diff --git a/flexidag/src/ghostdag/protocol.rs b/flexidag/src/ghostdag/protocol.rs
index ac1b5147cb..435b09b421 100644
--- a/flexidag/src/ghostdag/protocol.rs
+++ b/flexidag/src/ghostdag/protocol.rs
@@ -184,58 +184,19 @@ impl<
         let selected_parent = self.find_selected_parent(header.parents_hash().into_iter())?;
         // Initialize new GHOSTDAG block data with the selected parent
         let mut new_block_data = GhostdagData::new_with_selected_parent(selected_parent, self.k);
-        let ordered_mergeset = self.sort_blocks(
+        new_block_data.mergeset_blues = Arc::new(
+            vec![selected_parent]
+                .into_iter()
+                .chain(self.sort_blocks(blue_blocks.iter().map(|header| header.id()))?)
+                .collect(),
+        );
+        new_block_data.mergeset_reds = Arc::new(
             header
                 .parents_hash()
                 .into_iter()
-                .filter(|header_id| *header_id != new_block_data.selected_parent)
-                .chain(
-                    blue_blocks
-                        .iter()
-                        .filter(|header| header.id() != new_block_data.selected_parent)
-                        .map(|header| header.id()),
-                )
-                .collect::<HashSet<_>>()
-                .into_iter()
-                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
-        )?;
-
-        for blue_candidate in ordered_mergeset.iter().cloned() {
-            let coloring = self.check_blue_candidate(&new_block_data, blue_candidate)?;
-            if let ColoringOutput::Blue(blue_anticone_size, blues_anticone_sizes) = coloring {
-                // No k-cluster violation found, we can now set the candidate block as blue
-                new_block_data.add_blue(blue_candidate, blue_anticone_size, &blues_anticone_sizes);
-            } else {
-                new_block_data.add_red(blue_candidate);
-            }
-        }
-
-        if new_block_data
-            .mergeset_blues
-            .iter()
-            .skip(1)
-            .cloned()
-            .collect::<HashSet<_>>()
-            != blue_blocks
-                .iter()
-                .map(|header| header.id())
-                .collect::<HashSet<_>>()
-        {
-            warn!("The data of blue set is not equal when executing the block: {:?}, for {:?}, checking data: {:?}", header.id(), blue_blocks.iter().map(|header| header.id()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), new_block_data.mergeset_blues);
-            new_block_data.mergeset_blues = Arc::new(
-                vec![selected_parent]
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .chain(blue_blocks.iter().map(|header| header.id()))
-                    .collect(),
-            );
-            new_block_data.mergeset_reds = Arc::new(
-                header
-                    .parents_hash()
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .filter(|header_id| !new_block_data.mergeset_blues.contains(header_id))
-                    .collect(),
-            );
-        }
+                .filter(|header_id| !new_block_data.mergeset_blues.contains(header_id))
+                .collect(),
+        );
 
         let blue_score = self
             .ghostdag_store