diff --git a/consensus/errors.go b/consensus/errors.go
index f9e633b05..ac5242fb5 100644
--- a/consensus/errors.go
+++ b/consensus/errors.go
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ var (
 	// to the current node.
 	ErrFutureBlock = errors.New("block in the future")
 
-	// ErrFutureParentBlock is returned when a block's parent's timestamp is in the future
-	// according to the current node.
-	ErrFutureParentBlock = errors.New("parent block in the future")
-
 	// ErrInvalidNumber is returned if a block's number doesn't equal its parent's
 	// plus one.
 	ErrInvalidNumber = errors.New("invalid block number")
diff --git a/consensus/parlia/parlia.go b/consensus/parlia/parlia.go
index e2061cefa..3b45e4d55 100644
--- a/consensus/parlia/parlia.go
+++ b/consensus/parlia/parlia.go
@@ -327,26 +327,9 @@ func (p *Parlia) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header *types.H
 	}
 	number := header.Number.Uint64()
 
-	// According to BEP188, after Planck fork, an in-turn validator is allowed to broadcast
-	// a mined block earlier but not earlier than its parent's timestamp when the block is ready .
+	// Don't waste time checking blocks from the future
 	if header.Time > uint64(time.Now().Unix()) {
-		if !chain.Config().IsPlanck(header.Number) || header.Difficulty.Cmp(diffInTurn) != 0 {
-			return consensus.ErrFutureBlock
-		}
-		var parent *types.Header
-		if len(parents) > 0 {
-			parent = parents[len(parents)-1]
-		} else {
-			parent = chain.GetHeader(header.ParentHash, number-1)
-		}
-
-		if parent == nil || parent.Number.Uint64() != number-1 || parent.Hash() != header.ParentHash {
-			return consensus.ErrUnknownAncestor
-		}
-
-		if parent.Time > uint64(time.Now().Unix()) {
-			return consensus.ErrFutureParentBlock
-		}
+		return consensus.ErrFutureBlock
 	}
 	// Check that the extra-data contains the vanity, validators and signature.
 	if len(header.Extra) < extraVanity {