diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/aztec_rpc_server/aztec_rpc_server.ts b/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/aztec_rpc_server/aztec_rpc_server.ts
index ec51c50d1a1..f4d5610890a 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/aztec_rpc_server/aztec_rpc_server.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/aztec_rpc_server/aztec_rpc_server.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ export class AztecRPCServer implements AztecRPC {
 
   public async sendTx(tx: Tx): Promise<TxHash> {
     const txHash = await tx.getTxHash();
+    if (await this.node.getTx(txHash)) {
+      throw new Error(`A settled tx with equal hash ${txHash.toString()} exists.`);
+    }
     this.log.info(`Sending transaction ${txHash}`);
     await this.node.sendTx(tx);
     return txHash;
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/aztec_rpc_server/test/aztec_rpc_server.test.ts b/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/aztec_rpc_server/test/aztec_rpc_server.test.ts
index 0faa498d573..99adad75081 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/aztec_rpc_server/test/aztec_rpc_server.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec-rpc/src/aztec_rpc_server/test/aztec_rpc_server.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Grumpkin } from '@aztec/circuits.js/barretenberg';
 import { TestKeyStore } from '@aztec/key-store';
-import { AztecNode, AztecRPC } from '@aztec/types';
+import { AztecNode, AztecRPC, L2Tx, mockTx } from '@aztec/types';
 
-import { mock } from 'jest-mock-extended';
+import { MockProxy, mock } from 'jest-mock-extended';
 
 import { MemoryDB } from '../../database/memory_db.js';
 import { EthAddress, RpcServerConfig } from '../../index.js';
@@ -27,3 +27,29 @@ async function createAztecRpcServer(): Promise<AztecRPC> {
 }
 
 aztecRpcTestSuite('AztecRPCServer', createAztecRpcServer);
+
+describe('AztecRPCServer', () => {
+  let keyStore: TestKeyStore;
+  let node: MockProxy<AztecNode>;
+  let db: MemoryDB;
+  let config: RpcServerConfig;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    keyStore = new TestKeyStore(await Grumpkin.new());
+    node = mock<AztecNode>();
+    db = new MemoryDB();
+    config = {
+      l2BlockPollingIntervalMS: 100,
+    };
+  });
+
+  it('throws when submitting a tx with a nullifier of already settled tx', async () => {
+    const settledTx = L2Tx.random();
+    const duplicateTx = mockTx();
+
+    node.getTx.mockResolvedValue(settledTx);
+
+    const rpc = new AztecRPCServer(keyStore, node, db, config);
+    await expect(rpc.sendTx(duplicateTx)).rejects.toThrowError(/A settled tx with equal hash/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts
index 81216417fdd..ef827094871 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts
@@ -79,9 +79,8 @@ describe('e2e_deploy_contract', () => {
   /**
    * Milestone 1.2.
    * https://hackmd.io/-a5DjEfHTLaMBR49qy6QkA
-   * Task to repair this test: https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/1810
    */
-  it.skip('should not deploy a contract with the same salt twice', async () => {
+  it('should not deploy a contract with the same salt twice', async () => {
     const contractAddressSalt = Fr.random();
     const deployer = new ContractDeployer(TestContractAbi, aztecRpcServer);
 
@@ -97,13 +96,9 @@ describe('e2e_deploy_contract', () => {
     }
 
     {
-      const tx = deployer.deploy().send({ contractAddressSalt });
-      const isMined = await tx.isMined({ interval: 0.1 });
-      expect(isMined).toBe(false);
-      const receipt = await tx.getReceipt();
-
-      expect(receipt.status).toBe(TxStatus.DROPPED);
-      expect(receipt.error).toBe('Tx dropped by P2P node.');
+      await expect(deployer.deploy().send({ contractAddressSalt }).wait()).rejects.toThrowError(
+        /A settled tx with equal hash/,
+      );
     }
   }, 30_000);
 });