diff --git a/consensus/consensus-types/src/pipelined_block.rs b/consensus/consensus-types/src/pipelined_block.rs
index 375dd93a0a1cf..67a972757fe8a 100644
--- a/consensus/consensus-types/src/pipelined_block.rs
+++ b/consensus/consensus-types/src/pipelined_block.rs
@@ -62,14 +62,12 @@ impl Serialize for PipelinedBlock {
         struct SerializedBlock<'a> {
             block: &'a Block,
             input_transactions: &'a Vec<SignedTransaction>,
-            state_compute_result: &'a StateComputeResult,
             randomness: Option<&'a Randomness>,
         }
 
         let serialized = SerializedBlock {
             block: &self.block,
             input_transactions: &self.input_transactions,
-            state_compute_result: &self.state_compute_result,
             randomness: self.randomness.get(),
         };
         serialized.serialize(serializer)
@@ -86,21 +84,19 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for PipelinedBlock {
         struct SerializedBlock {
             block: Block,
             input_transactions: Vec<SignedTransaction>,
-            state_compute_result: StateComputeResult,
             randomness: Option<Randomness>,
         }
 
         let SerializedBlock {
             block,
             input_transactions,
-            state_compute_result,
             randomness,
         } = SerializedBlock::deserialize(deserializer)?;
 
         let block = PipelinedBlock {
             block,
             input_transactions,
-            state_compute_result,
+            state_compute_result: StateComputeResult::new_dummy(),
             randomness: OnceCell::new(),
             pipeline_insertion_time: OnceCell::new(),
             execution_summary: Arc::new(OnceCell::new()),