diff --git a/ethdb/database_test.go b/ethdb/database_test.go
index ba1d94068..0fb2b56b9 100644
--- a/ethdb/database_test.go
+++ b/ethdb/database_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func testPutGet(db MinDatabase, t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	for _, k := range testValues {
-		err := db.Put(testBucket, []byte(k), []byte{1})
+		err := db.Put(testBucket, []byte(k), []byte{})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("put failed: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ func testPutGet(db MinDatabase, t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("get failed: %v", err)
 		}
-		if len(data) != 1 {
-			t.Fatalf("get returned wrong result, got %q expected 1", string(data))
+		if len(data) != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("get returned wrong result, got %q expected nil", string(data))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/ethdb/kv_lmdb.go b/ethdb/kv_lmdb.go
index b1d17219d..0519c04f2 100644
--- a/ethdb/kv_lmdb.go
+++ b/ethdb/kv_lmdb.go
@@ -425,9 +425,6 @@ func (b *lmdbBucket) Put(key []byte, value []byte) error {
 	if len(key) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("lmdb doesn't support empty keys. bucket: %s", dbutils.Buckets[b.id])
 	}
-	if len(value) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("lmdb doesn't support empty values. bucket: %s", dbutils.Buckets[b.id])
-	}
 
 	err := b.tx.tx.Put(b.dbi, key, value, 0)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -601,9 +598,6 @@ func (c *lmdbCursor) Put(key []byte, value []byte) error {
 	if len(key) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("lmdb doesn't support empty keys. bucket: %s", dbutils.Buckets[c.bucket.id])
 	}
-	if len(value) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("lmdb doesn't support empty values. bucket: %s", dbutils.Buckets[c.bucket.id])
-	}
 	if c.cursor == nil {
 		if err := c.initCursor(); err != nil {
 			return err