diff --git a/freqtrade/data/converter.py b/freqtrade/data/converter.py
index 67f8712a0..baacbb948 100644
--- a/freqtrade/data/converter.py
+++ b/freqtrade/data/converter.py
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def ohlcv_to_dataframe(ohlcv: list, timeframe: str, pair: str, *,
-                       fill_missing: bool = True, drop_incomplete: bool = True,
-                       candle_type: Optional[str] = "") -> DataFrame:
+                       fill_missing: bool = True, drop_incomplete: bool = True) -> DataFrame:
     """
     Converts a list with candle (OHLCV) data (in format returned by ccxt.fetch_ohlcv)
     to a Dataframe
@@ -43,14 +42,12 @@ def ohlcv_to_dataframe(ohlcv: list, timeframe: str, pair: str, *,
                           'volume': 'float'})
     return clean_ohlcv_dataframe(df, timeframe, pair,
                                  fill_missing=fill_missing,
-                                 drop_incomplete=drop_incomplete,
-                                 candle_type=candle_type)
+                                 drop_incomplete=drop_incomplete)
 
 
 def clean_ohlcv_dataframe(data: DataFrame, timeframe: str, pair: str, *,
                           fill_missing: bool = True,
-                          drop_incomplete: bool = True,
-                          candle_type: Optional[str] = "") -> DataFrame:
+                          drop_incomplete: bool = True) -> DataFrame:
     """
     Cleanse a OHLCV dataframe by
       * Grouping it by date (removes duplicate tics)
@@ -78,17 +75,12 @@ def clean_ohlcv_dataframe(data: DataFrame, timeframe: str, pair: str, *,
         logger.debug('Dropping last candle')
 
     if fill_missing:
-        return ohlcv_fill_up_missing_data(data, timeframe, pair, candle_type)
+        return ohlcv_fill_up_missing_data(data, timeframe, pair)
     else:
         return data
 
 
-def ohlcv_fill_up_missing_data(
-    dataframe: DataFrame,
-    timeframe: str,
-    pair: str,
-    candle_type: Optional[str] = ""
-) -> DataFrame:
+def ohlcv_fill_up_missing_data(dataframe: DataFrame, timeframe: str, pair: str) -> DataFrame:
     """
     Fills up missing data with 0 volume rows,
     using the previous close as price for "open", "high" "low" and "close", volume is set to 0
diff --git a/freqtrade/data/history/history_utils.py b/freqtrade/data/history/history_utils.py
index fc14474f9..de58c8d0f 100644
--- a/freqtrade/data/history/history_utils.py
+++ b/freqtrade/data/history/history_utils.py
@@ -204,16 +204,14 @@ def _download_pair_history(pair: str, *,
                                                )
         # TODO: Maybe move parsing to exchange class (?)
         new_dataframe = ohlcv_to_dataframe(new_data, timeframe, pair,
-                                           fill_missing=False, drop_incomplete=True,
-                                           candle_type=candle_type)
+                                           fill_missing=False, drop_incomplete=True)
         if data.empty:
             data = new_dataframe
         else:
             # Run cleaning again to ensure there were no duplicate candles
             # Especially between existing and new data.
             data = clean_ohlcv_dataframe(data.append(new_dataframe), timeframe, pair,
-                                         fill_missing=False, drop_incomplete=False,
-                                         candle_type=candle_type)
+                                         fill_missing=False, drop_incomplete=False)
 
         logger.debug("New  Start: %s",
                      f"{data.iloc[0]['date']:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}" if not data.empty else 'None')
diff --git a/freqtrade/data/history/idatahandler.py b/freqtrade/data/history/idatahandler.py
index debdb43b7..7631d76ac 100644
--- a/freqtrade/data/history/idatahandler.py
+++ b/freqtrade/data/history/idatahandler.py
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ class IDataHandler(ABC):
                                            pair=pair,
                                            fill_missing=fill_missing,
                                            drop_incomplete=(drop_incomplete and
-                                                            enddate == pairdf.iloc[-1]['date']),
-                                           candle_type=candle_type)
+                                                            enddate == pairdf.iloc[-1]['date']))
             self._check_empty_df(pairdf, pair, timeframe, warn_no_data, candle_type=candle_type)
             return pairdf
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
index 2cf267b7c..985fc702f 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import http
 import inspect
 import logging
 from copy import deepcopy
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from math import ceil
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
@@ -1339,8 +1339,7 @@ class Exchange:
         """
         ticks = self.get_historic_ohlcv(pair, timeframe, since_ms=since_ms)
         return ohlcv_to_dataframe(ticks, timeframe, pair=pair, fill_missing=True,
-                                  drop_incomplete=self._ohlcv_partial_candle,
-                                  candle_type=candle_type)
+                                  drop_incomplete=self._ohlcv_partial_candle)
 
     async def _async_get_historic_ohlcv(self, pair: str, timeframe: str,
                                         since_ms: int, is_new_pair: bool,
@@ -1441,8 +1440,7 @@ class Exchange:
             # keeping parsed dataframe in cache
             ohlcv_df = ohlcv_to_dataframe(
                 ticks, timeframe, pair=pair, fill_missing=True,
-                drop_incomplete=self._ohlcv_partial_candle,
-                candle_type=candle_type)
+                drop_incomplete=self._ohlcv_partial_candle)
             results_df[(pair, timeframe)] = ohlcv_df
             if cache:
                 self._klines[(pair, timeframe)] = ohlcv_df
@@ -1469,7 +1467,9 @@ class Exchange:
     ) -> Tuple[str, str, List]:
         """
         Asynchronously get candle history data using fetch_ohlcv
-        :param candle_type: "mark" if retrieving the mark price cnadles, "index" for index price candles
+        :param candle_type:
+            "mark" if retrieving the mark price cnadles
+            "index" for index price candles
         returns tuple: (pair, timeframe, ohlcv_list)
         """
         try: