diff --git a/chain/block.go b/chain/block.go
index 687ad80db5..d915fa2e5f 100644
--- a/chain/block.go
+++ b/chain/block.go
@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ func (b *StatelessBlock) initializeBuilt(
 // implements "snowman.Block.choices.Decidable"
 func (b *StatelessBlock) ID() ids.ID { return b.id }
 
+// implements "block.WithVerifyContext"
+func (b *StatelessBlock) ShouldVerifyWithContext(context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	return false, nil
+}
+
 // implements "block.WithVerifyContext"
 func (b *StatelessBlock) VerifyWithContext(ctx context.Context, bctx *block.Context) error {
 	start := time.Now()