diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index 19e723bfa212a009f39b0165ce1ca475ac53c812..1a7a9eb18ed740a0ad37a8692b77fa17254d84a1 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ func importChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if len(ctx.Args()) != 1 {
 		utils.Fatalf("This command requires an argument.")
 	}
-	if ctx.GlobalBool(utils.TestNetFlag.Name) {
-		state.StartingNonce = 1048576 // (2**20)
-	}
 	stack := makeFullNode(ctx)
 	chain, chainDb := utils.MakeChain(ctx, stack)
 	defer chainDb.Close()
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 0eab77f7eb844bf1c8d7c85585cda6d303fe65f9..13d77179098a37e1f41374df36b0f7549052c9b0 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/console"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/contracts/release"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
@@ -237,10 +236,6 @@ func initGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		utils.Fatalf("must supply path to genesis JSON file")
 	}
 
-	if ctx.GlobalBool(utils.TestNetFlag.Name) {
-		state.StartingNonce = 1048576 // (2**20)
-	}
-
 	stack := makeFullNode(ctx)
 	chaindb := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack)
 
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index dd18fd78caf4288256d61f1794e21ed6fdce708a..fcdd0873702c18b1900f8cef568ce22c72c66bbc 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/les"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/light"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
@@ -754,8 +753,6 @@ func RegisterEthService(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, extra []byte) {
 			ethConf.NetworkId = 2
 		}
 		ethConf.Genesis = core.TestNetGenesisBlock()
-		state.StartingNonce = 1048576 // (2**20)
-		light.StartingNonce = 1048576 // (2**20)
 
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(DevModeFlag.Name):
 		ethConf.Genesis = core.OlympicGenesisBlock()
diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go
index 8509f664ddc620b62353c00bfca7c948a0681971..44a83f236e461605d1b8bc4b1a2999c89a4e6c8b 100644
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func WriteGenesisBlock(chainDb ethdb.Database, reader io.Reader) (*types.Block,
 	}
 
 	var genesis struct {
-		ChainConfig *params.ChainConfig `json:"config"`
+		ChainConfig params.ChainConfig `json:"config"`
 		Nonce       string
 		Timestamp   string
 		ParentHash  string
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func WriteGenesisBlock(chainDb ethdb.Database, reader io.Reader) (*types.Block,
 	if err := WriteHeadBlockHash(chainDb, block.Hash()); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := WriteChainConfig(chainDb, block.Hash(), genesis.ChainConfig); err != nil {
+	if err := WriteChainConfig(chainDb, block.Hash(), &genesis.ChainConfig); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 1c4af02958c817fa3846a09f1cd47a4df0c0915a..3742c178b9c2468c9c81370e39f2722ba4535970 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ import (
 	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
 )
 
-// The starting nonce determines the default nonce when new accounts are being
-// created.
-var StartingNonce uint64
-
 // Trie cache generation limit after which to evic trie nodes from memory.
 var MaxTrieCacheGen = uint16(120)
 
@@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ func (self *StateDB) GetNonce(addr common.Address) uint64 {
 		return stateObject.Nonce()
 	}
 
-	return StartingNonce
+	return 0
 }
 
 func (self *StateDB) GetCode(addr common.Address) []byte {
@@ -423,7 +419,7 @@ func (self *StateDB) MarkStateObjectDirty(addr common.Address) {
 func (self *StateDB) createObject(addr common.Address) (newobj, prev *StateObject) {
 	prev = self.GetStateObject(addr)
 	newobj = newObject(self, addr, Account{}, self.MarkStateObjectDirty)
-	newobj.setNonce(StartingNonce) // sets the object to dirty
+	newobj.setNonce(0) // sets the object to dirty
 	if prev == nil {
 		if glog.V(logger.Core) {
 			glog.Infof("(+) %x\n", addr)
diff --git a/light/state.go b/light/state.go
index 88f60efbbe37b467be8a6187cdd8dcdd0d4c8883..3c38f165b190a3987c148281c1fcc0246913b3e5 100644
--- a/light/state.go
+++ b/light/state.go
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
-// StartingNonce determines the default nonce when new accounts are being created.
-var StartingNonce uint64
-
 // LightState is a memory representation of a state.
 // This version is ODR capable, caching only the already accessed part of the
 // state, retrieving unknown parts on-demand from the ODR backend. Changes are
@@ -238,7 +235,7 @@ func (self *LightState) newStateObject(addr common.Address) *StateObject {
 	}
 
 	stateObject := NewStateObject(addr, self.odr)
-	stateObject.SetNonce(StartingNonce)
+	stateObject.SetNonce(0)
 	self.stateObjects[addr.Str()] = stateObject
 
 	return stateObject
diff --git a/mobile/geth.go b/mobile/geth.go
index e209b667ca538c645fce3786a168466293dc2a95..738c0c548570ebc440423b77881fab4055619963 100644
--- a/mobile/geth.go
+++ b/mobile/geth.go
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethclient"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/les"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/light"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/nat"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
@@ -63,10 +61,6 @@ type NodeConfig struct {
 	// empty genesis state is equivalent to using the mainnet's state.
 	EthereumGenesis string
 
-	// EthereumTestnetNonces specifies whether to use account nonces from the testnet
-	// range (2^20) or from the mainnet one (0).
-	EthereumTestnetNonces bool
-
 	// EthereumDatabaseCache is the system memory in MB to allocate for database caching.
 	// A minimum of 16MB is always reserved.
 	EthereumDatabaseCache int
@@ -151,10 +145,6 @@ func NewNode(datadir string, config *NodeConfig) (*Node, error) {
 			GpobaseStepUp:           100,
 			GpobaseCorrectionFactor: 110,
 		}
-		if config.EthereumTestnetNonces {
-			state.StartingNonce = 1048576 // (2**20)
-			light.StartingNonce = 1048576 // (2**20)
-		}
 		if err := stack.Register(func(ctx *node.ServiceContext) (node.Service, error) {
 			return les.New(ctx, ethConf)
 		}); err != nil {