diff --git a/accounts/manager.go b/accounts/manager.go
index 24c4eac3cf..f5e39a7fb9 100644
--- a/accounts/manager.go
+++ b/accounts/manager.go
@@ -52,9 +52,14 @@ type Manager struct {
 	lock sync.RWMutex
 }
 
+// Config is a legacy struct which is not used
+type Config struct {
+	InsecureUnlockAllowed bool // Unused legacy-parameter
+}
+
 // NewManager creates a generic account manager to sign transaction via various
 // supported backends.
-func NewManager(backends ...Backend) *Manager {
+func NewManager(config *Config, backends ...Backend) *Manager {
 	// Retrieve the initial list of wallets from the backends and sort by URL
 	var wallets []Wallet
 	for _, backend := range backends {
diff --git a/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go b/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
index 78f6812789..b564fa3b57 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/accountcmd.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ nodes.
 // makeAccountManager creates an account manager with backends
 func makeAccountManager(ctx *cli.Context) *accounts.Manager {
 	cfg := loadBaseConfig(ctx)
-	am := accounts.NewManager()
+	am := accounts.NewManager(nil)
 	keydir, isEphemeral, err := cfg.Node.GetKeyStoreDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.Fatalf("Failed to get the keystore directory: %v", err)
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
index e5d0243907..f570c5dc4c 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ func allBlobTxs(addr common.Address, config *params.ChainConfig) []txData {
 func newTestAccountManager(t *testing.T) (*accounts.Manager, accounts.Account) {
 	var (
 		dir        = t.TempDir()
-		am         = accounts.NewManager()
+		am         = accounts.NewManager(nil)
 		b          = keystore.NewKeyStore(dir, 2, 1)
 		testKey, _ = crypto.HexToECDSA("b71c71a67e1177ad4e901695e1b4b9ee17ae16c6668d313eac2f96dbcda3f291")
 	)
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index fb94475121..ec7382e725 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func New(conf *Config) (*Node, error) {
 	node.keyDirTemp = isEphem
 	// Creates an empty AccountManager with no backends. Callers (e.g. cmd/geth)
 	// are required to add the backends later on.
-	node.accman = accounts.NewManager()
+	node.accman = accounts.NewManager(nil)
 
 	// Initialize the p2p server. This creates the node key and discovery databases.
 	node.server.Config.PrivateKey = node.config.NodeKey()
diff --git a/signer/core/api.go b/signer/core/api.go
index 9280431603..def2d6041f 100644
--- a/signer/core/api.go
+++ b/signer/core/api.go
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ func StartClefAccountManager(ksLocation string, nousb, lightKDF bool, scpath str
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	// Clef doesn't allow insecure http account unlock.
-	return accounts.NewManager(backends...)
+	return accounts.NewManager(nil, backends...)
 }
 
 // MetadataFromContext extracts Metadata from a given context.Context