diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/Configuration.hs b/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/Configuration.hs
index 90b2009f1..800bd910b 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/Configuration.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/Configuration.hs
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ validateChainwebVersion v = do
             , "just yet."
             ]
     where
-    isDevelopment = _versionCode v `elem` [_versionCode dv | dv <- [recapDevnet, devnet, pact5Devnet]]
+    isDevelopment = _versionCode v `elem` [_versionCode dv | dv <- [recapDevnet, devnet]]
 
 validateBackupConfig :: ConfigValidation BackupConfig []
 validateBackupConfig c =