diff --git a/src/consensus/consensus.h b/src/consensus/consensus.h
--- a/src/consensus/consensus.h
+++ b/src/consensus/consensus.h
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 static const uint64_t LEGACY_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE = ONE_MEGABYTE;
 /** Default setting for maximum allowed size for a block, in bytes */
 static const uint64_t DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE = 32 * ONE_MEGABYTE;
-/**
- * The maximum allowed number of parsed signature check operations (SigOps)
- * per MB in a block (network rule).
- */
-static const int64_t MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS_PER_MB = 20000;
 /** allowed number of signature check operations (sigops) per transaction. */
 static const uint64_t MAX_TX_SIGOPS_COUNT = 20000;
 /** Allowed number of signature check operations per transaction. */
@@ -46,17 +41,6 @@
 /** Use GetMedianTimePast() instead of nTime for end point timestamp. */
 static constexpr unsigned int LOCKTIME_MEDIAN_TIME_PAST = (1 << 1);
 
-/**
- * Compute the maximum number of sigops operation that can contained in a block
- * given the block size as parameter. It is computed by multiplying
- * MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS_PER_MB by the size of the block in MB rounded up to the
- * closest integer.
- */
-inline uint64_t GetMaxBlockSigOpsCount(uint64_t blockSize) {
-    auto nMbRoundedUp = 1 + ((blockSize - 1) / ONE_MEGABYTE);
-    return nMbRoundedUp * MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS_PER_MB;
-}
-
 /**
  * Compute the maximum number of sigchecks that can be contained in a block
  * given the MAXIMUM block size as parameter. The maximum sigchecks scale
diff --git a/src/policy/policy.h b/src/policy/policy.h
--- a/src/policy/policy.h
+++ b/src/policy/policy.h
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@
 /**
  * Default for -bytespersigop .
  */
-static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BYTES_PER_SIGOP =
-    1000000 / MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS_PER_MB;
+static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BYTES_PER_SIGOP = 50;
 /** Default for -permitbaremultisig */
 static const bool DEFAULT_PERMIT_BAREMULTISIG = true;
 /**
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1709,12 +1709,6 @@
     Amount nFees = Amount::zero();
     int nInputs = 0;
 
-    // Sigops counting. We need to do it again because of P2SH.
-    uint64_t nSigOpsCount = 0;
-    const uint64_t currentBlockSize =
-        ::GetSerializeSize(block, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
-    const uint64_t nMaxSigOpsCount = GetMaxBlockSigOpsCount(currentBlockSize);
-
     // Limit the total executed signature operations in the block, a consensus
     // rule. Tracking during the CPU-consuming part (validation of uncached
     // inputs) is per-input atomic and validation in each thread stops very
@@ -1780,12 +1774,6 @@
             return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txn-sigops");
         }
 
-        nSigOpsCount += txSigOpsCount;
-        if (nSigOpsCount > nMaxSigOpsCount) {
-            return state.DoS(100, error("ConnectBlock(): too many sigops"),
-                             REJECT_INVALID, "bad-blk-sigops");
-        }
-
         // The following checks do not apply to the coinbase.
         if (isCoinBase) {
             continue;
@@ -3703,10 +3691,6 @@
     const bool fIsMagneticAnomalyEnabled =
         IsMagneticAnomalyEnabled(params, pindexPrev);
 
-    // Keep track of the sigops count.
-    uint64_t nSigOps = 0;
-    const auto currentBlockSize = ::GetSerializeSize(block, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
-    auto nMaxSigOpsCount = GetMaxBlockSigOpsCount(currentBlockSize);
     // Note that pindexPrev may be null if reindexing genesis block.
     const auto scriptFlags = pindexPrev
                                  ? GetNextBlockScriptFlags(params, pindexPrev)
@@ -3750,11 +3734,6 @@
             return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txn-sigops",
                              false, "out-of-bounds SigOpCount");
         }
-        nSigOps += txSigOps;
-        if (nSigOps > nMaxSigOpsCount) {
-            return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-blk-sigops",
-                             false, "out-of-bounds SigOpCount");
-        }
 
         if (!ContextualCheckTransaction(params, tx, state, nHeight,
                                         nLockTimeCutoff, nMedianTimePast)) {