diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index f17f45ce0..12bae6997 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ class CMainParams : public CChainParams {
         consensus.defaultAssumeValid = uint256S(
             "000000000000000003aadeae9dee37b8cb4838a866dae19b54854a0f039b03e0");
 
-        // Date and time (GMT): Saturday, October 10, 2020 4:00:00 PM
-        consensus.blsActivationTime = 1602345600;
-
         /**
          * The message start string is designed to be unlikely to occur in
          * normal data. The characters are rarely used upper ASCII, not valid as
@@ -201,9 +198,7 @@ class CTestNetParams : public CChainParams {
         consensus.defaultAssumeValid = uint256S(
             "000000000000030bee568d677b6b99ee7d2d00b25d1fe95df5e73b484f00c322");
 
-        // Date July 11, 2020, 4:00:00 pm GMT
-        //consensus.blsActivationTime = 1594483200;
-        consensus.blsActivationTime = 1595895427;
+
         diskMagic[0] = 0x0d;
         diskMagic[1] = 0x08;
         diskMagic[2] = 0x13;
@@ -281,9 +276,6 @@ class CRegTestParams : public CChainParams {
         // valid.
         consensus.defaultAssumeValid = uint256S("0x00");
 
-        // TBD
-        consensus.blsActivationTime = 1999999999;
-
         diskMagic[0] = 0xfa;
         diskMagic[1] = 0xbf;
         diskMagic[2] = 0xb5;
diff --git a/src/combine_transactions.cpp b/src/combine_transactions.cpp
index 1bfff704f..f0089356a 100644
--- a/src/combine_transactions.cpp
+++ b/src/combine_transactions.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ CMutableTransaction combine_transactions(const std::vector<CMutableTransaction>
     combined_sigs.push_back(uint8_t(sigHashType.getRawSigHashType()));
 
     cfinal << combined_sigs;
-    cfinal << OP_CHECKSIG; // do we need this?, check later
 
     // Push back vin now with new script
     vin.scriptSig = cfinal;
diff --git a/src/consensus/activation.cpp b/src/consensus/activation.cpp
index 1c39a129f..a6f03ad88 100644
--- a/src/consensus/activation.cpp
+++ b/src/consensus/activation.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,5 @@ bool IsBLSEnabled(const Config &config, const CBlockIndex *pindexPrev) {
   if (pindexPrev == nullptr) {
     return false;
   }
-  
-  return pindexPrev->GetMedianTimePast() >=
-  gArgs.GetArg(
-               "-blsactivationtime",
-               config.GetChainParams().GetConsensus().blsActivationTime);
+  return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/primitives/create_bls_transaction.cpp b/src/primitives/create_bls_transaction.cpp
index e3b51c0c6..1e1690da9 100644
--- a/src/primitives/create_bls_transaction.cpp
+++ b/src/primitives/create_bls_transaction.cpp
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ auto CreatePrivateTxWithSig(const std::vector<CKey>& keys,
         c << ToByteVector(pub); // Add random pubkeys to the last input
 
     c << aggSig;
-    c << OP_CHECKSIG; // since we have custom extraction not sure we actually
-                      // need this, check later
 
     // Put Agg Sig + Random Public Keys into the vin of the last input of the
     // tx.
diff --git a/src/script/standard.cpp b/src/script/standard.cpp
index a84a7e7db..32fc509e3 100644
--- a/src/script/standard.cpp
+++ b/src/script/standard.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ bool IsValidBLSScriptSize(const CScript &script) {
   auto script_size = script.size();
   //std::cout << "Script size = << " << script_size << "\n";
   if (script_size > CPubKey::BLS_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE+2) {
-    script_size -= (CPubKey::BLS_SIGNATURE_SIZE + 4);
+    script_size -= (CPubKey::BLS_SIGNATURE_SIZE + 3);
     return ((script_size % (CPubKey::BLS_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE+1) == 0));
   } else {
     return ((script.size() == CPubKey::BLS_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE+1) ||
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index c2ddbf562..4a73dab85 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -342,11 +342,6 @@ std::string FormatStateMessage(const CValidationState &state) {
         state.GetRejectCode());
 }
 
-static bool IsBLSEnabledForCurrentBlock(const Config &config) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main) {
-    AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
-    return IsBLSEnabled(config, chainActive.Tip());
-}
-
 // Used to avoid mempool polluting consensus critical paths if CCoinsViewMempool
 // were somehow broken and returning the wrong scriptPubKeys
 static bool CheckInputsFromMempoolAndCache(
@@ -642,10 +637,8 @@ static bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(
         // Set extraFlags as a set of flags that needs to be activated.
         uint32_t extraFlags = SCRIPT_VERIFY_NONE;
 
-        if (IsBLSEnabledForCurrentBlock(config)) {
-            extraFlags |= SCRIPT_ENABLE_BLS;
-            extraFlags |= SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKDATASIG_SIGOPS;
-        }
+        extraFlags |= SCRIPT_ENABLE_BLS;
+        extraFlags |= SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKDATASIG_SIGOPS;
 
         // Make sure whatever we need to activate is actually activated.
         const uint32_t scriptVerifyFlags =
@@ -1622,18 +1615,14 @@ static uint32_t GetBlockScriptFlags(const Config &config,
     // transactions using the OP_CHECKDATASIG opcode and it's verify
     // alternative. We also start enforcing push only signatures and
     // clean stack.
-    if (IsBLSEnabled(config, pChainTip)) {
-      flags |= SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKDATASIG_SIGOPS;
-      flags |= SCRIPT_VERIFY_SIGPUSHONLY;
-      flags |= SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK;
-    }
+    flags |= SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKDATASIG_SIGOPS;
+    flags |= SCRIPT_VERIFY_SIGPUSHONLY;
+    flags |= SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK;
 
     // If the Great Wall fork is enabled, we start accepting transactions
     // recovering coins sent to BLS addresses. We also stop accepting 65 byte signatures in
     // CHECKMULTISIG and its verify variant.
-    if (IsBLSEnabledForCurrentBlock(config)) {
-      flags |= SCRIPT_ENABLE_BLS;
-    }
+    flags |= SCRIPT_ENABLE_BLS;
 
     return flags;
 }
diff --git a/src/wallet/bls_tx.cpp b/src/wallet/bls_tx.cpp
index 23c46d2fd..fcf67c562 100644
--- a/src/wallet/bls_tx.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/bls_tx.cpp
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ auto CreatePrivateTxWithSig(const CWallet *pwallet,
         c << ToByteVector(pub); // Add random pubkeys to the last input
 
     c << aggSig;
-    c << OP_CHECKSIG; // since we have custom extraction not sure we actually
-                      // need this, check later
 
     // Put Agg Sig + Random Public Keys into the vin of the last input of the
     // tx.