diff --git a/app/protocol/flowcontext/blocks.go b/app/protocol/flowcontext/blocks.go
index 96965d24f..657221669 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/blocks.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/blocks.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ func (f *FlowContext) OnNewBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock,
 	log.Debugf("OnNewBlock start for block %s", hash)
 	defer log.Debugf("OnNewBlock end for block %s", hash)
 
-	f.UpdateRecentBlockAddedTimesWithLastBlock()
 	unorphaningResults, err := f.UnorphanBlocks(block)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/app/protocol/flowcontext/flow_context.go b/app/protocol/flowcontext/flow_context.go
index 1846148fd..2af8e5f86 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/flow_context.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/flow_context.go
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ type FlowContext struct {
 	addressManager    *addressmanager.AddressManager
 	connectionManager *connmanager.ConnectionManager
 
-	recentBlockAddedTimes      []int64
-	recentBlockAddedTimesMutex sync.Mutex
-
 	timeStarted int64
 
 	onBlockAddedToDAGHandler           OnBlockAddedToDAGHandler
diff --git a/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go b/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go
index d7a17ab58..4ef23eb28 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ func (f *FlowContext) unorphanBlock(orphanHash externalapi.DomainHash) (*externa
 		}
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
-	f.UpdateRecentBlockAddedTimesWithLastBlock()
 
 	log.Infof("Unorphaned block %s", orphanHash)
 	return blockInsertionResult, true, nil
diff --git a/app/protocol/flowcontext/should_mine.go b/app/protocol/flowcontext/should_mine.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f0b4b628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/should_mine.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package flowcontext
+
+import "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
+
+const (
+	maxSelectedParentTimeDiffToAllowMiningInMilliSeconds = 300_000
+)
+
+// ShouldMine returns whether it's ok to use block template from this node
+// for mining purposes.
+func (f *FlowContext) ShouldMine() (bool, error) {
+	peers := f.Peers()
+	if len(peers) == 0 {
+		log.Debugf("The node is not connected, so ShouldMine returns false")
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	if f.IsIBDRunning() {
+		log.Debugf("IBD is running, so ShouldMine returns false")
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	virtualSelectedParent, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetVirtualSelectedParent()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	virtualSelectedParentHeader, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetBlockHeader(virtualSelectedParent)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	now := mstime.Now().UnixMilliseconds()
+	if now-virtualSelectedParentHeader.TimeInMilliseconds() < maxSelectedParentTimeDiffToAllowMiningInMilliSeconds {
+		log.Debugf("The selected tip timestamp is recent (%d), so ShouldMine returns true",
+			virtualSelectedParentHeader.TimeInMilliseconds())
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("The selected tip timestamp is old (%d), so ShouldMine returns false",
+		virtualSelectedParentHeader.TimeInMilliseconds())
+	return false, nil
+}
diff --git a/app/protocol/flowcontext/sync_rate.go b/app/protocol/flowcontext/sync_rate.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 79d488c35..000000000
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/sync_rate.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-package flowcontext
-
-import "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
-
-const (
-	syncRateWindowInMilliSeconds                         = 15 * 60 * 1000
-	syncRateMaxDeviation                                 = 0.05
-	maxSelectedParentTimeDiffToAllowMiningInMilliSeconds = 300_000
-)
-
-// UpdateRecentBlockAddedTimesWithLastBlock adds current time to list of times when block was added.
-// We use this list to determine the current sync rate
-func (f *FlowContext) UpdateRecentBlockAddedTimesWithLastBlock() {
-	f.recentBlockAddedTimesMutex.Lock()
-	defer f.recentBlockAddedTimesMutex.Unlock()
-
-	f.removeOldBlockTimes()
-	f.recentBlockAddedTimes = append(f.recentBlockAddedTimes, mstime.Now().UnixMilliseconds())
-}
-
-// removeOldBlockTimes removes from recentBlockAddedTimes block times
-// older than syncRateWindowInMilliSeconds.
-// This function is not safe for concurrent use.
-func (f *FlowContext) removeOldBlockTimes() {
-	now := mstime.Now().UnixMilliseconds()
-	mostRecentBlockToKeep := 0
-	for i, blockAddedTime := range f.recentBlockAddedTimes {
-		if now-syncRateWindowInMilliSeconds < blockAddedTime {
-			mostRecentBlockToKeep = i
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	f.recentBlockAddedTimes = f.recentBlockAddedTimes[mostRecentBlockToKeep:]
-}
-
-func (f *FlowContext) isSyncRateBelowMinimum() bool {
-	f.recentBlockAddedTimesMutex.Lock()
-	defer f.recentBlockAddedTimesMutex.Unlock()
-
-	f.removeOldBlockTimes()
-
-	now := mstime.Now().UnixMilliseconds()
-	timeSinceStart := now - f.timeStarted
-	if timeSinceStart <= syncRateWindowInMilliSeconds {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	expectedBlocks := float64(syncRateWindowInMilliSeconds) / float64(f.cfg.NetParams().TargetTimePerBlock.Milliseconds())
-	isSyncRateTooLow := 1-float64(len(f.recentBlockAddedTimes))/expectedBlocks > syncRateMaxDeviation
-
-	if isSyncRateTooLow {
-		log.Debugf("In the last %d seconds, got %d blocks, while at least %f were expected.",
-			syncRateWindowInMilliSeconds/1000, len(f.recentBlockAddedTimes), expectedBlocks*(1-syncRateMaxDeviation))
-	}
-
-	return isSyncRateTooLow
-}
-
-// ShouldMine returns whether it's ok to use block template from this node
-// for mining purposes.
-func (f *FlowContext) ShouldMine() (bool, error) {
-	peers := f.Peers()
-	if len(peers) == 0 {
-		log.Debugf("The node is not connected, so ShouldMine returns false")
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	if f.isSyncRateBelowMinimum() {
-		log.Debugf("The sync rate is below the minimum, so ShouldMine returns true")
-		return true, nil
-	}
-
-	if f.IsIBDRunning() {
-		log.Debugf("IBD is running, so ShouldMine returns false")
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	virtualSelectedParent, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetVirtualSelectedParent()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	virtualSelectedParentHeader, err := f.domain.Consensus().GetBlockHeader(virtualSelectedParent)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	now := mstime.Now().UnixMilliseconds()
-	if now-virtualSelectedParentHeader.TimeInMilliseconds() < maxSelectedParentTimeDiffToAllowMiningInMilliSeconds {
-		log.Debugf("The selected tip timestamp is recent (%d), so ShouldMine returns true",
-			virtualSelectedParentHeader.TimeInMilliseconds())
-		return true, nil
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("The selected tip timestamp is old (%d), so ShouldMine returns false",
-		virtualSelectedParentHeader.TimeInMilliseconds())
-	return false, nil
-}
diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
index f4a81a52f..8b91c5788 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ type RelayInvsContext interface {
 	IsIBDRunning() bool
 	TrySetIBDRunning() bool
 	UnsetIBDRunning()
-	UpdateRecentBlockAddedTimesWithLastBlock()
 }
 
 type handleRelayInvsFlow struct {
diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go
index eea862ace..8ff8a9c36 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go
@@ -279,8 +279,6 @@ func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) processHeader(msgBlockHeader *appmessage.MsgBlo
 		return protocolerrors.Wrapf(true, err, "got invalid block %s during IBD", blockHash)
 	}
 
-	flow.UpdateRecentBlockAddedTimesWithLastBlock()
-
 	return nil
 }