diff --git a/contracts/Cargo.lock b/contracts/Cargo.lock
index aecf93c51e..d4b7aa57ae 100644
--- a/contracts/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/Cargo.lock
@@ -1636,9 +1636,9 @@ checksum = "e86697c916019a8588c99b5fac3cead74ec0b4b819707a682fd4d23fa0ce1ba1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "schemars"
-version = "0.8.16"
+version = "0.8.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "45a28f4c49489add4ce10783f7911893516f15afe45d015608d41faca6bc4d29"
+checksum = "09c024468a378b7e36765cd36702b7a90cc3cba11654f6685c8f233408e89e92"
 dependencies = [
  "dyn-clone",
  "schemars_derive",
@@ -1648,14 +1648,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "schemars_derive"
-version = "0.8.16"
+version = "0.8.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c767fd6fa65d9ccf9cf026122c1b555f2ef9a4f0cea69da4d7dbc3e258d30967"
+checksum = "b1eee588578aff73f856ab961cd2f79e36bc45d7ded33a7562adba4667aecc0e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde_derive_internals",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1697,9 +1697,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.209"
+version = "1.0.210"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "99fce0ffe7310761ca6bf9faf5115afbc19688edd00171d81b1bb1b116c63e09"
+checksum = "c8e3592472072e6e22e0a54d5904d9febf8508f65fb8552499a1abc7d1078c3a"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -1724,9 +1724,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.209"
+version = "1.0.210"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a5831b979fd7b5439637af1752d535ff49f4860c0f341d1baeb6faf0f4242170"
+checksum = "243902eda00fad750862fc144cea25caca5e20d615af0a81bee94ca738f1df1f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1735,13 +1735,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive_internals"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.29.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85bf8229e7920a9f636479437026331ce11aa132b4dde37d121944a44d6e5f3c"
+checksum = "18d26a20a969b9e3fdf2fc2d9f21eda6c40e2de84c9408bb5d3b05d499aae711"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/contracts/mixnet/src/contract.rs b/contracts/mixnet/src/contract.rs
index 884565d142..1d9336ca2b 100644
--- a/contracts/mixnet/src/contract.rs
+++ b/contracts/mixnet/src/contract.rs
@@ -535,8 +535,6 @@ pub fn migrate(
     set_build_information!(deps.storage)?;
     cw2::ensure_from_older_version(deps.storage, CONTRACT_NAME, CONTRACT_VERSION)?;
 
-    crate::queued_migrations::vesting_purge(deps.branch())?;
-
     // due to circular dependency on contract addresses (i.e. mixnet contract requiring vesting contract address
     // and vesting contract requiring the mixnet contract address), if we ever want to deploy any new fresh
     // environment, one of the contracts will HAVE TO go through a migration
diff --git a/contracts/mixnet/src/queued_migrations.rs b/contracts/mixnet/src/queued_migrations.rs
index ab410897e9..8df3ef5d86 100644
--- a/contracts/mixnet/src/queued_migrations.rs
+++ b/contracts/mixnet/src/queued_migrations.rs
@@ -1,51 +1,2 @@
 // Copyright 2022-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use crate::interval::storage as interval_storage;
-use cosmwasm_std::{DepsMut, Order, Storage};
-use mixnet_contract_common::error::MixnetContractError;
-use mixnet_contract_common::PendingEpochEventKind;
-
-fn ensure_no_pending_proxy_events(storage: &dyn Storage) -> Result<(), MixnetContractError> {
-    let last_executed = interval_storage::LAST_PROCESSED_EPOCH_EVENT.load(storage)?;
-    let last_inserted = interval_storage::EPOCH_EVENT_ID_COUNTER.load(storage)?;
-
-    // no pending events
-    if last_executed == last_inserted {
-        return Ok(());
-    }
-
-    for maybe_event in
-        interval_storage::PENDING_EPOCH_EVENTS.range(storage, None, None, Order::Ascending)
-    {
-        let (id, event_data) = maybe_event?;
-        match event_data.kind {
-            PendingEpochEventKind::Delegate { proxy, .. } => {
-                if proxy.is_some() {
-                    return Err(MixnetContractError::FailedMigration {
-                        comment: format!(
-                            "there is a pending vesting contract delegation with id {id}"
-                        ),
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-            PendingEpochEventKind::Undelegate { proxy, .. } => {
-                if proxy.is_some() {
-                    return Err(MixnetContractError::FailedMigration {
-                        comment: format!(
-                            "there is a pending vesting contract undelegation with id {id}"
-                        ),
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-            _ => continue,
-        }
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn vesting_purge(deps: DepsMut) -> Result<(), MixnetContractError> {
-    ensure_no_pending_proxy_events(deps.storage)?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}