diff --git a/hydra-node/src/Hydra/Chain/Direct/State.hs b/hydra-node/src/Hydra/Chain/Direct/State.hs
index 2b64e52a8f6..e15092d86d4 100644
--- a/hydra-node/src/Hydra/Chain/Direct/State.hs
+++ b/hydra-node/src/Hydra/Chain/Direct/State.hs
@@ -368,9 +368,7 @@ commit' ::
 commit' ctx headId spendableUTxO utxoToCommit blueprintTx = do
   pid <- headIdToPolicyId headId ?> InvalidHeadId{headId}
   (i, o) <- ownInitial pid ?> CannotFindOwnInitial{knownUTxO = spendableUTxO}
-  -- FIXME: not all outputs in utxoToCommit are necessarily commited, they could also be reference inputs to the blueprintTx
   rejectByronAddress utxoToCommit
-  rejectReferenceScripts utxoToCommit
   rejectMoreThanMainnetLimit networkId utxoToCommit
   pure $ commitTx networkId scriptRegistry headId ownParty utxoToCommit blueprintTx (i, o, vkh)
  where
@@ -392,16 +390,6 @@ rejectByronAddress u = do
     (TxOut ShelleyAddressInEra{} _ _ _) ->
       Right ()
 
-rejectReferenceScripts :: UTxO -> Either (PostTxError Tx) ()
-rejectReferenceScripts u =
-  when (any hasReferenceScript u) $
-    Left CannotCommitReferenceScript
- where
-  hasReferenceScript out =
-    case txOutReferenceScript out of
-      ReferenceScript{} -> True
-      ReferenceScriptNone -> False
-
 -- Rejects outputs with more than 'maxMainnetLovelace' lovelace on mainnet
 -- NOTE: Remove this limit once we have more experiments on mainnet.
 rejectMoreThanMainnetLimit :: NetworkId -> UTxO -> Either (PostTxError Tx) ()
diff --git a/hydra-node/test/Hydra/Chain/Direct/StateSpec.hs b/hydra-node/test/Hydra/Chain/Direct/StateSpec.hs
index fe9025cfaa3..376020d6398 100644
--- a/hydra-node/test/Hydra/Chain/Direct/StateSpec.hs
+++ b/hydra-node/test/Hydra/Chain/Direct/StateSpec.hs
@@ -274,16 +274,6 @@ spec = parallel $ do
             Left UnsupportedLegacyOutput{} -> property True
             _ -> property False
 
-    prop "reject committing outputs with reference scripts" $
-      monadicST $ do
-        hctx <- pickBlind $ genHydraContext maximumNumberOfParties
-        (ctx, stInitial@InitialState{headId}) <- pickBlind $ genStInitial hctx
-        utxo <- pick $ genUTxO1 genTxOutWithReferenceScript
-        pure $
-          case commit ctx headId (getKnownUTxO stInitial) utxo of
-            Left CannotCommitReferenceScript{} -> property True
-            _ -> property False
-
     prop "reject Commits with more than maxMainnetLovelace Lovelace" $
       monadicST $ do
         hctx <- pickBlind $ genHydraContext maximumNumberOfParties