diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
index e61d95ac3..f2046e521 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
 
     uint64_t get_transaction_size_limit(uint8_t version)
     {
-      return get_min_block_size(version) * 125 / 100 - CRYPTONOTE_COINBASE_BLOB_RESERVED_SIZE;
+      return get_min_block_size(version) - CRYPTONOTE_COINBASE_BLOB_RESERVED_SIZE;
     }
 
     // This class is meant to create a batch when none currently exists.