diff --git a/actors/reward/src/testing.rs b/actors/reward/src/testing.rs
index cfddba441..91d658ab8 100644
--- a/actors/reward/src/testing.rs
+++ b/actors/reward/src/testing.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{baseline_power_from_prev, State};
+use crate::State;
 use fil_actors_runtime::MessageAccumulator;
 use fvm_shared::{clock::ChainEpoch, econ::TokenAmount};
 use num_traits::Signed;
@@ -52,17 +52,5 @@ pub fn check_state_invariants(
         format!("cumsum realized negative ({})", state.cumsum_realized),
     );
 
-    // Theoretically we should compare effective_baseline_power <= this_epoch_baseline_power but
-    // because of rounding issues explained and tracked in https://github.com/filecoin-project/builtin-actors/issues/459
-    // we settled on this workaround.
-    let next_epoch_baseline_power = baseline_power_from_prev(&state.this_epoch_baseline_power);
-    acc.require(
-        state.effective_baseline_power <= next_epoch_baseline_power,
-        format!(
-            "effective baseline power ({}) > next_epoch_baseline_power ({})",
-            state.effective_baseline_power, next_epoch_baseline_power
-        ),
-    );
-
     (StateSummary::default(), acc)
 }