diff --git a/contracts/staking/contracts/src/staking_pools/MixinCumulativeRewards.sol b/contracts/staking/contracts/src/staking_pools/MixinCumulativeRewards.sol
index 755f706ced..21368fc093 100644
--- a/contracts/staking/contracts/src/staking_pools/MixinCumulativeRewards.sol
+++ b/contracts/staking/contracts/src/staking_pools/MixinCumulativeRewards.sol
@@ -76,29 +76,8 @@ contract MixinCumulativeRewards is
         }
 
         // Update state to reflect the most recent cumulative reward
-        _forceSetMostRecentCumulativeRewardEpoch(
-            poolId,
-            currentMostRecentEpoch,
-            currentEpoch_
-        );
-    }
-
-    /// @dev Forcefully sets the epoch of the most recent cumulative reward.
-    /// @param poolId Unique Id of pool.
-    /// @param currentMostRecentEpoch Epoch of the most recent cumulative
-    ///        reward.
-    /// @param newMostRecentEpoch Epoch of the new most recent cumulative
-    ///        reward.
-    function _forceSetMostRecentCumulativeRewardEpoch(
-        bytes32 poolId,
-        uint256 currentMostRecentEpoch,
-        uint256 newMostRecentEpoch
-    )
-        internal
-    {
-        // Sanity check that we're not trying to go back in time
-        assert(newMostRecentEpoch >= currentMostRecentEpoch);
-        _cumulativeRewardsByPoolLastStored[poolId] = newMostRecentEpoch;
+        assert(currentEpoch_ > currentMostRecentEpoch);
+        _cumulativeRewardsByPoolLastStored[poolId] = currentEpoch_;
     }
 
     /// @dev Computes a member's reward over a given epoch interval.
diff --git a/contracts/staking/contracts/test/TestCumulativeRewardTracking.sol b/contracts/staking/contracts/test/TestCumulativeRewardTracking.sol
index a57f6c329e..8e74842989 100644
--- a/contracts/staking/contracts/test/TestCumulativeRewardTracking.sol
+++ b/contracts/staking/contracts/test/TestCumulativeRewardTracking.sol
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ contract TestCumulativeRewardTracking is
         uint256 epoch
     );
 
-    event SetMostRecentCumulativeReward(
-        bytes32 poolId,
-        uint256 epoch
-    );
-
     constructor(
         address wethAddress,
         address zrxVaultAddress
@@ -61,19 +56,4 @@ contract TestCumulativeRewardTracking is
             value
         );
     }
-
-    function _forceSetMostRecentCumulativeRewardEpoch(
-        bytes32 poolId,
-        uint256 currentMostRecentEpoch,
-        uint256 newMostRecentEpoch
-    )
-        internal
-    {
-        emit SetMostRecentCumulativeReward(poolId, newMostRecentEpoch);
-        MixinCumulativeRewards._forceSetMostRecentCumulativeRewardEpoch(
-            poolId,
-            currentMostRecentEpoch,
-            newMostRecentEpoch
-        );
-    }
 }
diff --git a/contracts/staking/test/utils/cumulative_reward_tracking_simulation.ts b/contracts/staking/test/utils/cumulative_reward_tracking_simulation.ts
index 516c0ffd31..675f079f25 100644
--- a/contracts/staking/test/utils/cumulative_reward_tracking_simulation.ts
+++ b/contracts/staking/test/utils/cumulative_reward_tracking_simulation.ts
@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@ export class CumulativeRewardTrackingSimulation {
     private static _extractTestLogs(txReceiptLogs: DecodedLogs): TestLog[] {
         const logs = [];
         for (const log of txReceiptLogs) {
-            if (log.event === TestCumulativeRewardTrackingEvents.SetMostRecentCumulativeReward) {
-                logs.push({
-                    event: log.event,
-                    epoch: log.args.epoch.toNumber(),
-                });
-            } else if (log.event === TestCumulativeRewardTrackingEvents.SetCumulativeReward) {
+            if (log.event === TestCumulativeRewardTrackingEvents.SetCumulativeReward) {
                 logs.push({
                     event: log.event,
                     epoch: log.args.epoch.toNumber(),