diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BitcoinSerializer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BitcoinSerializer.java
index c8e02e6a7..492fd130b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BitcoinSerializer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BitcoinSerializer.java
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public class BitcoinSerializer extends MessageSerializer {
      */
     @Override
     public Message makeBloomFilter(ByteBuffer payload) throws ProtocolException {
-        return new BloomFilter(params, payload);
+        return new BloomFilter(payload);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BloomFilter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BloomFilter.java
index 48b9c2045..82dcc6751 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BloomFilter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BloomFilter.java
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ public class BloomFilter extends Message {
     /**
      * Construct a BloomFilter by deserializing payload
      */
-    public BloomFilter(NetworkParameters params, ByteBuffer payload) throws ProtocolException {
-        super(params, payload);
+    public BloomFilter(ByteBuffer payload) throws ProtocolException {
+        super(payload);
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/integration-test/src/test/java/org/bitcoinj/core/PeerGroupTest.java b/integration-test/src/test/java/org/bitcoinj/core/PeerGroupTest.java
index c5762ae74..8239a5f3a 100644
--- a/integration-test/src/test/java/org/bitcoinj/core/PeerGroupTest.java
+++ b/integration-test/src/test/java/org/bitcoinj/core/PeerGroupTest.java
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ public class PeerGroupTest extends TestWithPeerGroup {
         // Send the chain that doesn't have all the transactions in it. The blocks after the exhaustion point should all
         // be ignored.
         int epoch = wallet.getKeyChainGroupCombinedKeyLookaheadEpochs();
-        BloomFilter filter = new BloomFilter(UNITTEST, ByteBuffer.wrap(p1.lastReceivedFilter.bitcoinSerialize()));
+        BloomFilter filter = new BloomFilter(ByteBuffer.wrap(p1.lastReceivedFilter.bitcoinSerialize()));
         filterAndSend(p1, blocks, filter);
         Block exhaustionPoint = blocks.get(3);
         pingAndWait(p1);