diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.cpp b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
index 8fb366515aff..3eb4f7e31b3c 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
@@ -142,11 +142,7 @@ static leveldb::Options GetOptions(size_t nCacheSize)
     options.filter_policy = leveldb::NewBloomFilterPolicy(10);
     options.compression = leveldb::kNoCompression;
     options.info_log = new CBitcoinLevelDBLogger();
-    if (leveldb::kMajorVersion > 1 || (leveldb::kMajorVersion == 1 && leveldb::kMinorVersion >= 16)) {
-        // LevelDB versions before 1.16 consider short writes to be corruption. Only trigger error
-        // on corruption in later versions.
-        options.paranoid_checks = true;
-    }
+    options.paranoid_checks = false;
     options.max_file_size = std::max(options.max_file_size, DBWRAPPER_MAX_FILE_SIZE);
     SetMaxOpenFiles(&options);
     return options;