diff --git a/internal/consensus/state.go b/internal/consensus/state.go
index 2b705c134..83db801ad 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/state.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/state.go
@@ -1296,13 +1296,6 @@ func (cs *State) enterPrevote(height int64, round int32) {
 func (cs *State) defaultDoPrevote(height int64, round int32) {
 	logger := cs.Logger.With("height", height, "round", round)
 
-	// If a block is locked, prevote that.
-	if cs.LockedBlock != nil {
-		logger.Debug("prevote step; already locked on a block; prevoting locked block")
-		cs.signAddVote(tmproto.PrevoteType, cs.LockedBlock.Hash(), cs.LockedBlockParts.Header())
-		return
-	}
-
 	// If ProposalBlock is nil, prevote nil.
 	if cs.ProposalBlock == nil {
 		logger.Debug("prevote step: ProposalBlock is nil")