diff --git a/lib/blockchain/chain.js b/lib/blockchain/chain.js
index 19cfea93..aa546681 100644
--- a/lib/blockchain/chain.js
+++ b/lib/blockchain/chain.js
@@ -2687,8 +2687,6 @@ class ChainOptions {
     this.bip91 = false;
     this.bip148 = false;
     this.prune = false;
-    this.indexTX = false;
-    this.indexAddress = false;
     this.forceFlags = false;
 
     this.entryCache = 5000;
@@ -2766,16 +2764,6 @@ class ChainOptions {
       this.compression = options.compression;
     }
 
-    if (options.indexTX != null) {
-      assert(typeof options.indexTX === 'boolean');
-      this.indexTX = options.indexTX;
-    }
-
-    if (options.indexAddress != null) {
-      assert(typeof options.indexAddress === 'boolean');
-      this.indexAddress = options.indexAddress;
-    }
-
     if (options.prune != null) {
       assert(typeof options.prune === 'boolean');
       this.prune = options.prune;
diff --git a/lib/blockchain/chaindb.js b/lib/blockchain/chaindb.js
index 184afbf1..24dc6846 100644
--- a/lib/blockchain/chaindb.js
+++ b/lib/blockchain/chaindb.js
@@ -571,12 +571,6 @@ class ChainDB {
     if (!options.prune && flags.prune)
       throw new Error('Cannot retroactively unprune.');
 
-    if (options.prune && options.indexTX && !flags.indexTX)
-      throw new Error('Cannot retroactively enable TX indexing.');
-
-    if (options.prune && options.indexAddress && !flags.indexAddress)
-      throw new Error('Cannot retroactively enable address indexing.');
-
     if (needsSave) {
       await this.logger.info('Rewriting chain flags.');
       await this.saveFlags();
@@ -1801,8 +1795,6 @@ class ChainFlags {
     this.bip91 = false;
     this.bip148 = false;
     this.prune = false;
-    this.indexTX = false;
-    this.indexAddress = false;
 
     if (options)
       this.fromOptions(options);
@@ -1831,16 +1823,6 @@ class ChainFlags {
       this.prune = options.prune;
     }
 
-    if (options.indexTX != null) {
-      assert(typeof options.indexTX === 'boolean');
-      this.indexTX = options.indexTX;
-    }
-
-    if (options.indexAddress != null) {
-      assert(typeof options.indexAddress === 'boolean');
-      this.indexAddress = options.indexAddress;
-    }
-
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -1862,12 +1844,6 @@ class ChainFlags {
     if (this.prune)
       flags |= 1 << 2;
 
-    if (this.indexTX)
-      flags |= 1 << 3;
-
-    if (this.indexAddress)
-      flags |= 1 << 4;
-
     if (this.bip91)
       flags |= 1 << 5;
 
@@ -1891,8 +1867,6 @@ class ChainFlags {
     this.spv = (flags & 1) !== 0;
     this.witness = (flags & 2) !== 0;
     this.prune = (flags & 4) !== 0;
-    this.indexTX = (flags & 8) !== 0;
-    this.indexAddress = (flags & 16) !== 0;
     this.bip91 = (flags & 32) !== 0;
     this.bip148 = (flags & 64) !== 0;
 
diff --git a/lib/indexer/indexer.js b/lib/indexer/indexer.js
index 5a6b51f4..11187771 100644
--- a/lib/indexer/indexer.js
+++ b/lib/indexer/indexer.js
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ class IndexOptions {
            'Indexer requires a blockstore.');
     assert(options.chain && typeof options.chain === 'object',
            'Indexer requires chain.');
+    assert(!options.prune, 'Can not index while pruned.');
 
     this.blocks = options.blocks;
     this.chain = options.chain;
diff --git a/lib/node/fullnode.js b/lib/node/fullnode.js
index 0a3612fc..2b77a7c0 100644
--- a/lib/node/fullnode.js
+++ b/lib/node/fullnode.js
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class FullNode extends Node {
         logger: this.logger,
         blocks: this.blocks,
         chain: this.chain,
+        prune: this.config.bool('prune'),
         memory: this.config.bool('memory'),
         prefix: this.config.filter('index').str('prefix') || this.config.prefix
       });
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ class FullNode extends Node {
         logger: this.logger,
         blocks: this.blocks,
         chain: this.chain,
+        prune: this.config.bool('prune'),
         memory: this.config.bool('memory'),
         prefix: this.config.filter('index').str('prefix') || this.config.prefix,
         maxTxs: this.config.uint('max-txs')
diff --git a/test/indexer-test.js b/test/indexer-test.js
index 699c4813..61b9acb5 100644
--- a/test/indexer-test.js
+++ b/test/indexer-test.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const TXIndexer = require('../lib/indexer/txindexer');
 const AddrIndexer = require('../lib/indexer/addrindexer');
 const BlockStore = require('../lib/blockstore/level');
 const FullNode = require('../lib/node/fullnode');
+const SPVNode = require('../lib/node/spvnode');
 const Network = require('../lib/protocol/network');
 const network = Network.get('regtest');
 const {NodeClient, WalletClient} = require('bclient');
@@ -639,6 +640,45 @@ describe('Indexer', function() {
             await node.close();
         }
       });
+
+      it('will not index if pruned', async () => {
+        let err = null;
+
+        try {
+          new FullNode({
+            prefix: prefix,
+            network: 'regtest',
+            apiKey: 'foo',
+            memory: false,
+            prune: true,
+            indexTX: true,
+            indexAddress: true,
+            port: ports.p2p,
+            httpPort: ports.node
+          });
+        } catch (e) {
+          err = e;
+        }
+
+        assert(err);
+        assert.equal(err.message, 'Can not index while pruned.');
+      });
+
+      it('will not index if spv', async () => {
+        const node = new SPVNode({
+          prefix: prefix,
+          network: 'regtest',
+          apiKey: 'foo',
+          memory: false,
+          indexTX: true,
+          indexAddress: true,
+          port: ports.p2p,
+          httpPort: ports.node
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(node.txindex, undefined);
+        assert.equal(node.addrindex, undefined);
+      });
     });
   });