From f2e71ab6fb56e0cb464043b59fdea64ff6980de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tsahi Zidenberg <tsahi@offchainlabs.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:50:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow sequencer to not use block metadata

---
 arbnode/node.go | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arbnode/node.go b/arbnode/node.go
index 71ac52e9f8..74f3b52073 100644
--- a/arbnode/node.go
+++ b/arbnode/node.go
@@ -136,9 +136,6 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 	if err := c.Staker.Validate(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if c.Sequencer && c.TransactionStreamer.TrackBlockMetadataFrom == 0 {
-		return errors.New("when sequencer is enabled track-block-metadata-from should be set as well")
-	}
 	if c.TransactionStreamer.TrackBlockMetadataFrom != 0 && !c.BlockMetadataFetcher.Enable {
 		log.Warn("track-block-metadata-from is set but blockMetadata fetcher is not enabled")
 	}