diff --git a/bigchaindb/commands/bigchaindb.py b/bigchaindb/commands/bigchaindb.py
index a866fcaa..68cb930c 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/commands/bigchaindb.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/commands/bigchaindb.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from bigchaindb.common.exceptions import (StartupError,
                                           KeypairNotFoundException,
                                           DatabaseDoesNotExist)
 import bigchaindb
-from bigchaindb.tendermint.core import BigchainDB
 from bigchaindb import backend
 from bigchaindb.backend import schema
 from bigchaindb.backend import query
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ def run_start(args):
     """Start the processes to run the node"""
     logger.info('BigchainDB Version %s', bigchaindb.__version__)
 
-    run_recover(BigchainDB())
+    # run_recover(BigchainDB())
 
     if args.allow_temp_keypair:
         if not (bigchaindb.config['keypair']['private'] or
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_commands.py b/tests/commands/test_commands.py
index aa0df51e..4c963cb4 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_commands.py
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ def test_recover_db_from_zombie_block(b, monkeypatch):
     assert block['height'] == 9
 
 
-@pytest.mark.tendermint
 @patch('bigchaindb.config_utils.autoconfigure')
 @patch('bigchaindb.commands.bigchaindb.run_recover')
 @patch('bigchaindb.tendermint.commands.start')