diff --git a/pkg/services/notary/notary.go b/pkg/services/notary/notary.go
index 8c30f9ed0..ec35c47b7 100644
--- a/pkg/services/notary/notary.go
+++ b/pkg/services/notary/notary.go
@@ -339,9 +339,6 @@ func (n *Notary) verifyIncompleteWitnesses(tx *transaction.Transaction, nKeys ui
 	if len(tx.Signers) < 2 {
 		return Unknown, 0, nil, errors.New("transaction should have at least 2 signers")
 	}
-	if len(tx.Signers) != len(tx.Scripts) {
-		return Unknown, 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("transaction should have %d witnesses attached (completed + dummy)", len(tx.Signers))
-	}
 	if !tx.HasSigner(n.Config.Chain.GetNotaryContractScriptHash()) {
 		return Unknown, 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("P2PNotary contract should be a signer of the transaction")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/notary/notary_test.go b/pkg/services/notary/notary_test.go
index 452f6a173..cc6a51973 100644
--- a/pkg/services/notary/notary_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/notary/notary_test.go
@@ -94,12 +94,6 @@ func TestVerifyIncompleteRequest(t *testing.T) {
 				Scripts: []transaction.Witness{{}},
 			},
 		},
-		"signers count and witnesses count mismatch": {
-			tx: &transaction.Transaction{
-				Signers: []transaction.Signer{{Account: notaryContractHash}, {}},
-				Scripts: []transaction.Witness{{}, {}, {}},
-			},
-		},
 		"missing Notary witness": {
 			tx: &transaction.Transaction{
 				Signers: []transaction.Signer{{Account: acc1.GetScriptHash()}, {Account: acc2.GetScriptHash()}},