diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index 32e259bb..abe3f0d9 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -1336,6 +1336,7 @@ static void parse_nodeservers(ckpool_t *ckp, const json_t *arr_val)
 		if (!_json_get_string(&ckp->serverurl[j], val, "nodeserver"))
 			LOGWARNING("Invalid nodeserver entry number %d", i);
 		ckp->nodeserver[j] = true;
+		ckp->nodeservers++;
 	}
 	ckp->serverurls = total_urls;
 }
diff --git a/src/ckpool.h b/src/ckpool.h
index 62d1cab5..61faad3f 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.h
+++ b/src/ckpool.h
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ struct ckpool_instance {
 	int serverurls; // Number of server bindings
 	bool *server_highdiff; // If this server is highdiff
 	bool *nodeserver; // If this server URL serves node information
+	int nodeservers; // If this server has remote node servers
 	bool *trusted; // If this server URL accepts trusted remote nodes
 	char *upstream; // Upstream pool in trusted remote mode
 
diff --git a/src/stratifier.c b/src/stratifier.c
index 13a0af01..9e22b8b5 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.c
+++ b/src/stratifier.c
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ static void update_txns(ckpool_t *ckp, sdata_t *sdata, txntable_t *txns, bool lo
 	 * case they've been removed from its mempool as well and we need them
 	 * again in the future for a remote workinfo that hasn't forgotten
 	 * about them. */
-	if (purged)
+	if (purged && ckp->nodeservers)
 		submit_transaction_array(ckp, purged_txns);
 	json_decref(purged_txns);