diff --git a/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp b/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
--- a/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
@@ -461,7 +461,9 @@
                                      flags, true, true, txdata, nSigChecksDummy,
                                      nullptr, &sigchecklimiter2));
             BOOST_CHECK(!sigchecklimiter2.check());
-            BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(state2.GetRejectReason(), "too-many-sigchecks");
+            BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(state2.GetRejectReason(),
+                              "non-mandatory-script-verify-flag (Validation "
+                              "resources exceeded (SigChecks))");
 
             /**
              * A slightly more permissive limiter (just enough) passes, and
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1294,13 +1294,6 @@
         if (pvChecks) {
             pvChecks->push_back(std::move(check));
         } else if (!check()) {
-            if (pLimitSigChecks && !pLimitSigChecks->check()) {
-                // It's not a script error to overrun the limit, and we just
-                // reject it as nonstandard.
-                return state.Invalid(false, REJECT_NONSTANDARD,
-                                     strprintf("too-many-sigchecks"));
-            }
-
             ScriptError scriptError = check.GetScriptError();
             // Compute flags without the optional standardness flags.
             // This differs from MANDATORY_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS as it contains