diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
index 5f2530431..afbcff3b6 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
@@ -263,8 +263,6 @@ class Exchange:
         except ccxt.BaseError as e:
             raise OperationalException(f"Initialization of ccxt failed. Reason: {e}") from e
 
-        self.set_sandbox(api, exchange_config, name)
-
         return api
 
     @property
@@ -465,16 +463,6 @@ class Exchange:
         return amount_to_contract_precision(amount, self.get_precision_amount(pair),
                                             self.precisionMode, contract_size)
 
-    def set_sandbox(self, api: ccxt.Exchange, exchange_config: dict, name: str) -> None:
-        if exchange_config.get('sandbox'):
-            if api.urls.get('test'):
-                api.urls['api'] = api.urls['test']
-                logger.info("Enabled Sandbox API on %s", name)
-            else:
-                logger.warning(
-                    f"No Sandbox URL in CCXT for {name}, exiting. Please check your config.json")
-                raise OperationalException(f'Exchange {name} does not provide a sandbox api')
-
     def _load_async_markets(self, reload: bool = False) -> None:
         try:
             if self._api_async:
diff --git a/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py b/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
index 289a67c4a..cba58c825 100644
--- a/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
+++ b/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
@@ -556,41 +556,6 @@ def test_get_min_pair_stake_amount_real_data(mocker, default_conf) -> None:
     assert result == 4000
 
 
-def test_set_sandbox(default_conf, mocker):
-    """
-    Test working scenario
-    """
-    api_mock = MagicMock()
-    api_mock.load_markets = MagicMock(return_value={
-        'ETH/BTC': '', 'LTC/BTC': '', 'XRP/BTC': '', 'NEO/BTC': ''
-    })
-    url_mock = PropertyMock(return_value={'test': "api-public.sandbox.gdax.com",
-                                          'api': 'https://api.gdax.com'})
-    type(api_mock).urls = url_mock
-    exchange = get_patched_exchange(mocker, default_conf, api_mock)
-    liveurl = exchange._api.urls['api']
-    default_conf['exchange']['sandbox'] = True
-    exchange.set_sandbox(exchange._api, default_conf['exchange'], 'Logname')
-    assert exchange._api.urls['api'] != liveurl
-
-
-def test_set_sandbox_exception(default_conf, mocker):
-    """
-    Test Fail scenario
-    """
-    api_mock = MagicMock()
-    api_mock.load_markets = MagicMock(return_value={
-        'ETH/BTC': '', 'LTC/BTC': '', 'XRP/BTC': '', 'NEO/BTC': ''
-    })
-    url_mock = PropertyMock(return_value={'api': 'https://api.gdax.com'})
-    type(api_mock).urls = url_mock
-
-    with pytest.raises(OperationalException, match=r'does not provide a sandbox api'):
-        exchange = get_patched_exchange(mocker, default_conf, api_mock)
-        default_conf['exchange']['sandbox'] = True
-        exchange.set_sandbox(exchange._api, default_conf['exchange'], 'Logname')
-
-
 def test__load_async_markets(default_conf, mocker, caplog):
     mocker.patch(f'{EXMS}._init_ccxt')
     mocker.patch(f'{EXMS}.validate_pairs')