diff --git a/chainntnfs/neutrinonotify/neutrino.go b/chainntnfs/neutrinonotify/neutrino.go
index 410e6789d..dfe6fca3a 100644
--- a/chainntnfs/neutrinonotify/neutrino.go
+++ b/chainntnfs/neutrinonotify/neutrino.go
@@ -527,19 +527,13 @@ func (n *NeutrinoNotifier) historicalConfDetails(confRequest chainntnfs.ConfRequ
 		// for this height.
 		regFilter, err := n.p2pNode.GetCFilter(
 			*blockHash, wire.GCSFilterRegular,
+			neutrino.NumRetries(5),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve regular filter for "+
 				"height=%v: %v", scanHeight, err)
 		}
 
-		// If the block has no transactions other than the Coinbase
-		// transaction, then the filter may be nil, so we'll continue
-		// forward int that case.
-		if regFilter == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
 		// In the case that the filter exists, we'll attempt to see if
 		// any element in it matches our target public key script.
 		key := builder.DeriveKey(blockHash)