diff --git a/src/quark-core/src/QuarkScript.sol b/src/quark-core/src/QuarkScript.sol
index 4c4a062b..3afd9cb9 100644
--- a/src/quark-core/src/QuarkScript.sol
+++ b/src/quark-core/src/QuarkScript.sol
@@ -156,10 +156,6 @@ abstract contract QuarkScript {
         bytes32 submissionToken = getActiveSubmissionToken();
         uint256 n;
 
-        if (submissionToken == QuarkNonceManagerMetadata.EXHAUSTED) {
-            return 0;
-        }
-
         for (n = 0; submissionToken != nonce; n++) {
             submissionToken = keccak256(abi.encodePacked(submissionToken));
         }