diff --git a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
--- a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
@@ -559,7 +559,6 @@
     // mergedTx will end up with all the signatures; it starts as a clone of the
     // raw tx:
     CMutableTransaction mergedTx(txVariants[0]);
-    bool fComplete = true;
     CCoinsView viewDummy;
     CCoinsViewCache view(&viewDummy);
 
@@ -656,7 +655,6 @@
         CTxIn &txin = mergedTx.vin[i];
         const Coin &coin = view.AccessCoin(txin.prevout);
         if (coin.IsSpent()) {
-            fComplete = false;
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -681,17 +679,6 @@
         }
 
         UpdateTransaction(mergedTx, i, sigdata);
-
-        if (!VerifyScript(
-                txin.scriptSig, prevPubKey, STANDARD_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS,
-                MutableTransactionSignatureChecker(&mergedTx, i, amount))) {
-            fComplete = false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (fComplete) {
-        // do nothing... for now
-        // perhaps store this for later optional JSON output
     }
 
     tx = mergedTx;