diff --git a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/application.ex b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/application.ex
index 257e86a119..e2cb963bd6 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/application.ex
+++ b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/application.ex
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ defmodule Explorer.Application do
       Explorer.Repo,
       Supervisor.child_spec({Task.Supervisor, name: Explorer.MarketTaskSupervisor}, id: Explorer.MarketTaskSupervisor),
       Supervisor.child_spec({Task.Supervisor, name: Explorer.TaskSupervisor}, id: Explorer.TaskSupervisor),
-      Supervisor.child_spec({Task.Supervisor, name: Explorer.BlockValidationCounter},
-        id: Explorer.BlockValidationCounter
-      ),
       {Registry, keys: :duplicate, name: Registry.ChainEvents, id: Registry.ChainEvents}
     ]
 
diff --git a/apps/explorer/test/explorer/counters/block_validation_counter_test.exs b/apps/explorer/test/explorer/counters/block_validation_counter_test.exs
index e5162d91ba..28f54f1c05 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/test/explorer/counters/block_validation_counter_test.exs
+++ b/apps/explorer/test/explorer/counters/block_validation_counter_test.exs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ defmodule Explorer.Counters.BlockValidationCounterTest do
 
   describe "consolidate/0" do
     test "loads the address' validations consolidated info" do
-      BlockValidationCounter.start_link([])
-
       address = insert(:address)
 
       insert(:block, miner: address, miner_hash: address.hash)
@@ -25,8 +23,6 @@ defmodule Explorer.Counters.BlockValidationCounterTest do
 
   describe "fetch/1" do
     test "fetches the total block validations by a given address" do
-      BlockValidationCounter.start_link([])
-
       address = insert(:address)
       another_address = insert(:address)