1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 3809eb3dd7..f4bb5ce95d 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -1457,13 +1457,6 @@ static UniValue addwitnessaddress(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             "Projects should transition to using the address_type argument of getnewaddress, or option -addresstype=[bech32|p2sh-segwit] instead.\n");
     }
 
-    {
-        LOCK(cs_main);
-        if (!IsWitnessEnabled(chainActive.Tip(), Params().GetConsensus()) && !gArgs.GetBoolArg("-walletprematurewitness", false)) {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Segregated witness not enabled on network");
-        }
-    }
-
     CTxDestination dest = DecodeDestination(request.params[0].get_str());
     if (!IsValidDestination(dest)) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Invalid Bitcoin address");