diff --git a/packages/relayer/message/process_message.go b/packages/relayer/message/process_message.go
index de1af7689ab..c2cee038e59 100644
--- a/packages/relayer/message/process_message.go
+++ b/packages/relayer/message/process_message.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"math/big"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi"
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ func (p *Processor) sendProcessMessageCall(
 		// we can get unable to estimet gas for contract deployments within the contract code.
 		// if we get an error or the gas is 0, lets manual set high gas limit and ignore error,
 		// and try to actually send.
-		auth.GasLimit = 3000000
+		auth.GasLimit = 1500000
 	}
 
 	if bool(p.profitableOnly) {
@@ -176,8 +175,6 @@ func (p *Processor) sendProcessMessageCall(
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "p.destBridge.SuggestGasPrice")
 	}
 
-	gasPrice = gasPrice.Mul(gasPrice, big.NewInt(2))
-
 	auth.GasPrice = gasPrice
 
 	// process the message on the destination bridge.