diff --git a/cosmos/runtime/txpool/ante.go b/cosmos/runtime/txpool/ante.go
index 18ea5905c..00215f04b 100644
--- a/cosmos/runtime/txpool/ante.go
+++ b/cosmos/runtime/txpool/ante.go
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ func (m *Mempool) AnteHandle(
 			if shouldEject := m.shouldEjectFromCometMempool(
 				ctx.BlockTime().Unix(), ethTx,
 			); shouldEject {
-				m.crc.DropRemoteTx(ethTx.Hash())
 				telemetry.IncrCounter(float32(1), MetricKeyAnteEjectedTxs)
 				return ctx, errors.New("eject from comet mempool")
 			}
diff --git a/cosmos/runtime/txpool/comet.go b/cosmos/runtime/txpool/comet.go
index c40809db9..82d3c68d6 100644
--- a/cosmos/runtime/txpool/comet.go
+++ b/cosmos/runtime/txpool/comet.go
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 package txpool
 
 import (
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/lru"
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultCacheSize = 4096
+	defaultCacheSize = 100000
 )
 
 // CometRemoteCache is used to mark which txs are added to our Polaris node remotely from
@@ -37,43 +37,30 @@ type CometRemoteCache interface {
 	IsRemoteTx(txHash common.Hash) bool
 	MarkRemoteSeen(txHash common.Hash)
 	TimeFirstSeen(txHash common.Hash) int64 // Unix timestamp
-	DropRemoteTx(txHash common.Hash)
 }
 
 // Thread-safe implementation of CometRemoteCache.
 type cometRemoteCache struct {
-	timeInserted   map[common.Hash]int64
-	timeInsertedMu sync.RWMutex
+	timeInserted *lru.Cache[common.Hash, int64]
 }
 
 func newCometRemoteCache() *cometRemoteCache {
 	return &cometRemoteCache{
-		timeInserted: make(map[common.Hash]int64, defaultCacheSize),
+
+		timeInserted: lru.NewCache[common.Hash, int64](defaultCacheSize),
 	}
 }
 
 func (crc *cometRemoteCache) IsRemoteTx(txHash common.Hash) bool {
-	crc.timeInsertedMu.RLock()
-	defer crc.timeInsertedMu.RUnlock()
-	_, ok := crc.timeInserted[txHash]
-	return ok
+	return crc.timeInserted.Contains(txHash)
 }
 
 // Record the time the tx was inserted from Comet successfully.
 func (crc *cometRemoteCache) MarkRemoteSeen(txHash common.Hash) {
-	crc.timeInsertedMu.Lock()
-	crc.timeInserted[txHash] = time.Now().Unix()
-	crc.timeInsertedMu.Unlock()
+	crc.timeInserted.Add(txHash, time.Now().Unix())
 }
 
 func (crc *cometRemoteCache) TimeFirstSeen(txHash common.Hash) int64 {
-	crc.timeInsertedMu.RLock()
-	defer crc.timeInsertedMu.RUnlock()
-	return crc.timeInserted[txHash]
-}
-
-func (crc *cometRemoteCache) DropRemoteTx(txHash common.Hash) {
-	crc.timeInsertedMu.Lock()
-	delete(crc.timeInserted, txHash)
-	crc.timeInsertedMu.Unlock()
+	i, _ := crc.timeInserted.Get(txHash)
+	return i
 }
diff --git a/cosmos/runtime/txpool/mempool.go b/cosmos/runtime/txpool/mempool.go
index cb63403fe..4a043d516 100644
--- a/cosmos/runtime/txpool/mempool.go
+++ b/cosmos/runtime/txpool/mempool.go
@@ -172,10 +172,6 @@ func (m *Mempool) Remove(tx sdk.Tx) error {
 			if err := ethTx.UnmarshalBinary(txBz); err != nil {
 				continue
 			}
-			txHash := ethTx.Hash()
-
-			// Remove the eth tx from comet seen tx cache.
-			m.crc.DropRemoteTx(txHash)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil