diff --git a/src/chain.h b/src/chain.h
index 95553c23c..923f46e73 100644
--- a/src/chain.h
+++ b/src/chain.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class CChainPower;
 
 static const int SPROUT_VALUE_VERSION = 1001400;
 static const int SAPLING_VALUE_VERSION = 1010100;
-extern int32_t ASSETCHAINS_LWMAPOS;
+//extern int32_t ASSETCHAINS_LWMAPOS;
 
 struct CDiskBlockPos
 {
@@ -449,9 +449,9 @@ public:
 
     bool IsVerusPOSBlock() const
     {
-        if ( ASSETCHAINS_LWMAPOS != 0 )
+        //if ( ASSETCHAINS_LWMAPOS != 0 )
             return GetBlockHeader().IsVerusPOSBlock();
-        else return(0);
+        //else return(0);
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index ce834c54d..701a33e97 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1159,11 +1159,11 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     // set the hash algorithm to use for this chain
     extern uint32_t ASSETCHAINS_ALGO, ASSETCHAINS_VERUSHASH;
+    CVerusHash::init();
+    CVerusHashV2::init();
     if (ASSETCHAINS_ALGO == ASSETCHAINS_VERUSHASH)
     {
         // initialize VerusHash
-        CVerusHash::init();
-        CVerusHashV2::init();
         CBlockHeader::SetVerusHash();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/primitives/block.h b/src/primitives/block.h
index 053b1c80e..120b4b1a4 100644
--- a/src/primitives/block.h
+++ b/src/primitives/block.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "uint256.h"
 #include "arith_uint256.h"
 
-extern int32_t ASSETCHAINS_LWMAPOS;
+//extern int32_t ASSETCHAINS_LWMAPOS;
 
 /** Nodes collect new transactions into a block, hash them into a hash tree,
  * and scan through nonce values to make the block's hash satisfy proof-of-work
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ public:
 
     bool IsVerusPOSBlock() const
     {
-        if ( ASSETCHAINS_LWMAPOS != 0 )
+        //if ( ASSETCHAINS_LWMAPOS != 0 )
             return nNonce.IsPOSNonce();
-        else return(0);
+        //else return(0);
     }
 
     void SetVerusPOSTarget(uint32_t nBits)