diff --git a/crates/blockifier/src/blockifier/stateful_validator.rs b/crates/blockifier/src/blockifier/stateful_validator.rs
index 25bbbe7f27..3d529ef11d 100644
--- a/crates/blockifier/src/blockifier/stateful_validator.rs
+++ b/crates/blockifier/src/blockifier/stateful_validator.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use crate::fee::actual_cost::TransactionReceipt;
 use crate::fee::fee_checks::PostValidationReport;
 use crate::state::cached_state::CachedState;
 use crate::state::errors::StateError;
-use crate::state::state_api::StateReader;
+use crate::state::state_api::{State, StateReader};
 use crate::transaction::account_transaction::AccountTransaction;
 use crate::transaction::errors::{TransactionExecutionError, TransactionPreValidationError};
 use crate::transaction::transaction_execution::Transaction;
@@ -50,10 +50,26 @@ impl<S: StateReader> StatefulValidator<S> {
         Self { tx_executor }
     }
 
+    /// Perform validations on an account transaction.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `tx` - The account transaction to validate.
+    /// * `skip_validate` - If true, skip the account validation.
+    /// * `skip_fee_check` - If true, ignore any fee related checks on the transaction and account
+    ///   balance.
+    ///
+    /// NOTE:
+    ///
+    /// We add a flag specifically for avoiding fee checks to allow the pool validator
+    /// in Katana to run in 'fee disabled' mode. Basically, to adapt StatefulValidator to Katana's
+    /// execution flag abstraction (Katana's config that allows running in fee-disabled or
+    /// no-validation mode).
     pub fn perform_validations(
         &mut self,
         tx: AccountTransaction,
         skip_validate: bool,
+        skip_fee_check: bool,
     ) -> StatefulValidatorResult<()> {
         // Deploy account transactions should be fully executed, since the constructor must run
         // before `__validate_deploy__`. The execution already includes all necessary validations,
@@ -64,7 +80,7 @@ impl<S: StateReader> StatefulValidator<S> {
         }
 
         let tx_context = self.tx_executor.block_context.to_tx_context(&tx);
-        self.perform_pre_validation_stage(&tx, &tx_context)?;
+        self.perform_pre_validation_stage(&tx, &tx_context, !skip_fee_check)?;
 
         if !skip_validate {
             // `__validate__` call.
@@ -101,14 +117,14 @@ impl<S: StateReader> StatefulValidator<S> {
         &mut self,
         tx: &AccountTransaction,
         tx_context: &TransactionContext,
+        fee_check: bool,
     ) -> StatefulValidatorResult<()> {
         let strict_nonce_check = false;
         // Run pre-validation in charge fee mode to perform fee and balance related checks.
-        let charge_fee = true;
         tx.perform_pre_validation_stage(
             self.tx_executor.block_state.as_mut().expect(BLOCK_STATE_ACCESS_ERR),
             tx_context,
-            charge_fee,
+            fee_check,
             strict_nonce_check,
         )?;
 
diff --git a/crates/blockifier/src/blockifier/stateful_validator_test.rs b/crates/blockifier/src/blockifier/stateful_validator_test.rs
index 0467ab49cc..27402aa593 100644
--- a/crates/blockifier/src/blockifier/stateful_validator_test.rs
+++ b/crates/blockifier/src/blockifier/stateful_validator_test.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fn test_transaction_validator(
     // Test the stateful validator.
     let mut stateful_validator = StatefulValidator::create(state, block_context);
 
-    let result = stateful_validator.perform_validations(tx, false);
+    let result = stateful_validator.perform_validations(tx, false, false);
     assert!(result.is_ok(), "Validation failed: {:?}", result.unwrap_err());
 }
 
@@ -89,6 +89,6 @@ fn test_transaction_validator_skip_validate() {
 
     let mut stateful_validator = StatefulValidator::create(state, block_context);
     // The transaction validations should be skipped and the function should return Ok.
-    let result = stateful_validator.perform_validations(tx, true);
+    let result = stateful_validator.perform_validations(tx, true, false);
     assert_matches!(result, Ok(()));
 }