diff --git a/tx.go b/tx.go
index a8a35487..0e254dca 100644
--- a/tx.go
+++ b/tx.go
@@ -90,11 +90,6 @@ func NewTxFromStream(b []byte) (*Tx, int, error) {
 	}
 	offset += 4
 
-	// There is an optional Flag of 2 bytes after the version. It is always "0001" and represent that this is a SegWit tx.
-	if b[offset] == 0x00 && b[offset+1] == 0x01 {
-		offset += 2
-	}
-
 	inputCount, size := DecodeVarInt(b[offset:])
 	offset += size
 
diff --git a/tx_test.go b/tx_test.go
index 6b91487d..a1e431f2 100644
--- a/tx_test.go
+++ b/tx_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ func TestNewTx(t *testing.T) {
 func TestNewTxFromString(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
+	t.Run("valid tx no inputs", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tx, err := bt.NewTxFromString("01000000000100000000000000001a006a07707265666978310c6578616d706c65206461746102133700000000")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, tx)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("invalid tx", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tx, err := bt.NewTxFromString("0")
 		assert.Error(t, err)