diff --git a/src/core_read.cpp b/src/core_read.cpp
--- a/src/core_read.cpp
+++ b/src/core_read.cpp
@@ -180,29 +180,6 @@
     return result;
 }
 
-// Check that all of the input and output scripts of a transaction contains
-// valid opcodes
-bool CheckTxScriptsSanity(const CMutableTransaction &tx) {
-    // Check input scripts for non-coinbase txs
-    if (!CTransaction(tx).IsCoinBase()) {
-        for (const auto &i : tx.vin) {
-            if (!i.scriptSig.HasValidOps() ||
-                i.scriptSig.size() > MAX_SCRIPT_SIZE) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    // Check output scripts
-    for (const auto &o : tx.vout) {
-        if (!o.scriptPubKey.HasValidOps() ||
-            o.scriptPubKey.size() > MAX_SCRIPT_SIZE) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool DecodeHexTx(CMutableTransaction &tx, const std::string &strHexTx) {
     if (!IsHex(strHexTx)) {
         return false;
@@ -213,7 +190,7 @@
     CDataStream ssData(txData, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
     try {
         ssData >> tx;
-        if (ssData.eof() && CheckTxScriptsSanity(tx)) {
+        if (ssData.eof()) {
             return true;
         }
     } catch (const std::exception &e) {
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py b/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from io import BytesIO
-from test_framework.messages import CTransaction, ToHex
+from test_framework.messages import (
+    COutPoint,
+    CTransaction,
+    CTxIn,
+    CTxOut,
+    ToHex,
+)
+from test_framework.script import CScript
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.txtools import pad_raw_tx
 from test_framework.util import (
@@ -491,6 +498,29 @@
         decrawtx = self.nodes[0].decoderawtransaction(rawtx)
         assert_equal(decrawtx['version'], 0x7fffffff)
 
+        ##########################################
+        # Decoding weird scripts in transactions #
+        ##########################################
+
+        self.log.info('Decode correctly-formatted but weird transactions')
+        tx = CTransaction()
+        # empty
+        self.nodes[0].decoderawtransaction(ToHex(tx))
+        # truncated push
+        tx.vin.append(CTxIn(COutPoint(42, 0), b'\x4e\x00\x00'))
+        tx.vin.append(CTxIn(COutPoint(42, 0), b'\x4c\x10TRUNC'))
+        tx.vout.append(CTxOut(0, b'\x4e\x00\x00'))
+        tx.vout.append(CTxOut(0, b'\x4c\x10TRUNC'))
+        self.nodes[0].decoderawtransaction(ToHex(tx))
+        # giant pushes and long scripts
+        tx.vin.append(CTxIn(COutPoint(42, 0), CScript([b'giant push'*10000])))
+        tx.vout.append(CTxOut(0, CScript([b'giant push'*10000])))
+        self.nodes[0].decoderawtransaction(ToHex(tx))
+
+        self.log.info('Refuse garbage after transaction')
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-22, 'TX decode failed',
+                                self.nodes[0].decoderawtransaction, ToHex(tx) + '00')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     RawTransactionsTest().main()