diff --git a/pkg/core/block/block.go b/pkg/core/block/block.go
index 5355eda88..9023bbd23 100644
--- a/pkg/core/block/block.go
+++ b/pkg/core/block/block.go
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// MaxContentsPerBlock is the maximum number of contents (transactions + consensus data) per block.
-	MaxContentsPerBlock = math.MaxUint16
 	// MaxTransactionsPerBlock is the maximum number of transactions per block.
-	MaxTransactionsPerBlock = MaxContentsPerBlock
+	MaxTransactionsPerBlock = math.MaxUint16
 )
 
 // ErrMaxContentsPerBlock is returned when the maximum number of contents per block is reached.
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ func NewBlockFromTrimmedBytes(network netmode.Magic, stateRootEnabled bool, b []
 	block.Script.DecodeBinary(br)
 
 	lenHashes := br.ReadVarUint()
-	if lenHashes > MaxContentsPerBlock {
+	if lenHashes > MaxTransactionsPerBlock {
 		return nil, ErrMaxContentsPerBlock
 	}
 	if lenHashes > 0 {
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ func (b *Block) Trim() ([]byte, error) {
 func (b *Block) DecodeBinary(br *io.BinReader) {
 	b.Base.DecodeBinary(br)
 	contentsCount := br.ReadVarUint()
-	if contentsCount > MaxContentsPerBlock {
+	if contentsCount > MaxTransactionsPerBlock {
 		br.Err = ErrMaxContentsPerBlock
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/core/block/block_test.go b/pkg/core/block/block_test.go
index d08acf10d..169e672c0 100644
--- a/pkg/core/block/block_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/block/block_test.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func TestBlockEncodeDecode(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("bad contents count", func(t *testing.T) {
 		b := newDumbBlock()
-		b.Transactions = make([]*transaction.Transaction, MaxContentsPerBlock+1)
+		b.Transactions = make([]*transaction.Transaction, MaxTransactionsPerBlock+1)
 		for i := range b.Transactions {
 			b.Transactions[i] = &transaction.Transaction{
 				Script: []byte("my_pretty_script"),
diff --git a/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock.go b/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock.go
index b53499085..f1c932599 100644
--- a/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock.go
+++ b/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (m *MerkleBlock) DecodeBinary(br *io.BinReader) {
 	m.Base.DecodeBinary(br)
 
 	txCount := int(br.ReadVarUint())
-	if txCount > block.MaxContentsPerBlock {
+	if txCount > block.MaxTransactionsPerBlock {
 		br.Err = block.ErrMaxContentsPerBlock
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock_test.go b/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock_test.go
index 5483fb6b2..8058b9dcf 100644
--- a/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock_test.go
+++ b/pkg/network/payload/merkleblock_test.go
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ func TestMerkleBlock_EncodeDecodeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		_ = b.Hash()
 		expected := &MerkleBlock{
 			Base:    b,
-			TxCount: block.MaxContentsPerBlock + 1,
-			Hashes:  make([]util.Uint256, block.MaxContentsPerBlock),
+			TxCount: block.MaxTransactionsPerBlock + 1,
+			Hashes:  make([]util.Uint256, block.MaxTransactionsPerBlock),
 			Flags:   []byte{},
 		}
 		data, err := testserdes.EncodeBinary(expected)