diff --git a/nimbus/core/tx_pool/tx_tasks/tx_add.nim b/nimbus/core/tx_pool/tx_tasks/tx_add.nim
index 01e95f087..b37fb814d 100644
--- a/nimbus/core/tx_pool/tx_tasks/tx_add.nim
+++ b/nimbus/core/tx_pool/tx_tasks/tx_add.nim
@@ -77,10 +77,18 @@ proc supersede(xp: TxPoolRef; item: TxItemRef): Result[void,TxInfo]
       return err(txInfoErrUnspecified)
     current = rc.value.data
 
-  # verify whether replacing is allowed, at all
-  let bumpPrice = (current.tx.gasPrice * xp.priceBump.GasInt + 99) div 100
-  if item.tx.gasPrice < current.tx.gasPrice + bumpPrice:
-    return err(txInfoErrReplaceUnderpriced)
+  # TODO: To unblock `kurtosis-tech/ethereum-package` based testing,
+  # we have to accept superseding transactions temporarily until `rpc_utils.nim`
+  # supports the 'pending' tag by incorporating pending transactions from the
+  # mempool when returning the current account nonce. Until that is fixed,
+  # we keep telling the transaction spammer that their nonce has not changed,
+  # and it keeps spamming transactions with the same nonce repeatedly.
+  # Note: When this is fixed, update `tests/test_txpool.nim` and
+  # re-enable the "Superseding txs with sender and nonce variants" test case.
+  if false:
+    let bumpPrice = (current.tx.gasPrice * xp.priceBump.GasInt + 99) div 100
+    if item.tx.gasPrice < current.tx.gasPrice + bumpPrice:
+      return err(txInfoErrReplaceUnderpriced)
 
   # make space, delete item
   if not xp.txDB.dispose(current, txInfoSenderNonceSuperseded):
diff --git a/tests/test_txpool.nim b/tests/test_txpool.nim
index 0e201c01b..a34a7d10b 100644
--- a/tests/test_txpool.nim
+++ b/tests/test_txpool.nim
@@ -301,11 +301,12 @@ proc runTxPoolTests(noisy = true) =
         check xq.nItems.total == testTxs.len
         check xq.nItems.disposed == testTxs.len
 
-        # last update item was underpriced, so it must not have been
-        # replaced
-        var altLst = testTxs.toSeq.mapIt("alt " & it[0].info)
-        altLst[^1] = testTxs[^1][0].info
-        check altLst.sorted == xq.toItems.toSeq.mapIt(it.info).sorted
+        if false:  # Temporarily disabled, see `supersede` in `tx_add.nim`
+          # last update item was underpriced, so it must not have been
+          # replaced
+          var altLst = testTxs.toSeq.mapIt("alt " & it[0].info)
+          altLst[^1] = testTxs[^1][0].info
+          check altLst.sorted == xq.toItems.toSeq.mapIt(it.info).sorted
 
       test &"Deleting tx => also delete higher nonces":