diff --git a/store/src/sumtree.rs b/store/src/sumtree.rs
index 2420c808..d3a60d24 100644
--- a/store/src/sumtree.rs
+++ b/store/src/sumtree.rs
@@ -383,10 +383,9 @@ where
 	/// sync'd size.
 	pub fn unpruned_size(&self) -> io::Result<u64> {
 		let total_shift = self.pruned_nodes.get_shift(::std::u64::MAX).unwrap();
-		let rm_len = self.remove_log.len() as u64;
 		let record_len = 32 + T::sum_len() as u64;
 		let sz = self.hashsum_file.size()?;
-		Ok(sz / record_len + rm_len + total_shift)
+		Ok(sz / record_len + total_shift)
 	}
 
 	/// Syncs all files to disk. A call to sync is required to ensure all the
diff --git a/store/tests/sumtree.rs b/store/tests/sumtree.rs
index 310ec02d..d0f2d36c 100644
--- a/store/tests/sumtree.rs
+++ b/store/tests/sumtree.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ fn sumtree_reload() {
 		backend.sync().unwrap();
 		backend.check_compact(1).unwrap();
 		backend.sync().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(backend.unpruned_size().unwrap(), mmr_size);
 
 		// prune some more to get rm log data
 		{
@@ -136,11 +137,13 @@ fn sumtree_reload() {
 			pmmr.prune(5, 1).unwrap();
 		}
 		backend.sync().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(backend.unpruned_size().unwrap(), mmr_size);
 	}
 
 	// create a new backend and check everything is kosher
 	{
 		let mut backend = store::sumtree::PMMRBackend::new(data_dir).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(backend.unpruned_size().unwrap(), mmr_size);
 		{
 			let pmmr = PMMR::at(&mut backend, mmr_size);
 			assert_eq!(root, pmmr.root());