diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/bip68-sequence.py b/qa/rpc-tests/bip68-sequence.py
index 74ac393fe900d..e516ed2ec312a 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/bip68-sequence.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/bip68-sequence.py
@@ -46,14 +46,12 @@ def run_test(self):
         print("Running test BIP68 not consensus before versionbits activation")
         self.test_bip68_not_consensus()
 
-        print("Verifying nVersion=2 transactions aren't standard")
-        self.test_version2_relay(before_activation=True)
-
         print("Activating BIP68 (and 112/113)")
         self.activateCSV()
 
-        print("Verifying nVersion=2 transactions are now standard")
-        self.test_version2_relay(before_activation=False)
+        print("Verifying nVersion=2 transactions are standard.")
+        print("Note that with current versions of bitcoin software, nVersion=2 transactions are always standard (independent of BIP68 activation status).")
+        self.test_version2_relay()
 
         print("Passed\n")
 
@@ -403,8 +401,8 @@ def activateCSV(self):
         assert(get_bip9_status(self.nodes[0], 'csv')['status'] == 'active')
         sync_blocks(self.nodes)
 
-    # Use self.nodes[1] to test standardness relay policy
-    def test_version2_relay(self, before_activation):
+    # Use self.nodes[1] to test that version 2 transactions are standard.
+    def test_version2_relay(self):
         inputs = [ ]
         outputs = { self.nodes[1].getnewaddress() : 1.0 }
         rawtx = self.nodes[1].createrawtransaction(inputs, outputs)
@@ -412,12 +410,7 @@ def test_version2_relay(self, before_activation):
         tx = FromHex(CTransaction(), rawtxfund)
         tx.nVersion = 2
         tx_signed = self.nodes[1].signrawtransaction(ToHex(tx))["hex"]
-        try:
-            tx_id = self.nodes[1].sendrawtransaction(tx_signed)
-            assert(before_activation == False)
-        except:
-            assert(before_activation)
-
+        tx_id = self.nodes[1].sendrawtransaction(tx_signed)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     BIP68Test().main()