diff --git a/miner/miner.go b/miner/miner.go
index 3990194dbb..14e5ba8d75 100644
--- a/miner/miner.go
+++ b/miner/miner.go
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ func (miner *Miner) GenerateBlock(predicateContext *precompileconfig.PredicateCo
 	return miner.worker.commitNewWork(predicateContext)
 }
 
-func (miner *Miner) GetLastBlockTime() uint64 {
-	// the timestamp for the new block will be >= this value
-	return miner.worker.chain.CurrentBlock().Time
-}
-
 // SubscribePendingLogs starts delivering logs from pending transactions
 // to the given channel.
 func (miner *Miner) SubscribePendingLogs(ch chan<- []*types.Log) event.Subscription {
diff --git a/plugin/evm/syncervm_test.go b/plugin/evm/syncervm_test.go
index 0908fd8e43..451af4a949 100644
--- a/plugin/evm/syncervm_test.go
+++ b/plugin/evm/syncervm_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ func TestSkipStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestStateSyncFromScratch(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip()
 	rand.Seed(1)
 	test := syncTest{
 		syncableInterval:   256,
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ func TestStateSyncFromScratch(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestStateSyncToggleEnabledToDisabled(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip()
 	rand.Seed(1)
 	// Hack: registering metrics uses global variables, so we need to disable metrics here so that we can initialize the VM twice.
 	metrics.Enabled = false