diff --git a/ingester/mainloop_test.go b/ingester/mainloop_test.go
index 8700035..d65e6a4 100644
--- a/ingester/mainloop_test.go
+++ b/ingester/mainloop_test.go
@@ -190,76 +190,6 @@ func TestSendBlocks(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, int64(10), sentBlockNumber)
 }
 
-func TestRunBlocksUseBatching(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	maxBlockNumber := int64(1000)
-	sentBlockNumber := int64(0)
-	producedBlockNumber := int64(0)
-	duneapi := &duneapi_mock.BlockchainIngesterMock{
-		SendBlocksFunc: func(_ context.Context, blocks []models.RPCBlock) error {
-			if len(blocks) == 0 {
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			// Fail if we're not sending a batch of blocks
-			require.Greater(t, len(blocks), 1)
-
-			next := sentBlockNumber + 1
-			for _, block := range blocks {
-				// We cannot send blocks out of order to DuneAPI
-				require.Equalf(t, next, block.BlockNumber, "expected block %d, got %d", next, block.BlockNumber)
-				next++
-			}
-
-			lastBlockNumber := blocks[len(blocks)-1].BlockNumber
-			atomic.StoreInt64(&sentBlockNumber, lastBlockNumber)
-			if lastBlockNumber >= maxBlockNumber {
-				// cancel execution when we have sent the last block
-				cancel()
-				return context.Canceled
-			}
-
-			return nil
-		},
-		PostProgressReportFunc: func(_ context.Context, _ models.BlockchainIndexProgress) error {
-			return nil
-		},
-	}
-	rpcClient := &jsonrpc_mock.BlockchainClientMock{
-		LatestBlockNumberFunc: func() (int64, error) {
-			return maxBlockNumber + 1, nil
-		},
-		BlockByNumberFunc: func(_ context.Context, blockNumber int64) (models.RPCBlock, error) {
-			// Get blocks out of order by sleeping for a random amount of time
-			atomic.StoreInt64(&producedBlockNumber, blockNumber)
-			return models.RPCBlock{BlockNumber: blockNumber, Payload: []byte("block")}, nil
-		},
-		CloseFunc: func() error {
-			return nil
-		},
-	}
-	// Swap these to see logs
-	// logOutput := os.Stderr
-	logOutput := io.Discard
-	ing := ingester.New(
-		slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(logOutput, nil)),
-		rpcClient,
-		duneapi,
-		ingester.Config{
-			MaxConcurrentRequests: 20, // fetch blocks in multiple goroutines
-			// big enough compared to the time spent in block by number to ensure batching. We panic
-			// in the mocked Dune client if we don't get a batch of blocks (more than one block).
-			BlockSubmitInterval: 50 * time.Millisecond,
-			SkipFailedBlocks:    false,
-		},
-		nil, // progress
-	)
-
-	err := ing.Run(ctx, 1, -1)                // run until canceled
-	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled) // this is expected
-	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, sentBlockNumber, maxBlockNumber)
-}
-
 // TestRunBlocksOutOfOrder asserts that we can fetch blocks concurrently and that we ingest them in order
 // even if they are produced out of order. We ensure they are produced out of order by sleeping a random amount of time.
 func TestRunBlocksOutOfOrder(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/ingester/send.go b/ingester/send.go
index 8d22df7..ca5f5f7 100644
--- a/ingester/send.go
+++ b/ingester/send.go
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ func (i *ingester) trySendCompletedBlocks(
 	nextBlockToSend int64,
 ) (int64, error) {
 	for {
-		if len(collectedBlocks) < maxBatchSize/10 {
-			// if we have very little to send, wait for next tick to avoid tiny batches impacting throughput
-			return nextBlockToSend, nil
-		}
 		nextBlock, err := i.trySendBlockBatch(ctx, collectedBlocks, nextBlockToSend, maxBatchSize)
 		if err != nil || nextBlock == nextBlockToSend {
 			return nextBlock, err