diff --git a/config_full.json.example b/config_full.json.example
index a7fdd5bab..9dba8f539 100644
--- a/config_full.json.example
+++ b/config_full.json.example
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
         "enabled": false,
         "process_throttle_secs": 3600,
         "calculate_since_number_of_days": 2,
-        "total_capital_in_stake_currency": 0.5,
         "allowed_risk": 0.01,
         "stoploss_range_min": -0.01,
         "stoploss_range_max": -0.1,
diff --git a/docs/edge.md b/docs/edge.md
index dc4fda72a..cfb95b936 100644
--- a/docs/edge.md
+++ b/docs/edge.md
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ Allowed capital at risk is calculated as follows:
 
 **allowed capital at risk** = **total capital** X **allowed risk per trade**
 
+**total capital** is your stake amount.
+
 **Stoploss** is calculated as described above against historical data.
 
 Your position size then will be:
@@ -89,8 +91,7 @@ Your position size then will be:
 **position size** = **allowed capital at risk** / **stoploss**
 
 Example:
-Let's say your total capital is 3 ETH, you would allow 1% of risk for each trade. thus your allowed capital at risk would be **3 x 0.01 = 0.03 ETH**. Let's assume Edge has calculated that for **XLM/ETH** market your stoploss should be at 2%. So your position size will be **0.03 / 0.02= 1.5ETH**.<br/>
-**Notice:** if Edge is enabled, the stake_amount config is overriden by total_capital_in_stake_currency config explained below (see configuration part)
+Let's say your stake amount is 3 ETH, you would allow 1% of risk for each trade. thus your allowed capital at risk would be **3 x 0.01 = 0.03 ETH**. Let's assume Edge has calculated that for **XLM/ETH** market your stoploss should be at 2%. So your position size will be **0.03 / 0.02= 1.5ETH**.<br/>
 
 ## Configurations
 Edge has following configurations:
@@ -108,9 +109,6 @@ Number of days of data against which Edge calculates Win Rate, Risk Reward and E
 Note that it downloads historical data so increasing this number would lead to slowing down the bot<br/>
 (default to 7)
 
-#### total_capital_in_stake_currency
-This your total capital at risk in your stake currency. If edge is enabled then stake_amount is ignored in favor of this parameter
-
 #### allowed_risk
 Percentage of allowed risk per trade<br/>
 (default to 1%)
diff --git a/freqtrade/constants.py b/freqtrade/constants.py
index d37e78687..b7c069c45 100644
--- a/freqtrade/constants.py
+++ b/freqtrade/constants.py
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ CONF_SCHEMA = {
                 "enabled": {'type': 'boolean'},
                 "process_throttle_secs": {'type': 'integer', 'minimum': 600},
                 "calculate_since_number_of_days": {'type': 'integer'},
-                "total_capital_in_stake_currency": {'type': 'number'},
                 "allowed_risk": {'type': 'number'},
                 "stoploss_range_min": {'type': 'number'},
                 "stoploss_range_max": {'type': 'number'},
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py b/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
index b93140860..487d0d150 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ def edge_conf(default_conf):
         "enabled": True,
         "process_throttle_secs": 1800,
         "calculate_since_number_of_days": 14,
-        "total_capital_in_stake_currency": 0.5,
+        #"total_capital_in_stake_currency": 0.5,
         "allowed_risk": 0.01,
         "stoploss_range_min": -0.01,
         "stoploss_range_max": -0.1,