diff --git a/src/app_service/service/message/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/message/service.nim
index fdb63243c1e..0a221fef8f7 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/message/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/message/service.nim
@@ -260,11 +260,8 @@ QtObject:
       error "error: received `chats` array for handling messages update is empty"
       return
 
-    # Temporary commented until we provide appropriate flags on the `status-go` side to cover all sections.
-    # blocking contact deletes the chat on the `status-go` side, after unblocking it, `active` prop is still false
-    # that's the reason why the following check is commented out here.
-    # if (not chats[0].active):
-    #   return
+    if (not chats[0].active):
+      return
 
     self.bulkReplacePubKeysWithDisplayNames(messages)
 
diff --git a/vendor/status-go b/vendor/status-go
index e5e5229e6a6..cca5ab01ae0 160000
--- a/vendor/status-go
+++ b/vendor/status-go
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e5e5229e6a64c9f91d4f2c8bff283cd76c2f4568
+Subproject commit cca5ab01ae06414a315d0ed0995a5ae272dfed80