diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage.rs b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
index 0d43bbe48a..a2d7d71821 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -1147,11 +1147,7 @@ impl BankingStage {
                 .filter_map(|(tx, tx_index)| {
                     // put transaction into retry queue if it wouldn't fit
                     // into current bank
-                    let is_vote = &packet_batch.packets[tx_index].meta.is_simple_vote_tx;
-
-                    // excluding vote TX from cost_model, for now
-                    if !is_vote
-                        && read_cost_tracker
+                    if read_cost_tracker
                             .would_transaction_fit(
                                 &tx,
                                 &cost_model