diff --git a/vendor/github.com/skycoin/dmsg/cipher/cipher.go b/vendor/github.com/skycoin/dmsg/cipher/cipher.go
index 064b1c9e99..9d8a897000 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/skycoin/dmsg/cipher/cipher.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/skycoin/dmsg/cipher/cipher.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package cipher
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -73,10 +72,6 @@ func (pk PubKey) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
 
 // UnmarshalText implements encoding.TextUnmarshaler.
 func (pk *PubKey) UnmarshalText(data []byte) error {
-	if bytes.Count(data, []byte{48}) == len(data) {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	dPK, err := cipher.PubKeyFromHex(string(data))
 	if err == nil {
 		*pk = PubKey(dPK)