diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -5019,18 +5019,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    // Reduce validity flag and have-data flags.
-    // We do this after actual disconnecting, otherwise we'll end up writing the
-    // lack of data to disk before writing the chainstate, resulting in a
-    // failure to continue if interrupted.
-    for (const auto &entry : mapBlockIndex) {
-        CBlockIndex *pindexIter = entry.second;
-        if (pindexIter->IsValid(BlockValidity::TRANSACTIONS) &&
-            pindexIter->HaveTxsDownloaded()) {
-            setBlockIndexCandidates.insert(pindexIter);
-        }
-    }
-
     if (chainActive.Tip() != nullptr) {
         // We can't prune block index candidates based on our tip if we have
         // no tip due to chainActive being empty!