qa: Avoid start/stop of the network thread mid-test

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/feature_maxuploadtarget.py b/test/functional/feature_maxuploadtarget.py
index 0946f27b90..c413ecf705 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_maxuploadtarget.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_maxuploadtarget.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class MaxUploadTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         for _ in range(3):
             p2p_conns.append(self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(TestP2PConn()))
 
-        network_thread_start()
         for p2pc in p2p_conns:
             p2pc.wait_for_verack()
 
@@ -148,8 +147,6 @@ class MaxUploadTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         # Reconnect to self.nodes[0]
         self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(TestP2PConn())
-
-        network_thread_start()
         self.nodes[0].p2p.wait_for_verack()
 
         #retrieve 20 blocks which should be enough to break the 1MB limit