diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 862b910..c66eb1f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ kaspacore.versionGuard = function(version) {
 		throw new Error(message);
 	}
 };
-kaspacore.versionGuard(global._kaspacoreLibVersion);
 global._kaspacoreLibVersion = kaspacore.version;
 
 
@@ -131,4 +130,4 @@ kaspacore.deps.elliptic = require('elliptic');
 kaspacore.deps._ = require('lodash');
 
 // Internal usage, exposed for testing/advanced tweaking
-kaspacore.Transaction.sighash = require('./lib/transaction/sighash');
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+kaspacore.Transaction.sighash = require('./lib/transaction/sighash');