diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage.rs b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
index 6f22db2d41a87b..32cc3fbe44dda1 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ impl BankingStage {
                 Self::spawn_thread_local_multi_iterator_thread(
                     id,
                     packet_receiver,
-                    bank_forks.clone(),
                     decision_maker.clone(),
                     committer.clone(),
                     transaction_recorder.clone(),
@@ -566,7 +565,6 @@ impl BankingStage {
             bank_thread_hdls.push(Self::spawn_thread_local_multi_iterator_thread(
                 id,
                 packet_receiver,
-                bank_forks.clone(),
                 decision_maker.clone(),
                 committer.clone(),
                 transaction_recorder.clone(),
@@ -631,8 +629,7 @@ impl BankingStage {
 
         // Spawn the central scheduler thread
         bank_thread_hdls.push({
-            let packet_deserializer =
-                PacketDeserializer::new(non_vote_receiver, bank_forks.clone());
+            let packet_deserializer = PacketDeserializer::new(non_vote_receiver);
             let scheduler = PrioGraphScheduler::new(work_senders, finished_work_receiver);
             let scheduler_controller = SchedulerController::new(
                 decision_maker.clone(),
@@ -660,7 +657,6 @@ impl BankingStage {
     fn spawn_thread_local_multi_iterator_thread<T: LikeClusterInfo>(
         id: u32,
         packet_receiver: BankingPacketReceiver,
-        bank_forks: Arc<RwLock<BankForks>>,
         decision_maker: DecisionMaker,
         committer: Committer,
         transaction_recorder: TransactionRecorder,
@@ -668,7 +664,7 @@ impl BankingStage {
         mut forwarder: Forwarder<T>,
         unprocessed_transaction_storage: UnprocessedTransactionStorage,
     ) -> JoinHandle<()> {
-        let mut packet_receiver = PacketReceiver::new(id, packet_receiver, bank_forks);
+        let mut packet_receiver = PacketReceiver::new(id, packet_receiver);
         let consumer = Consumer::new(
             committer,
             transaction_recorder,
diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage/packet_deserializer.rs b/core/src/banking_stage/packet_deserializer.rs
index e310d5505c03c9..78fab3718252f4 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage/packet_deserializer.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage/packet_deserializer.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@ use {
     },
     crossbeam_channel::RecvTimeoutError,
     solana_perf::packet::PacketBatch,
-    solana_runtime::bank_forks::BankForks,
     solana_sdk::saturating_add_assign,
-    std::{
-        sync::{Arc, RwLock},
-        time::{Duration, Instant},
-    },
+    std::time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 
 /// Results from deserializing packet batches.
@@ -33,8 +29,6 @@ pub struct ReceivePacketResults {
 pub struct PacketDeserializer {
     /// Receiver for packet batches from sigverify stage
     packet_batch_receiver: BankingPacketReceiver,
-    /// Provides working bank for deserializer to check feature activation
-    bank_forks: Arc<RwLock<BankForks>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, PartialEq)]
@@ -83,13 +77,9 @@ impl PacketReceiverStats {
 }
 
 impl PacketDeserializer {
-    pub fn new(
-        packet_batch_receiver: BankingPacketReceiver,
-        bank_forks: Arc<RwLock<BankForks>>,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(packet_batch_receiver: BankingPacketReceiver) -> Self {
         Self {
             packet_batch_receiver,
-            bank_forks,
         }
     }
 
@@ -104,15 +94,9 @@ impl PacketDeserializer {
     ) -> Result<ReceivePacketResults, RecvTimeoutError> {
         let (packet_count, packet_batches) = self.receive_until(recv_timeout, capacity)?;
 
-        // Note: this can be removed after feature `round_compute_unit_price` is activated in
-        // mainnet-beta
-        let _working_bank = self.bank_forks.read().unwrap().working_bank();
-        let round_compute_unit_price_enabled = false; // TODO get from working_bank.feature_set
-
         Ok(Self::deserialize_and_collect_packets(
             packet_count,
             &packet_batches,
-            round_compute_unit_price_enabled,
             packet_filter,
         ))
     }
@@ -122,7 +106,6 @@ impl PacketDeserializer {
     fn deserialize_and_collect_packets(
         packet_count: usize,
         banking_batches: &[BankingPacketBatch],
-        round_compute_unit_price_enabled: bool,
         packet_filter: impl Fn(
             ImmutableDeserializedPacket,
         ) -> Result<ImmutableDeserializedPacket, PacketFilterFailure>,
@@ -147,7 +130,6 @@ impl PacketDeserializer {
                 deserialized_packets.extend(Self::deserialize_packets(
                     packet_batch,
                     &packet_indexes,
-                    round_compute_unit_price_enabled,
                     &mut packet_stats,
                     &packet_filter,
                 ));
@@ -218,17 +200,13 @@ impl PacketDeserializer {
     fn deserialize_packets<'a>(
         packet_batch: &'a PacketBatch,
         packet_indexes: &'a [usize],
-        round_compute_unit_price_enabled: bool,
         packet_stats: &'a mut PacketReceiverStats,
         packet_filter: &'a impl Fn(
             ImmutableDeserializedPacket,
         ) -> Result<ImmutableDeserializedPacket, PacketFilterFailure>,
     ) -> impl Iterator<Item = ImmutableDeserializedPacket> + 'a {
         packet_indexes.iter().filter_map(move |packet_index| {
-            let mut packet_clone = packet_batch[*packet_index].clone();
-            packet_clone
-                .meta_mut()
-                .set_round_compute_unit_price(round_compute_unit_price_enabled);
+            let packet_clone = packet_batch[*packet_index].clone();
 
             match ImmutableDeserializedPacket::new(packet_clone)
                 .and_then(|packet| packet_filter(packet).map_err(Into::into))
@@ -260,7 +238,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_deserialize_and_collect_packets_empty() {
-        let results = PacketDeserializer::deserialize_and_collect_packets(0, &[], false, Ok);
+        let results = PacketDeserializer::deserialize_and_collect_packets(0, &[], Ok);
         assert_eq!(results.deserialized_packets.len(), 0);
         assert!(results.new_tracer_stats_option.is_none());
         assert_eq!(results.packet_stats.passed_sigverify_count, 0);
@@ -277,7 +255,6 @@ mod tests {
         let results = PacketDeserializer::deserialize_and_collect_packets(
             packet_count,
             &[BankingPacketBatch::new((packet_batches, None))],
-            false,
             Ok,
         );
         assert_eq!(results.deserialized_packets.len(), 2);
@@ -297,7 +274,6 @@ mod tests {
         let results = PacketDeserializer::deserialize_and_collect_packets(
             packet_count,
             &[BankingPacketBatch::new((packet_batches, None))],
-            false,
             Ok,
         );
         assert_eq!(results.deserialized_packets.len(), 1);
diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage/packet_receiver.rs b/core/src/banking_stage/packet_receiver.rs
index 65c0d5816472c4..6b77d103c69670 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage/packet_receiver.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage/packet_receiver.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@ use {
     crate::{banking_trace::BankingPacketReceiver, tracer_packet_stats::TracerPacketStats},
     crossbeam_channel::RecvTimeoutError,
     solana_measure::{measure::Measure, measure_us},
-    solana_runtime::bank_forks::BankForks,
     solana_sdk::{saturating_add_assign, timing::timestamp},
-    std::{
-        sync::{atomic::Ordering, Arc, RwLock},
-        time::Duration,
-    },
+    std::{sync::atomic::Ordering, time::Duration},
 };
 
 pub struct PacketReceiver {
@@ -23,14 +19,10 @@ pub struct PacketReceiver {
 }
 
 impl PacketReceiver {
-    pub fn new(
-        id: u32,
-        banking_packet_receiver: BankingPacketReceiver,
-        bank_forks: Arc<RwLock<BankForks>>,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(id: u32, banking_packet_receiver: BankingPacketReceiver) -> Self {
         Self {
             id,
-            packet_deserializer: PacketDeserializer::new(banking_packet_receiver, bank_forks),
+            packet_deserializer: PacketDeserializer::new(banking_packet_receiver),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage/transaction_scheduler/scheduler_controller.rs b/core/src/banking_stage/transaction_scheduler/scheduler_controller.rs
index 9966a0527d0286..47a4c8f5a39736 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage/transaction_scheduler/scheduler_controller.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage/transaction_scheduler/scheduler_controller.rs
@@ -733,8 +733,7 @@ mod tests {
         let decision_maker = DecisionMaker::new(Pubkey::new_unique(), poh_recorder.clone());
 
         let (banking_packet_sender, banking_packet_receiver) = unbounded();
-        let packet_deserializer =
-            PacketDeserializer::new(banking_packet_receiver, bank_forks.clone());
+        let packet_deserializer = PacketDeserializer::new(banking_packet_receiver);
 
         let (consume_work_senders, consume_work_receivers) = create_channels(num_threads);
         let (finished_consume_work_sender, finished_consume_work_receiver) = unbounded();
diff --git a/sdk/src/packet.rs b/sdk/src/packet.rs
index 1aa93308820d47..f0258710dcf423 100644
--- a/sdk/src/packet.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/packet.rs
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ bitflags! {
         const REPAIR         = 0b0000_0100;
         const SIMPLE_VOTE_TX = 0b0000_1000;
         const TRACER_PACKET  = 0b0001_0000;
-        /// to be set by bank.feature_set.is_active(round_compute_unit_price::id()) at the moment
-        /// the packet is built.
-        /// This field can be removed when the above feature gate is adopted by mainnet-beta.
-        const ROUND_COMPUTE_UNIT_PRICE = 0b0010_0000;
+        // Previously used - this can now be re-used for something else.
+        const UNUSED = 0b0010_0000;
         /// For tracking performance
         const PERF_TRACK_PACKET  = 0b0100_0000;
         /// For marking packets from staked nodes
@@ -250,14 +248,6 @@ impl Meta {
         self.flags.set(PacketFlags::SIMPLE_VOTE_TX, is_simple_vote);
     }
 
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn set_round_compute_unit_price(&mut self, round_compute_unit_price: bool) {
-        self.flags.set(
-            PacketFlags::ROUND_COMPUTE_UNIT_PRICE,
-            round_compute_unit_price,
-        );
-    }
-
     #[inline]
     pub fn forwarded(&self) -> bool {
         self.flags.contains(PacketFlags::FORWARDED)
@@ -283,11 +273,6 @@ impl Meta {
         self.flags.contains(PacketFlags::PERF_TRACK_PACKET)
     }
 
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn round_compute_unit_price(&self) -> bool {
-        self.flags.contains(PacketFlags::ROUND_COMPUTE_UNIT_PRICE)
-    }
-
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_from_staked_node(&self) -> bool {
         self.flags.contains(PacketFlags::FROM_STAKED_NODE)