diff --git a/src/currency_core/currency_core.cpp b/src/currency_core/currency_core.cpp
index 876c2d17c..7658f4da1 100644
--- a/src/currency_core/currency_core.cpp
+++ b/src/currency_core/currency_core.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ namespace currency
     r = m_blockchain_storage.init(m_config_folder, vm);
     CHECK_AND_ASSERT_MES(r, false, "Failed to initialize blockchain storage");
 
+    m_mempool.remove_incompatible_txs();
+
     r = m_miner.init(vm);
     CHECK_AND_ASSERT_MES(r, false, "Failed to initialize miner");
 
diff --git a/src/currency_core/tx_pool.cpp b/src/currency_core/tx_pool.cpp
index 94a691249..3acf108c3 100644
--- a/src/currency_core/tx_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/currency_core/tx_pool.cpp
@@ -1293,6 +1293,27 @@ namespace currency
     return true;
   }
   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  void tx_memory_pool::remove_incompatible_txs()
+  {
+    std::vector<crypto::hash> invalid_tx_ids;
+
+    m_db_transactions.enumerate_items([&](uint64_t i, const crypto::hash& h, const tx_details &tx_entry)
+    {
+      if (!m_blockchain.validate_tx_for_hardfork_specific_terms(tx_entry.tx, h))
+        invalid_tx_ids.push_back(h);
+      return true;
+    });
+
+    for(const auto& id : invalid_tx_ids)
+    {
+      transaction tx{};
+      size_t blob_size = 0;
+      uint64_t fee = 0;
+      take_tx(id, tx, blob_size, fee);
+      LOG_PRINT_L0("tx " << id << " was incompatible with the hardfork rules and removed");
+    }
+  }
+  //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   bool tx_memory_pool::load_keyimages_cache()
   {
     CRITICAL_REGION_LOCAL(m_key_images_lock);
diff --git a/src/currency_core/tx_pool.h b/src/currency_core/tx_pool.h
index 4ede52a29..92d606045 100644
--- a/src/currency_core/tx_pool.h
+++ b/src/currency_core/tx_pool.h
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ namespace currency
     
     bool remove_stuck_transactions(); // made public to be called from coretests
 
+    void remove_incompatible_txs(); // made public to be called after the BCS is loaded and hardfork info is ready
+
   private:
     bool on_tx_add(crypto::hash tx_id, const transaction& tx, bool kept_by_block);
     bool on_tx_remove(const crypto::hash &tx_id, const transaction& tx, bool kept_by_block);
diff --git a/src/version.h.in b/src/version.h.in
index c61964325..6bfc64f89 100644
--- a/src/version.h.in
+++ b/src/version.h.in
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 #define PROJECT_REVISION "0"
 #define PROJECT_VERSION PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION "." PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION "." PROJECT_REVISION
 
-#define PROJECT_VERSION_BUILD_NO 280
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_BUILD_NO 282
 #define PROJECT_VERSION_BUILD_NO_STR STRINGIFY_EXPAND(PROJECT_VERSION_BUILD_NO)
 #define PROJECT_VERSION_LONG PROJECT_VERSION "." PROJECT_VERSION_BUILD_NO_STR "[" BUILD_COMMIT_ID "]"