diff --git a/internal/mempool/mempool.go b/internal/mempool/mempool.go
index c9a5ab696..1b5262246 100644
--- a/internal/mempool/mempool.go
+++ b/internal/mempool/mempool.go
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ func (txmp *TxMempool) Unlock() {
 // Size returns the number of valid transactions in the mempool. It is
 // thread-safe.
 func (txmp *TxMempool) Size() int {
-	return txmp.txStore.Size() + txmp.pendingTxs.Size()
+	txSize := txmp.txStore.Size()
+	pendingSize := txmp.pendingTxs.Size()
+	return txSize + pendingSize
 }
 
 // SizeBytes return the total sum in bytes of all the valid transactions in the
diff --git a/internal/mempool/tx.go b/internal/mempool/tx.go
index e5fd7b16f..c74872054 100644
--- a/internal/mempool/tx.go
+++ b/internal/mempool/tx.go
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func (p *PendingTxs) popTxsAtIndices(indices []int) {
 		newTxs = append(newTxs, p.txs[start:idx]...)
 		start = idx
 	}
-	newTxs = append(newTxs, p.txs[indices[len(indices)-1]:]...)
+	newTxs = append(newTxs, p.txs[start+1:]...)
 	p.txs = newTxs
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/rpc/core/mempool.go b/internal/rpc/core/mempool.go
index 12fa2d339..917e00b47 100644
--- a/internal/rpc/core/mempool.go
+++ b/internal/rpc/core/mempool.go
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ func (env *Environment) BroadcastTxCommit(ctx context.Context, req *coretypes.Re
 // More: https://docs.tendermint.com/master/rpc/#/Info/unconfirmed_txs
 func (env *Environment) UnconfirmedTxs(ctx context.Context, req *coretypes.RequestUnconfirmedTxs) (*coretypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs, error) {
 	totalCount := env.Mempool.Size()
-	fmt.Printf("EVMTEST mempool size: %d\n", totalCount)
 	perPage := env.validatePerPage(req.PerPage.IntPtr())
 	page, err := validatePage(req.Page.IntPtr(), perPage, totalCount)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@ func (env *Environment) UnconfirmedTxs(ctx context.Context, req *coretypes.Reque
 	txs := env.Mempool.ReapMaxTxs(skipCount + tmmath.MinInt(perPage, totalCount-skipCount))
 	result := txs[skipCount:]
 
-	fmt.Printf("EVMTEST unconfirmed tx result count: %d, skipping %d\n", len(result), skipCount)
 	return &coretypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs{
 		Count:      len(result),
 		Total:      totalCount,