diff --git a/lib/statemanager.js b/lib/statemanager.js
index 9783de562f..e6525788be 100644
--- a/lib/statemanager.js
+++ b/lib/statemanager.js
@@ -880,29 +880,7 @@ StateManager.prototype.createFakeTransactionWithCorrectNonce = function(rawTx, f
         `tx has nonce of: ${to.number(tx.nonce)}`))
       }
     }
-
-    // If we're calling a contract, check to make sure the address specified is a contract address
-    if (_transactionIsContractCall(rawTx)) {
-      self.getCode(to.hex(rawTx.to), 'latest', function(err, code) {
-        if (err) {
-          callback(err);
-        } else if (code === '0x0') {
-          callback(new TXRejectedError(`Attempting to run transaction which calls a contract function, but recipient address ${to.hex(rawTx.to)} is not a contract address`))
-        } else {
-          callback(null, tx)
-        }
-      });
-    } else {
-      callback(null, tx)
-    }
+    callback(null, tx)
   });
 }
-
-// returns true when transaction has a non-null, non-empty to and data field
-var _transactionIsContractCall = function(rawTx) {
-  let recipient = to.hex(rawTx.to || '0x0')
-  let data = to.hex(rawTx.data || '0x0')
-
-  return recipient !== '0x0' && data !== '0x0'
-}
 module.exports = StateManager;
diff --git a/test/transaction_rejection.js b/test/transaction_rejection.js
index 961b684ee2..098bdb7746 100644
--- a/test/transaction_rejection.js
+++ b/test/transaction_rejection.js
@@ -100,18 +100,6 @@ describe("Transaction rejection", function() {
     }, /sender doesn't have enough funds to send tx/, done)
   });
 
-  it("should reject contract transaction if 'to' is not a contract address", function(done) {
-    let params = {
-      to: '0x0000000000000000000000001234000000000000'
-    }
-
-    testTransactionForRejection(
-      params,
-      new RegExp(`Attempting to run transaction which calls a contract function, but recipient address ${params.to} is not a contract address`),
-      done
-    )
-  });
-
   function testTransactionForRejection(paramsOverride, messageRegex, done) {
     let params = Object.assign({
       from: accounts[0],