diff --git a/testutil/network/doc.go b/testutil/network/doc.go
index bb92b935..f61c281d 100644
--- a/testutil/network/doc.go
+++ b/testutil/network/doc.go
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ A typical testing flow might look like the following:
 	}
 */
 package network
+
+/*
+NOTE:
+	Copied over from https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tree/v0.50.3/testutil/network
+	Patch: Skipped network.LatestHeight() call at the end of New()
+*/
diff --git a/testutil/network/network.go b/testutil/network/network.go
index ac6d4593..a401a9b3 100644
--- a/testutil/network/network.go
+++ b/testutil/network/network.go
@@ -619,12 +619,12 @@ func New(l Logger, baseDir string, cfg Config) (*Network, error) {
 		l.Log("started validator", idx)
 	}
 
-	height, err := network.LatestHeight()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	// height, err := network.LatestHeight()
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return nil, err
+	// }
 
-	l.Log("started test network at height:", height)
+	// l.Log("started test network at height:", height)
 
 	// Ensure we cleanup incase any test was abruptly halted (e.g. SIGINT) as any
 	// defer in a test would not be called.
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ func (n *Network) WaitForHeightWithTimeout(h int64, t time.Duration) (int64, err
 // blocks has been reached.
 func (n *Network) RetryForBlocks(retryFunc func() error, blocks int) error {
 	for i := 0; i < blocks; i++ {
-		n.WaitForNextBlock()
+		_ = n.WaitForNextBlock()
 		err := retryFunc()
 		if err == nil {
 			return nil