diff --git a/changes/cleanup22213 b/changes/cleanup22213
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d100aeec5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/cleanup22213
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Code simplification and refactoring:
+    - Remove unused "ROUTER_ADDED_NOTIFY_GENERATOR" internal value.
+      Resolves ticket 22213.
+
diff --git a/src/or/directory.c b/src/or/directory.c
index c1db40ef22..da92e0f897 100644
--- a/src/or/directory.c
+++ b/src/or/directory.c
@@ -4467,14 +4467,7 @@ directory_handle_command_post,(dir_connection_t *conn, const char *headers,
                                              conn->base_.address, &msg);
     tor_assert(msg);
 
-    if (r == ROUTER_ADDED_NOTIFY_GENERATOR) {
-      /* Accepted with a message. */
-      log_info(LD_DIRSERV,
-               "Problematic router descriptor or extra-info from %s "
-               "(\"%s\").",
-               conn->base_.address, msg);
-      write_http_status_line(conn, 400, msg);
-    } else if (r == ROUTER_ADDED_SUCCESSFULLY) {
+    if (r == ROUTER_ADDED_SUCCESSFULLY) {
       write_http_status_line(conn, 200, msg);
     } else if (WRA_WAS_OUTDATED(r)) {
       write_http_response_header_impl(conn, -1, NULL, NULL,
diff --git a/src/or/or.h b/src/or/or.h
index 9027f312f9..297ec47fc1 100644
--- a/src/or/or.h
+++ b/src/or/or.h
@@ -5331,8 +5331,6 @@ typedef enum {
 typedef enum was_router_added_t {
   /* Router was added successfully. */
   ROUTER_ADDED_SUCCESSFULLY = 1,
-  /* Router descriptor was added with warnings to submitter. */
-  ROUTER_ADDED_NOTIFY_GENERATOR = 0,
   /* Extrainfo document was rejected because no corresponding router
    * descriptor was found OR router descriptor was rejected because
    * it was incompatible with its extrainfo document. */
diff --git a/src/or/routerlist.h b/src/or/routerlist.h
index 25b2f64350..e0ed4e623a 100644
--- a/src/or/routerlist.h
+++ b/src/or/routerlist.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static int WRA_NEVER_DOWNLOADABLE(was_router_added_t s);
  */
 static inline int
 WRA_WAS_ADDED(was_router_added_t s) {
-  return s == ROUTER_ADDED_SUCCESSFULLY || s == ROUTER_ADDED_NOTIFY_GENERATOR;
+  return s == ROUTER_ADDED_SUCCESSFULLY;
 }
 /** Return true iff the outcome code in <b>s</b> indicates that the descriptor
  * was not added because it was either: