diff --git a/substrate/tendermint/client/src/tendermint.rs b/substrate/tendermint/client/src/tendermint.rs
index 285075d6..901c591e 100644
--- a/substrate/tendermint/client/src/tendermint.rs
+++ b/substrate/tendermint/client/src/tendermint.rs
@@ -176,16 +176,6 @@ impl<T: TendermintValidator> TendermintImport<T> {
     &self,
     block: &mut BlockImportParams<T::Block, BT>,
   ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    if block.finalized {
-      if block.fork_choice != Some(ForkChoiceStrategy::Custom(false)) {
-        // Since we alw1ays set the fork choice, this means something else marked the block as
-        // finalized, which shouldn't be possible. Ensuring nothing else is setting blocks as
-        // finalized helps ensure our security
-        panic!("block was finalized despite not setting the fork choice");
-      }
-      return Ok(());
-    }
-
     // Set the block as a worse choice
     block.fork_choice = Some(ForkChoiceStrategy::Custom(false));