diff --git a/coordinator/tributary/src/lib.rs b/coordinator/tributary/src/lib.rs
index 99deb588a..dcf38c68b 100644
--- a/coordinator/tributary/src/lib.rs
+++ b/coordinator/tributary/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ pub const ACCOUNT_MEMPOOL_LIMIT: u32 = 50;
 pub const BLOCK_SIZE_LIMIT: usize = 3_001_000;
 
 pub(crate) const TENDERMINT_MESSAGE: u8 = 0;
-pub(crate) const BLOCK_MESSAGE: u8 = 1;
-pub(crate) const TRANSACTION_MESSAGE: u8 = 2;
+pub(crate) const TRANSACTION_MESSAGE: u8 = 2; // TODO: Normalize to 1
 
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
@@ -336,9 +335,6 @@ impl<D: Db, T: TransactionTrait, P: P2p> Tributary<D, T, P> {
 
   // Return true if the message should be rebroadcasted.
   pub async fn handle_message(&self, msg: &[u8]) -> bool {
-    // Acquire the lock now to prevent sync_block from being run at the same time
-    let mut sync_block = self.synced_block_result.write().await;
-
     match msg.first() {
       Some(&TRANSACTION_MESSAGE) => {
         let Ok(tx) = Transaction::read::<&[u8]>(&mut &msg[1 ..]) else {
@@ -370,19 +366,6 @@ impl<D: Db, T: TransactionTrait, P: P2p> Tributary<D, T, P> {
         false
       }
 
-      Some(&BLOCK_MESSAGE) => {
-        let mut msg_ref = &msg[1 ..];
-        let Ok(block) = Block::<T>::read(&mut msg_ref) else {
-          log::error!("received invalid block message");
-          return false;
-        };
-        let commit = msg[(msg.len() - msg_ref.len()) ..].to_vec();
-        if self.sync_block_internal(block, commit, &mut sync_block).await {
-          log::debug!("synced block over p2p net instead of building the commit ourselves");
-        }
-        false
-      }
-
       _ => false,
     }
   }
diff --git a/coordinator/tributary/src/tendermint/mod.rs b/coordinator/tributary/src/tendermint/mod.rs
index df8f72198..dc249a359 100644
--- a/coordinator/tributary/src/tendermint/mod.rs
+++ b/coordinator/tributary/src/tendermint/mod.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use tendermint::{
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 
 use crate::{
-  TENDERMINT_MESSAGE, TRANSACTION_MESSAGE, BLOCK_MESSAGE, ReadWrite,
+  TENDERMINT_MESSAGE, TRANSACTION_MESSAGE, ReadWrite,
   transaction::Transaction as TransactionTrait, Transaction, BlockHeader, Block, BlockError,
   Blockchain, P2p,
 };
@@ -414,12 +414,7 @@ impl<D: Db, T: TransactionTrait, P: P2p> Network for TendermintNetwork<D, T, P>
       );
       match block_res {
         Ok(()) => {
-          // If we successfully added this block, broadcast it
-          // TODO: Move this under the coordinator once we set up on new block notifications?
-          let mut msg = serialized_block.0;
-          msg.insert(0, BLOCK_MESSAGE);
-          msg.extend(encoded_commit);
-          self.p2p.broadcast(self.genesis, msg).await;
+          // If we successfully added this block, break
           break;
         }
         Err(BlockError::NonLocalProvided(hash)) => {
@@ -428,6 +423,7 @@ impl<D: Db, T: TransactionTrait, P: P2p> Network for TendermintNetwork<D, T, P>
             hex::encode(hash),
             hex::encode(self.genesis)
           );
+          tokio::time::sleep(core::time::Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
         }
         _ => return invalid_block(),
       }