diff --git a/lib/bcoin/chain.js b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
index f1439382..43e92db0 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/chain.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
@@ -607,7 +607,6 @@ Chain.prototype.verify = function verify(block, prev, callback) {
 
 Chain.prototype.getDeployments = function getDeployments(block, prev, ancestors, callback) {
   var self = this;
-  var height = prev.height + 1;
   var state = new DeploymentState();
 
   // For some reason bitcoind has p2sh in the
@@ -668,7 +667,7 @@ Chain.prototype.getDeployments = function getDeployments(block, prev, ancestors,
   }
 
   // Segregrated witness is now usable (bip141 - segnet3)
-  if (this.network.oldWitness) {
+  if (this.options.witness && this.network.oldWitness) {
     if (block.version >= 5 && prev.isUpgraded(5, ancestors)) {
       state.flags |= constants.flags.VERIFY_WITNESS;
       if (!this.state.hasWitness())