diff --git a/src/rpc/mining.cpp b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
index e7026940cbba9..ffbfc58a96146 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
@@ -826,9 +826,6 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblocktemplate()
     UpdateTime(&block, consensusParams, pindexPrev);
     block.nNonce = 0;
 
-    // NOTE: If at some point we support pre-segwit miners post-segwit-activation, this needs to take segwit support into consideration
-    const bool fPreSegWit = !DeploymentActiveAfter(pindexPrev, chainman, Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_SEGWIT);
-
     UniValue aCaps(UniValue::VARR); aCaps.push_back("proposal");
 
     UniValue transactions(UniValue::VARR);
@@ -862,10 +859,6 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblocktemplate()
         int index_in_template = i - 1;
         entry.pushKV("fee", tx_fees.at(index_in_template));
         int64_t nTxSigOps{tx_sigops.at(index_in_template)};
-        if (fPreSegWit) {
-            CHECK_NONFATAL(nTxSigOps % WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR == 0);
-            nTxSigOps /= WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR;
-        }
         entry.pushKV("sigops", nTxSigOps);
         entry.pushKV("weight", GetTransactionWeight(tx));
 
@@ -889,10 +882,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblocktemplate()
     // ! indicates a more subtle change to the block structure or generation transaction
     // Otherwise clients may assume the rule will not impact usage of the template as-is.
     aRules.push_back("csv");
-    if (!fPreSegWit) {
-        aRules.push_back("!segwit");
-        aRules.push_back("taproot");
-    }
+    // BIP 145: the '!' rule prefix MUST be enabled on the "segwit" rule for templates including transactions with witness data.
+    aRules.push_back("!segwit");
+    aRules.push_back("taproot");
     if (consensusParams.signet_blocks) {
         // indicate to miner that they must understand signet rules
         // when attempting to mine with this template
@@ -955,17 +947,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblocktemplate()
     result.pushKV("noncerange", "00000000ffffffff");
     int64_t nSigOpLimit = MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS_COST;
     int64_t nSizeLimit = MAX_BLOCK_SERIALIZED_SIZE;
-    if (fPreSegWit) {
-        CHECK_NONFATAL(nSigOpLimit % WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR == 0);
-        nSigOpLimit /= WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR;
-        CHECK_NONFATAL(nSizeLimit % WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR == 0);
-        nSizeLimit /= WITNESS_SCALE_FACTOR;
-    }
     result.pushKV("sigoplimit", nSigOpLimit);
     result.pushKV("sizelimit", nSizeLimit);
-    if (!fPreSegWit) {
-        result.pushKV("weightlimit", (int64_t)MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT);
-    }
+    result.pushKV("weightlimit", (int64_t)MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT);
     result.pushKV("curtime", block.GetBlockTime());
     result.pushKV("bits", strprintf("%08x", block.nBits));
     result.pushKV("height", (int64_t)(pindexPrev->nHeight+1));
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_segwit.py b/test/functional/feature_segwit.py
index f98f326e8f441..e0a60b763f49f 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_segwit.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_segwit.py
@@ -84,21 +84,18 @@ def add_options(self, parser):
     def set_test_params(self):
         self.setup_clean_chain = True
         self.num_nodes = 3
-        # This test tests SegWit both pre and post-activation, so use the normal BIP9 activation.
+        # This test tests SegWit post-activation
         self.extra_args = [
             [
                 "-acceptnonstdtxn=1",
-                "-testactivationheight=segwit@165",
                 "-addresstype=legacy",
             ],
             [
                 "-acceptnonstdtxn=1",
-                "-testactivationheight=segwit@165",
                 "-addresstype=legacy",
             ],
             [
                 "-acceptnonstdtxn=1",
-                "-testactivationheight=segwit@165",
                 "-addresstype=legacy",
             ],
         ]
@@ -124,17 +121,6 @@ def fail_accept(self, node, error_msg, txid, sign, redeem_script=""):
     def run_test(self):
         self.generate(self.nodes[0], 161)  # block 161
 
-        self.log.info("Verify sigops are counted in GBT with pre-BIP141 rules before the fork")
-        txid = self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[0].getnewaddress(), 1)
-        tmpl = self.nodes[0].getblocktemplate({'rules': ['segwit']})
-        assert_equal(tmpl['sizelimit'], 1000000)
-        assert 'weightlimit' not in tmpl
-        assert_equal(tmpl['sigoplimit'], 20000)
-        assert_equal(tmpl['transactions'][0]['hash'], txid)
-        assert_equal(tmpl['transactions'][0]['sigops'], 2)
-        assert '!segwit' not in tmpl['rules']
-        self.generate(self.nodes[0], 1)  # block 162
-
         balance_presetup = self.nodes[0].getbalance()
         self.pubkey = []
         p2sh_ids = []  # p2sh_ids[NODE][TYPE] is an array of txids that spend to P2WPKH (TYPE=0) or P2WSH (TYPE=1) scripts to an address for NODE embedded in p2sh