diff --git a/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp b/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
index a74f40251..e6d014af2 100644
--- a/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(tx_mempool_block_doublespend, TestChain100Setup)
 // should fail.
 // Capture this interaction with the upgraded_nop argument: set it when evaluating
 // any script flag that is implemented as an upgraded NOP code.
-void ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CMutableTransaction &tx, uint32_t failing_flags, bool add_to_cache, bool upgraded_nop)
+void ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CMutableTransaction &tx, uint32_t failing_flags, bool add_to_cache)
 {
     PrecomputedTransactionData txdata(tx);
     // If we add many more flags, this loop can get too expensive, but we can
@@ -122,12 +122,6 @@ void ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CMutableTransaction &tx, uint32_t failing_fl
         // CheckInputs should succeed iff test_flags doesn't intersect with
         // failing_flags
         bool expected_return_value = !(test_flags & failing_flags);
-        if (expected_return_value && upgraded_nop) {
-            // If the script flag being tested corresponds to an upgraded NOP,
-            // then script execution should fail if DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_NOPS
-            // is set.
-            expected_return_value = !(test_flags & SCRIPT_VERIFY_DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_NOPS);
-        }
         BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ret, expected_return_value);
 
         // Test the caching
@@ -213,7 +207,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, TestChain100Setup)
         // not present.  Don't add these checks to the cache, so that we can
         // test later that block validation works fine in the absence of cached
         // successes.
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(spend_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG | SCRIPT_VERIFY_LOW_S | SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC, false, false);
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(spend_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG | SCRIPT_VERIFY_LOW_S | SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC, false);
 
         // And if we produce a block with this tx, it should be valid (DERSIG not
         // enabled yet), even though there's no cache entry.
@@ -238,7 +232,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, TestChain100Setup)
         std::vector<unsigned char> vchSig2(p2pk_scriptPubKey.begin(), p2pk_scriptPubKey.end());
         invalid_under_p2sh_tx.vin[0].scriptSig << vchSig2;
 
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(invalid_under_p2sh_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH, true, false);
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(invalid_under_p2sh_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH, true);
     }
 
     // Test CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY
@@ -261,7 +255,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, TestChain100Setup)
         vchSig.push_back((unsigned char)SIGHASH_ALL);
         invalid_with_cltv_tx.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << vchSig << 101;
 
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(invalid_with_cltv_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY, true, true);
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(invalid_with_cltv_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY, true);
 
         // Make it valid, and check again
         invalid_with_cltv_tx.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << vchSig << 100;
@@ -289,7 +283,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, TestChain100Setup)
         vchSig.push_back((unsigned char)SIGHASH_ALL);
         invalid_with_csv_tx.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << vchSig << 101;
 
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(invalid_with_csv_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY, true, true);
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(invalid_with_csv_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY, true);
 
         // Make it valid, and check again
         invalid_with_csv_tx.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << vchSig << 100;
@@ -318,11 +312,11 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, TestChain100Setup)
         UpdateTransaction(valid_with_witness_tx, 0, sigdata);
 
         // This should be valid under all script flags.
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(valid_with_witness_tx, 0, true, false);
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(valid_with_witness_tx, 0, true);
 
         // Remove the witness, and check that it is now invalid.
         valid_with_witness_tx.vin[0].scriptWitness.SetNull();
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(valid_with_witness_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, true, false);
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(valid_with_witness_tx, SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, true);
     }
 
     {
@@ -347,7 +341,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, TestChain100Setup)
         }
 
         // This should be valid under all script flags
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(tx, 0, true, false);
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(tx, 0, true);
 
         // Check that if the second input is invalid, but the first input is
         // valid, the transaction is not cached.