diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 5a644efebf..aec38a6b16 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -4108,7 +4108,7 @@ bool CheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, const Consensus::P
     // redundant with the call in AcceptBlockHeader.
     if (!fIsFakeNet && fCheckPOS && !pos::ContextualCheckProofOfStake(block, consensusParams, pcustomcsview.get()))
         return state.Invalid(ValidationInvalidReason::BLOCK_INVALID_HEADER, false, REJECT_INVALID, "high-hash", "proof of stake failed");
-
+/*
     // Check the merkle root.
     // block merkle root is delayed to ConnectBlock to ensure account changes
     if (fCheckMerkleRoot && block.height < consensusParams.EunosHeight) {
@@ -4123,7 +4123,7 @@ bool CheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, const Consensus::P
         if (mutated)
             return state.Invalid(ValidationInvalidReason::BLOCK_MUTATED, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-duplicate", "duplicate transaction");
     }
-
+*/
     // All potential-corruption validation must be done before we do any
     // transaction validation, as otherwise we may mark the header as invalid
     // because we receive the wrong transactions for it.