment_modifier *paymod_mods[3] = {
 	&local_channel_hints_pay_mod,
 	&retry_pay_mod,
 	NULL,
@@ -1744,16 +1743,12 @@ static struct command_result *json_paymod(struct command *cmd,
 	const char *b11str;
 	struct bolt11 *b11;
 	char *fail;
-	struct dummy_data *ddata;
 	p = payment_new(NULL, cmd, NULL /* No parent */, paymod_mods);
 
-	ddata = (struct dummy_data*)p->modifier_data[0];
-
 	/* If any of the modifiers need to add params to the JSON-RPC call we
 	 * would add them to the `param()` call below, and have them be
 	 * initialized directly that way. */
 	if (!param(cmd, buf, params, p_req("bolt11", param_string, &b11str),
-		   p_opt_def("dummy", param_number, &ddata->dummy_param, 42),
 		      NULL))
 		return command_param_failed();
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pay.py b/tests/test_pay.py
index 4f34f3d93..f0d8427ce 100644
--- a/tests/test_pay.py
+++ b/tests/test_pay.py
@@ -3053,7 +3053,7 @@ def test_pay_modifiers(node_factory):
     # Make sure that the dummy param is in the help (and therefore assigned to
     # the modifier data).
     hlp = l1.rpc.help("paymod")['help'][0]
-    assert(hlp['command'] == 'paymod bolt11 [dummy]')
+    assert(hlp['command'] == 'paymod bolt11')
 
     inv = l2.rpc.invoice(123, 'lbl', 'desc')['bolt11']
     r = l1.rpc.paymod(inv)