diff --git a/lib/block-listeners/cosmos-node-subscription.js b/lib/block-listeners/cosmos-node-subscription.js
index 217e4c32d9..0bfa2d0400 100644
--- a/lib/block-listeners/cosmos-node-subscription.js
+++ b/lib/block-listeners/cosmos-node-subscription.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const {
 const Sentry = require('@sentry/node')
 const database = require('../database')
 const config = require('../../config.js')
-const { pollForValidators } = require('./emoney-release-validators-poller')
 
 const POLLING_INTERVAL = 1000
 const EXPECTED_MAX_BLOCK_WINDOW = 120000
@@ -32,15 +31,6 @@ class CosmosNodeSubscription {
   }
 
   async pollForNewBlock() {
-    if (this.network.id === `emoney-mainnet`) {
-      const validators = await pollForValidators(this.network)
-      if (!validators || validators.length <= 0) {
-        setTimeout(async () => {
-          this.pollForNewBlock()
-        }, POLLING_INTERVAL)
-        return
-      }
-    }
     const cosmosAPI = new this.CosmosApiClass(this.network, this.store)
     await this.checkForNewBlock(cosmosAPI)
 
diff --git a/lib/block-listeners/emoney-release-validators-poller.js b/lib/block-listeners/emoney-release-validators-poller.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 208c9e8d59..0000000000
--- a/lib/block-listeners/emoney-release-validators-poller.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-async function pollForValidators(eMoneyNetwork) {
-  const { result } = await global.fetch(
-    `${eMoneyNetwork.api_url}/staking/validators`
-  )
-  return result
-}
-
-module.exports = { pollForValidators }