diff --git a/pkg/state/appender.go b/pkg/state/appender.go
index c81d85f9d..71dfca60a 100644
--- a/pkg/state/appender.go
+++ b/pkg/state/appender.go
@@ -801,7 +801,6 @@ func (a *txAppender) appendBlock(params *appendBlockParams) error {
 		lastSnapshotStateHash:     params.lastSnapshotStateHash,
 		fixSnapshotsToInitialHash: params.fixSnapshotsToInitialHash,
 		currentBlockHeight:        currentBlockHeight,
-		readOnly:                  false,
 	}
 	initialSnapshot, stateHash, err := a.createInitialDiffAndStateHash(createInitHashParams, hasher)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -873,7 +872,6 @@ type initialDiffAndStateHashParams struct {
 	lastSnapshotStateHash     crypto.Digest
 	fixSnapshotsToInitialHash []proto.AtomicSnapshot
 	currentBlockHeight        proto.Height
-	readOnly                  bool
 }
 
 // createInitialDiffAndStateHash creates the initial diff and state hash for the block.
@@ -1218,7 +1216,6 @@ func (a *txAppender) createNextSnapshotHash(
 	blockHeight proto.Height,
 	lastSnapshotStateHash crypto.Digest,
 	fixSnapshotsToInitialHash []proto.AtomicSnapshot,
-	readOnly bool,
 ) (crypto.Digest, error) {
 	hasher, err := newTxSnapshotHasherDefault()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1233,7 +1230,6 @@ func (a *txAppender) createNextSnapshotHash(
 		lastSnapshotStateHash:     lastSnapshotStateHash,
 		fixSnapshotsToInitialHash: fixSnapshotsToInitialHash,
 		currentBlockHeight:        blockHeight,
-		readOnly:                  readOnly,
 	}
 	_, initSh, err := a.createInitialDiffAndStateHash(params, hasher)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/state/state.go b/pkg/state/state.go
index 768fcb5eb..d25a37e05 100644
--- a/pkg/state/state.go
+++ b/pkg/state/state.go
@@ -2012,8 +2012,6 @@ func (s *stateManager) ValidateNextTx(
 }
 
 func (s *stateManager) CreateNextSnapshotHash(block *proto.Block) (crypto.Digest, error) {
-	const readOnly = true
-
 	blockchainHeight, err := s.Height()
 	if err != nil {
 		return crypto.Digest{}, err
@@ -2025,7 +2023,7 @@ func (s *stateManager) CreateNextSnapshotHash(block *proto.Block) (crypto.Digest
 	blockHeight := blockchainHeight + 1
 	// Generate blockchain fix snapshots for the given block in read only mode because all
 	// changes has been already applied in the context of the last applied block.
-	fixSnapshots, gbfErr := s.generateBlockchainFix(blockHeight, block.BlockID(), readOnly)
+	fixSnapshots, gbfErr := s.generateBlockchainFix(blockHeight, block.BlockID(), true)
 	if gbfErr != nil {
 		return crypto.Digest{}, errors.Wrapf(gbfErr, "failed to generate blockchain fix snapshots at block %s",
 			block.BlockID().String(),
@@ -2038,7 +2036,7 @@ func (s *stateManager) CreateNextSnapshotHash(block *proto.Block) (crypto.Digest
 			blockHeight,
 		)
 	}
-	return s.appender.createNextSnapshotHash(block, blockHeight, lastSnapshotStateHash, fixSnapshots, readOnly)
+	return s.appender.createNextSnapshotHash(block, blockHeight, lastSnapshotStateHash, fixSnapshots)
 }
 
 func (s *stateManager) IsActiveLightNodeNewBlocksFields(blockHeight proto.Height) (bool, error) {