diff --git a/lib/bcoin/chain.js b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
index 0915c684..c4df2e23 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/chain.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ Chain.prototype.getDeployments = function getDeployments(block, prev, ancestors,
         if (err)
           return next(err);
 
-        if (active) {
+        if (active && self.network.witness) {
           state.flags |= constants.flags.VERIFY_WITNESS;
           if (!self.state.hasWitness())
             self.logger.warning('Segwit has been activated.');
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/protocol/network.js b/lib/bcoin/protocol/network.js
index 34e189f6..e4b8ae90 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/protocol/network.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/protocol/network.js
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ testnet.block = {
   slowHeight: 750000
 };
 
-testnet.witness = false;
+testnet.witness = true;
 
 testnet.segwitHeight = 2000000000;
 
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ testnet.maxRate = 40000;
 
 testnet.selfConnect = false;
 
-testnet.requestMempool = true;
+testnet.requestMempool = false;
 
 testnet.batchSize = [
   [100000, 500],