diff --git a/actors/market/src/lib.rs b/actors/market/src/lib.rs
index 6ba7df4557..d68d820dfb 100644
--- a/actors/market/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actors/market/src/lib.rs
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ fn deal_proposal_is_internally_valid(
 }
 
 /// Compute a deal CID using the runtime.
-pub(crate) fn rt_deal_cid(rt: &impl Runtime, proposal: &DealProposal) -> Result<Cid, ActorError> {
+pub fn rt_deal_cid(rt: &impl Runtime, proposal: &DealProposal) -> Result<Cid, ActorError> {
     let data = serialize(proposal, "deal proposal")?;
     rt_serialized_deal_cid(rt, data.bytes())
 }
diff --git a/actors/market/tests/cron_tick_deal_expiry.rs b/actors/market/tests/cron_tick_deal_expiry.rs
index 3517456090..75cf409ba7 100644
--- a/actors/market/tests/cron_tick_deal_expiry.rs
+++ b/actors/market/tests/cron_tick_deal_expiry.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2019-2022 ChainSafe Systems
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0, MIT
 
+use fil_actor_market::{rt_deal_cid, State};
 use fil_actors_runtime::network::EPOCHS_IN_DAY;
-use fil_actors_runtime::runtime::Policy;
+use fil_actors_runtime::runtime::{Policy, Runtime};
 use fvm_shared::clock::ChainEpoch;
 
 mod harness;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ fn deal_is_correctly_processed_if_first_cron_after_expiry() {
     check_state(&rt);
 }
 
+// this test needs to have the deal injected into the market actor state to simulate legacy deals
 #[test]
 fn regular_payments_till_deal_expires_and_then_locked_funds_are_unlocked() {
     let start_epoch = Policy::default().deal_updates_interval;
@@ -70,6 +72,10 @@ fn regular_payments_till_deal_expires_and_then_locked_funds_are_unlocked() {
     assert_eq!(0, deal_id);
     let deal_proposal = get_deal_proposal(&rt, deal_id);
 
+    {
+        hack_trigger_legacy_deal(&rt, deal_id, start_epoch);
+    }
+
     // move the current epoch to startEpoch + 5 so payment is made
     // this skip of 5 epochs is unrealistic, but later demonstrates that the re-scheduled
     // epoch distribution is robust to this.
@@ -119,11 +125,25 @@ fn regular_payments_till_deal_expires_and_then_locked_funds_are_unlocked() {
     assert_eq!(duration * &deal_proposal.storage_price_per_epoch, pay);
     assert!(slashed.is_zero());
 
-    // deal should be deleted as it should have expired
-    assert_deal_deleted(&rt, deal_id, deal_proposal);
     check_state(&rt);
 }
 
+fn hack_trigger_legacy_deal(
+    rt: &fil_actors_runtime::test_utils::MockRuntime,
+    deal_id: u64,
+    start_epoch: i64,
+) {
+    // HACK: factor this in a better way later
+    // this currently is needed to simulate legacy deals
+    let mut state = rt.get_state::<State>();
+    let mut deal_state = state.remove_deal_state(rt.store(), deal_id).unwrap().unwrap();
+    deal_state.last_updated_epoch = start_epoch;
+    state.put_deal_states(rt.store(), &[(deal_id, deal_state)]).unwrap();
+    let proposal = state.find_proposal(rt.store(), deal_id).unwrap().unwrap();
+    state.remove_pending_deal(rt.store(), rt_deal_cid(rt, &proposal).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    rt.replace_state(&state);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn payment_for_a_deal_if_deal_is_already_expired_before_a_cron_tick() {
     let start = 5;