diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/wasm/detail/HostFuncImpl.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/wasm/detail/HostFuncImpl.cpp
index e61d39f9aa..a0b81a2df3 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/wasm/detail/HostFuncImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/wasm/detail/HostFuncImpl.cpp
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ WasmHostFunctionsImpl::checkSignature(
         return Unexpected(HostFunctionError::INVALID_PARAMS);
 
     PublicKey const pk(pubkey);
-    return verify(pk, message, signature, /*canonical*/ true);
+    return verify(pk, message, signature);
 }
 
 Expected<Hash, HostFunctionError>