diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
index ab95cf549..d4e045a70 100755
--- a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
@@ -5620,24 +5620,7 @@ bool wallet2::find_and_save_rings(bool force)
     txs_hashes.push_back(txid);
   }
 
-  MDEBUG("Found " << std::to_string(req.txs_hashes.size()) << " transactions");
-
-  // get those transactions from the daemon
-  req.decode_as_json = false;
-  req.prune = true;
-  bool r;
-  {
-    const boost::lock_guard<boost::mutex> lock{m_daemon_rpc_mutex};
-    r = epee::net_utils::invoke_http_json("/gettransactions", req, res, m_http_client, rpc_timeout);
-  }
-  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(!r, error::no_connection_to_daemon, "gettransactions");
-  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(res.status == CORE_RPC_STATUS_BUSY, error::daemon_busy, "gettransactions");
-  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(res.status != CORE_RPC_STATUS_OK, error::wallet_internal_error, "gettransactions");
-  THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(res.txs.size() != req.txs_hashes.size(), error::wallet_internal_error,
-    "daemon returned wrong response for gettransactions, wrong txs count = " +
-    std::to_string(res.txs.size()) + ", expected " + std::to_string(req.txs_hashes.size()));
-
-  MDEBUG("Scanning " << res.txs.size() << " transactions");
+  MDEBUG("Found " << std::to_string(txs_hashes.size()) << " transactions");
 
   crypto::chacha_key key;
   generate_chacha_key_from_secret_keys(key);