diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index a94d52f89..1015e538d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2221,9 +2221,9 @@ static int64_t nTimeIndex = 0;
 static int64_t nTimeCallbacks = 0;
 static int64_t nTimeTotal = 0;
 
-bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, CCoinsViewCache& view, bool fJustCheck)
+bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex,
+                  CCoinsViewCache& view, const CChainParams& chainparams, bool fJustCheck)
 {
-    const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
 
     int64_t nTimeStart = GetTimeMicros();
@@ -2570,8 +2570,7 @@ void PruneAndFlush() {
 }
 
 /** Update chainActive and related internal data structures. */
-void static UpdateTip(CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
-    const CChainParams& chainParams = Params();
+void static UpdateTip(CBlockIndex *pindexNew, const CChainParams& chainParams) {
     chainActive.SetTip(pindexNew);
 
     // New best block
@@ -2629,13 +2628,13 @@ void static UpdateTip(CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
 }
 
 /** Disconnect chainActive's tip. You probably want to call mempool.removeForReorg and manually re-limit mempool size after this, with cs_main held. */
-bool static DisconnectTip(CValidationState& state, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams)
+bool static DisconnectTip(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams)
 {
     CBlockIndex *pindexDelete = chainActive.Tip();
     assert(pindexDelete);
     // Read block from disk.
     CBlock block;
-    if (!ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pindexDelete, consensusParams))
+    if (!ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pindexDelete, chainparams.GetConsensus()))
         return AbortNode(state, "Failed to read block");
     // Apply the block atomically to the chain state.
     int64_t nStart = GetTimeMicros();
@@ -2668,7 +2667,7 @@ bool static DisconnectTip(CValidationState& state, const Consensus::Params& cons
     // block that were added back and cleans up the mempool state.
     mempool.UpdateTransactionsFromBlock(vHashUpdate);
     // Update chainActive and related variables.
-    UpdateTip(pindexDelete->pprev);
+    UpdateTip(pindexDelete->pprev, chainparams);
     // Let wallets know transactions went from 1-confirmed to
     // 0-confirmed or conflicted:
     BOOST_FOREACH(const CTransaction &tx, block.vtx) {
@@ -2704,7 +2703,7 @@ bool static ConnectTip(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams,
     LogPrint("bench", "  - Load block from disk: %.2fms [%.2fs]\n", (nTime2 - nTime1) * 0.001, nTimeReadFromDisk * 0.000001);
     {
         CCoinsViewCache view(pcoinsTip);
-        bool rv = ConnectBlock(*pblock, state, pindexNew, view);
+        bool rv = ConnectBlock(*pblock, state, pindexNew, view, chainparams);
         GetMainSignals().BlockChecked(*pblock, state);
         if (!rv) {
             if (state.IsInvalid())
@@ -2727,7 +2726,7 @@ bool static ConnectTip(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams,
     list<CTransaction> txConflicted;
     mempool.removeForBlock(pblock->vtx, pindexNew->nHeight, txConflicted, !IsInitialBlockDownload());
     // Update chainActive & related variables.
-    UpdateTip(pindexNew);
+    UpdateTip(pindexNew, chainparams);
     // Tell wallet about transactions that went from mempool
     // to conflicted:
     BOOST_FOREACH(const CTransaction &tx, txConflicted) {
@@ -2828,7 +2827,7 @@ static bool ActivateBestChainStep(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& c
     // Disconnect active blocks which are no longer in the best chain.
     bool fBlocksDisconnected = false;
     while (chainActive.Tip() && chainActive.Tip() != pindexFork) {
-        if (!DisconnectTip(state, chainparams.GetConsensus()))
+        if (!DisconnectTip(state, chainparams))
             return false;
         fBlocksDisconnected = true;
     }
@@ -2973,7 +2972,7 @@ bool ActivateBestChain(CValidationState &state, const CChainParams& chainparams,
     return true;
 }
 
-bool InvalidateBlock(CValidationState& state, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, CBlockIndex *pindex)
+bool InvalidateBlock(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, CBlockIndex *pindex)
 {
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
 
@@ -2989,7 +2988,7 @@ bool InvalidateBlock(CValidationState& state, const Consensus::Params& consensus
         setBlockIndexCandidates.erase(pindexWalk);
         // ActivateBestChain considers blocks already in chainActive
         // unconditionally valid already, so force disconnect away from it.
-        if (!DisconnectTip(state, consensusParams)) {
+        if (!DisconnectTip(state, chainparams)) {
             mempool.removeForReorg(pcoinsTip, chainActive.Tip()->nHeight + 1, STANDARD_LOCKTIME_VERIFY_FLAGS);
             return false;
         }
@@ -3524,7 +3523,7 @@ bool TestBlockValidity(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams,
         return error("%s: Consensus::CheckBlock: %s", __func__, FormatStateMessage(state));
     if (!ContextualCheckBlock(block, state, pindexPrev))
         return error("%s: Consensus::ContextualCheckBlock: %s", __func__, FormatStateMessage(state));
-    if (!ConnectBlock(block, state, &indexDummy, viewNew, true))
+    if (!ConnectBlock(block, state, &indexDummy, viewNew, chainparams, true))
         return false;
     assert(state.IsValid());
 
@@ -3892,7 +3891,7 @@ bool CVerifyDB::VerifyDB(const CChainParams& chainparams, CCoinsView *coinsview,
             CBlock block;
             if (!ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pindex, chainparams.GetConsensus()))
                 return error("VerifyDB(): *** ReadBlockFromDisk failed at %d, hash=%s", pindex->nHeight, pindex->GetBlockHash().ToString());
-            if (!ConnectBlock(block, state, pindex, coins))
+            if (!ConnectBlock(block, state, pindex, coins, chainparams))
                 return error("VerifyDB(): *** found unconnectable block at %d, hash=%s", pindex->nHeight, pindex->GetBlockHash().ToString());
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 0962f44e9..2c9635bcf 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ bool ContextualCheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIn
 /** Apply the effects of this block (with given index) on the UTXO set represented by coins.
  *  Validity checks that depend on the UTXO set are also done; ConnectBlock()
  *  can fail if those validity checks fail (among other reasons). */
-bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, CCoinsViewCache& coins, bool fJustCheck = false);
+bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, CCoinsViewCache& coins,
+                  const CChainParams& chainparams, bool fJustCheck = false);
 
 /** Undo the effects of this block (with given index) on the UTXO set represented by coins.
  *  In case pfClean is provided, operation will try to be tolerant about errors, and *pfClean
@@ -536,7 +537,7 @@ public:
 CBlockIndex* FindForkInGlobalIndex(const CChain& chain, const CBlockLocator& locator);
 
 /** Mark a block as invalid. */
-bool InvalidateBlock(CValidationState& state, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, CBlockIndex *pindex);
+bool InvalidateBlock(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams, CBlockIndex *pindex);
 
 /** Remove invalidity status from a block and its descendants. */
 bool ReconsiderBlock(CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex *pindex);
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 5de2394e2..6960415e2 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ UniValue invalidateblock(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Block not found");
 
         CBlockIndex* pblockindex = mapBlockIndex[hash];
-        InvalidateBlock(state, Params().GetConsensus(), pblockindex);
+        InvalidateBlock(state, Params(), pblockindex);
     }
 
     if (state.IsValid()) {