diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
index 1d566522c..ebd49f882 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
@@ -362,29 +362,7 @@ class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     this.txStateManager.setTxStatusSubmitted(txId)
   }
 
-  /**
-    Sets the status of the transaction to confirmed
-    and sets the status of nonce duplicates as dropped
-    if the txParams have data it will fetch the txReceipt
-    @param txId {number} - the tx's Id
-    @returns {Promise<void>}
-  */
-
-  async confirmTransaction (txId) {
-    // get the txReceipt before marking the transaction confirmed
-    // to ensure the receipt is gotten before the ui revives the tx
-    const txMeta = this.txStateManager.getTx(txId)
-    if (txMeta.txParams.data) {
-      try {
-        const txReceipt = await this.query.getTransactionReceipt()
-        txMeta.txReceipt = txReceipt
-        this.txStateManager.updateTx(txMeta, 'transactions#confirmTransaction - add txReceipt')
-
-      } catch (err) {
-        log.error(err)
-      }
-    }
-
+  confirmTransaction (txId) {
     this.txStateManager.setTxStatusConfirmed(txId)
     this._markNonceDuplicatesDropped(txId)
   }