diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification.rs
index dba38af9bd..3cb8fbdb52 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification.rs
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ pub enum BlockError<T: EthSpec> {
     /// It's unclear if this block is valid, but it cannot be processed without already knowing
     /// its parent.
     ParentUnknown(Arc<SignedBeaconBlock<T>>),
-    /// The block skips too many slots and is a DoS risk.
-    TooManySkippedSlots { parent_slot: Slot, block_slot: Slot },
     /// The block slot is greater than the present slot.
     ///
     /// ## Peer scoring
@@ -786,9 +784,6 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> GossipVerifiedBlock<T> {
                 parent_block.root
             };
 
-        // Reject any block that exceeds our limit on skipped slots.
-        check_block_skip_slots(chain, parent_block.slot, block.message())?;
-
         // We assign to a variable instead of using `if let Some` directly to ensure we drop the
         // write lock before trying to acquire it again in the `else` clause.
         let proposer_opt = chain
@@ -942,9 +937,6 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> SignatureVerifiedBlock<T> {
 
         let (mut parent, block) = load_parent(block_root, block, chain)?;
 
-        // Reject any block that exceeds our limit on skipped slots.
-        check_block_skip_slots(chain, parent.beacon_block.slot(), block.message())?;
-
         let state = cheap_state_advance_to_obtain_committees(
             &mut parent.pre_state,
             parent.beacon_state_root,
@@ -1135,9 +1127,6 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> ExecutionPendingBlock<T> {
             return Err(BlockError::ParentUnknown(block));
         }
 
-        // Reject any block that exceeds our limit on skipped slots.
-        check_block_skip_slots(chain, parent.beacon_block.slot(), block.message())?;
-
         /*
          *  Perform cursory checks to see if the block is even worth processing.
          */
@@ -1492,30 +1481,6 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> ExecutionPendingBlock<T> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Check that the count of skip slots between the block and its parent does not exceed our maximum
-/// value.
-///
-/// Whilst this is not part of the specification, we include this to help prevent us from DoS
-/// attacks. In times of dire network circumstance, the user can configure the
-/// `import_max_skip_slots` value.
-fn check_block_skip_slots<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
-    chain: &BeaconChain<T>,
-    parent_slot: Slot,
-    block: BeaconBlockRef<'_, T::EthSpec>,
-) -> Result<(), BlockError<T::EthSpec>> {
-    // Reject any block that exceeds our limit on skipped slots.
-    if let Some(max_skip_slots) = chain.config.import_max_skip_slots {
-        if block.slot() > parent_slot + max_skip_slots {
-            return Err(BlockError::TooManySkippedSlots {
-                parent_slot,
-                block_slot: block.slot(),
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 /// Returns `Ok(())` if the block's slot is greater than the anchor block's slot (if any).
 fn check_block_against_anchor_slot<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
     block: BeaconBlockRef<'_, T::EthSpec>,
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/chain_config.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/chain_config.rs
index a74fdced1f..34a5c9a4ec 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/chain_config.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/chain_config.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ pub const FORK_CHOICE_LOOKAHEAD_FACTOR: u32 = 24;
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct ChainConfig {
-    /// Maximum number of slots to skip when importing a consensus message (e.g., block,
-    /// attestation, etc).
+    /// Maximum number of slots to skip when importing an attestation.
     ///
     /// If `None`, there is no limit.
     pub import_max_skip_slots: Option<u64>,
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs
index 121a27fecf..e3cff00103 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/beacon_processor/worker/gossip_methods.rs
@@ -835,7 +835,6 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> Worker<T> {
             | Err(e @ BlockError::NonLinearParentRoots)
             | Err(e @ BlockError::BlockIsNotLaterThanParent { .. })
             | Err(e @ BlockError::InvalidSignature)
-            | Err(e @ BlockError::TooManySkippedSlots { .. })
             | Err(e @ BlockError::WeakSubjectivityConflict)
             | Err(e @ BlockError::InconsistentFork(_))
             | Err(e @ BlockError::ExecutionPayloadError(_))
diff --git a/beacon_node/src/cli.rs b/beacon_node/src/cli.rs
index e763d93f82..206cd3c72f 100644
--- a/beacon_node/src/cli.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/src/cli.rs
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ pub fn cli_app<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
             Arg::with_name("max-skip-slots")
                 .long("max-skip-slots")
                 .help(
-                    "Refuse to skip more than this many slots when processing a block or attestation. \
+                    "Refuse to skip more than this many slots when processing an attestation. \
                     This prevents nodes on minority forks from wasting our time and disk space, \
                     but could also cause unnecessary consensus failures, so is disabled by default."
                 )