diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 8cb8cc2cbde9a1..5980745cf87267 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2711,7 +2711,6 @@ void CChainState::UpdateTip(const CBlockIndex* pindexNew)
     assert(std::addressof(::ChainstateActive()) == std::addressof(*this));
     if (!this->IsInitialBlockDownload())
     {
-        int nUpgraded = 0;
         const CBlockIndex* pindex = pindexNew;
         for (int bit = 0; bit < VERSIONBITS_NUM_BITS; bit++) {
             WarningBitsConditionChecker checker(bit);
@@ -2725,16 +2724,6 @@ void CChainState::UpdateTip(const CBlockIndex* pindexNew)
                 }
             }
         }
-        // Check the version of the last 100 blocks to see if we need to upgrade:
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100 && pindex != nullptr; i++)
-        {
-            int32_t nExpectedVersion = ComputeBlockVersion(pindex->pprev, m_params.GetConsensus());
-            if (pindex->nVersion > VERSIONBITS_LAST_OLD_BLOCK_VERSION && (pindex->nVersion & ~nExpectedVersion) != 0)
-                ++nUpgraded;
-            pindex = pindex->pprev;
-        }
-        if (nUpgraded > 0)
-            AppendWarning(warningMessages, strprintf(_("%d of last 100 blocks have unexpected version").translated, nUpgraded));
     }
     assert(std::addressof(::ChainstateActive()) == std::addressof(*this));
     LogPrintf("%s: new best=%s height=%d version=0x%08x log2_work=%.8g tx=%lu date='%s' progress=%f cache=%.1fMiB(%utxo) evodb_cache=%.1fMiB%s\n", __func__,