diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 33fc90dd78..8be2147d10 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1258,16 +1258,22 @@ UniValue getblockchaininfo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     obj.pushKV("blocks",                (int)chainActive.Height());
     obj.pushKV("headers",               pindexBestHeader ? pindexBestHeader->nHeight : -1);
     obj.pushKV("bestblockhash",         chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash().GetHex());
-    obj.pushKV("difficulty",            (double)GetDifficulty(chainActive.Tip()));
+    if (!g_signed_blocks) {
+        obj.pushKV("difficulty",            (double)GetDifficulty(chainActive.Tip()));
+    }
     obj.pushKV("mediantime",            (int64_t)chainActive.Tip()->GetMedianTimePast());
     obj.pushKV("verificationprogress",  GuessVerificationProgress(chainparams.TxData(), chainActive.Tip()));
     obj.pushKV("initialblockdownload",  IsInitialBlockDownload());
-    obj.pushKV("chainwork",             chainActive.Tip()->nChainWork.GetHex());
+    if (!g_signed_blocks) {
+        obj.pushKV("chainwork",             chainActive.Tip()->nChainWork.GetHex());
+    }
     obj.pushKV("size_on_disk",          CalculateCurrentUsage());
     obj.pushKV("pruned",                fPruneMode);
-    CScript sign_block_script = chainparams.GetConsensus().signblockscript;
-    obj.pushKV("signblock_asm", ScriptToAsmStr(sign_block_script));
-    obj.pushKV("signblock_hex", HexStr(sign_block_script));
+    if (g_signed_blocks) {
+        CScript sign_block_script = chainparams.GetConsensus().signblockscript;
+        obj.pushKV("signblock_asm", ScriptToAsmStr(sign_block_script));
+        obj.pushKV("signblock_hex", HexStr(sign_block_script));
+    }
 
     if (fPruneMode) {
         CBlockIndex* block = chainActive.Tip();
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
index d681cdc8ab..cfb067bc15 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
@@ -7,17 +7,14 @@
 Test the following RPCs:
     - getblockchaininfo
     - gettxoutsetinfo
-    - getdifficulty
     - getbestblockhash
     - getblockhash
     - getblockheader
     - getchaintxstats
-    - getnetworkhashps
     - verifychain
 
 Tests correspond to code in rpc/blockchain.cpp.
 """
-
 from decimal import Decimal
 import http.client
 import subprocess
@@ -54,8 +51,6 @@ class BlockchainTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self._test_getchaintxstats()
         self._test_gettxoutsetinfo()
         self._test_getblockheader()
-        self._test_getdifficulty()
-        self._test_getnetworkhashps()
         self._test_stopatheight()
         self._test_waitforblockheight()
         assert self.nodes[0].verifychain(4, 0)
@@ -68,17 +63,18 @@ class BlockchainTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             'bip9_softforks',
             'blocks',
             'chain',
-            'chainwork',
-            'difficulty',
             'headers',
             'initialblockdownload',
             'mediantime',
             'pruned',
+            'signblock_asm',
+            'signblock_hex',
             'size_on_disk',
             'softforks',
             'verificationprogress',
             'warnings',
         ]
+
         res = self.nodes[0].getblockchaininfo()
 
         # result should have these additional pruning keys if manual pruning is enabled
@@ -212,29 +208,14 @@ class BlockchainTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_equal(header['height'], 200)
         assert_equal(header['confirmations'], 1)
         assert_equal(header['previousblockhash'], secondbesthash)
-        assert_is_hex_string(header['chainwork'])
         assert_equal(header['nTx'], 1)
         assert_is_hash_string(header['hash'])
         assert_is_hash_string(header['previousblockhash'])
         assert_is_hash_string(header['merkleroot'])
-        assert_is_hash_string(header['bits'], length=None)
         assert isinstance(header['time'], int)
         assert isinstance(header['mediantime'], int)
-        assert isinstance(header['nonce'], int)
         assert isinstance(header['version'], int)
         assert isinstance(int(header['versionHex'], 16), int)
-        assert isinstance(header['difficulty'], Decimal)
-
-    def _test_getdifficulty(self):
-        difficulty = self.nodes[0].getdifficulty()
-        # 1 hash in 2 should be valid, so difficulty should be 1/2**31
-        # binary => decimal => binary math is why we do this check
-        assert abs(difficulty * 2**31 - 1) < 0.0001
-
-    def _test_getnetworkhashps(self):
-        hashes_per_second = self.nodes[0].getnetworkhashps()
-        # This should be 2 hashes every 10 minutes or 1/300
-        assert abs(hashes_per_second * 300 - 1) < 0.0001
 
     def _test_stopatheight(self):
         assert_equal(self.nodes[0].getblockcount(), 200)
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/blocktools.py b/test/functional/test_framework/blocktools.py
index 987ade4044..88490d51c1 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/blocktools.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/blocktools.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from .messages import (
     ser_uint256,
     sha256,
     uint256_from_str,
+    CProof,
 )
 from .script import (
     CScript,
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ def create_block(hashprev, coinbase, ntime=None):
     block.hashPrevBlock = hashprev
     block.nBits = 0x207fffff  # difficulty retargeting is disabled in REGTEST chainparams
     block.vtx.append(coinbase)
+    block.proof = CProof(bytearray.fromhex('51'), bytearray.fromhex(''))
     block.hashMerkleRoot = block.calc_merkle_root()
     block.calc_sha256()
     return block