diff --git a/src/gui/qt-daemon/application/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gui/qt-daemon/application/mainwindow.cpp
index a7188846..dd8983f5 100644
--- a/src/gui/qt-daemon/application/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qt-daemon/application/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ QString MainWindow::restore_wallet(const QString& param)
   //return que_call2<view::restore_wallet_request>("restore_wallet", param, [this](const view::restore_wallet_request& owd, view::api_response& ar){
   PREPARE_ARG_FROM_JSON(view::restore_wallet_request, owd);
   PREPARE_RESPONSE(view::open_wallet_response, ar);
-  ar.error_code = m_backend.restore_wallet(epee::string_encoding::utf8_to_wstring(owd.path), owd.pass, owd.restore_key, owd.auditable_watch_only, ar.response_data);
+  ar.error_code = m_backend.restore_wallet(epee::string_encoding::utf8_to_wstring(owd.path), owd.pass, owd.restore_key, ar.response_data);
   return MAKE_RESPONSE(ar);
   CATCH_ENTRY_FAIL_API_RESPONCE();
 }
diff --git a/src/wallet/plain_wallet_api.cpp b/src/wallet/plain_wallet_api.cpp
index b4fee629..259fa4cb 100644
--- a/src/wallet/plain_wallet_api.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/plain_wallet_api.cpp
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ namespace plain_wallet
 
     std::string full_path = get_wallets_folder() + path;
     epee::json_rpc::response<view::open_wallet_response, epee::json_rpc::dummy_error> ok_response = AUTO_VAL_INIT(ok_response);
-    std::string rsp = inst_ptr->gwm.restore_wallet(epee::string_encoding::convert_to_unicode(full_path), password, seed, false, ok_response.result);
+    std::string rsp = inst_ptr->gwm.restore_wallet(epee::string_encoding::convert_to_unicode(full_path), password, seed, ok_response.result);
     if (rsp == API_RETURN_CODE_OK || rsp == API_RETURN_CODE_FILE_RESTORED)
     {
       if (rsp == API_RETURN_CODE_FILE_RESTORED)
diff --git a/src/wallet/view_iface.h b/src/wallet/view_iface.h
index b46c5ad5..29f5744c 100644
--- a/src/wallet/view_iface.h
+++ b/src/wallet/view_iface.h
@@ -422,13 +422,11 @@ public:
     std::string pass;
     std::string path;
     std::string restore_key;
-    bool auditable_watch_only;
 
     BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
       KV_SERIALIZE(pass)
       KV_SERIALIZE(path)
       KV_SERIALIZE(restore_key)
-      KV_SERIALIZE(auditable_watch_only)
     END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
   };
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallets_manager.cpp b/src/wallet/wallets_manager.cpp
index e90c779d..725c98d4 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallets_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallets_manager.cpp
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ void wallets_manager::get_gui_options(view::gui_options& opt)
 {
   opt = m_ui_opt;
 }
-std::string wallets_manager::restore_wallet(const std::wstring& path, const std::string& password, const std::string& restore_key, bool auditable_watch_only, view::open_wallet_response& owr)
+std::string wallets_manager::restore_wallet(const std::wstring& path, const std::string& password, const std::string& restore_key, view::open_wallet_response& owr)
 {
   std::shared_ptr<tools::wallet2> w(new tools::wallet2());
   w->set_use_deffered_global_outputs(m_use_deffered_global_outputs);
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ std::string wallets_manager::restore_wallet(const std::wstring& path, const std:
   currency::account_base acc;
   try
   {
+    bool auditable_watch_only = restore_key.find(':') != std::string::npos;
     w->restore(path, password, restore_key, auditable_watch_only);
     owr.seed = w->get_account().get_restore_braindata();
   }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallets_manager.h b/src/wallet/wallets_manager.h
index bd157257..64501642 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallets_manager.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallets_manager.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public:
   bool get_opened_wallets(std::list<view::open_wallet_response>& result);
   std::string open_wallet(const std::wstring& path, const std::string& password, uint64_t txs_to_return, view::open_wallet_response& owr);
   std::string generate_wallet(const std::wstring& path, const std::string& password, view::open_wallet_response& owr);
-  std::string restore_wallet(const std::wstring& path, const std::string& password, const std::string& restore_key, bool auditable_watch_only, view::open_wallet_response& owr);
+  std::string restore_wallet(const std::wstring& path, const std::string& password, const std::string& restore_key, view::open_wallet_response& owr);
   std::string invoke(uint64_t wallet_id, std::string params);
   std::string get_wallet_status(uint64_t wallet_id);
   std::string run_wallet(uint64_t wallet_id);