diff --git a/src/recorder.rs b/src/recorder.rs
index 68a8cf8dae..9bd75d8280 100644
--- a/src/recorder.rs
+++ b/src/recorder.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 use entry::{create_entry_mut, Entry};
 use event::Event;
 use hash::{hash, Hash};
-use packet::BLOB_DATA_SIZE;
 use std::mem;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, SyncSender, TryRecvError};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
@@ -80,13 +79,6 @@ impl Recorder {
                     }
                     Signal::Event(event) => {
                         self.events.push(event);
-
-                        // Record an entry early if we anticipate its serialized size will
-                        // be larger than 64kb. At the time of this writing, we assume each
-                        // event will be well under 256 bytes.
-                        if self.events.len() >= BLOB_DATA_SIZE / 256 {
-                            self.record_entry()?;
-                        }
                     }
                 },
                 Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => return Ok(()),
@@ -96,33 +88,31 @@ impl Recorder {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use bincode::serialize;
-    use signature::{KeyPair, KeyPairUtil};
-    use std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel;
-    use transaction::Transaction;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_sub64k_entry_size() {
-        let (signal_sender, signal_receiver) = sync_channel(500);
-        let (entry_sender, entry_receiver) = sync_channel(10);
-        let zero = Hash::default();
-        let mut recorder = Recorder::new(signal_receiver, entry_sender, zero);
-        let alice_keypair = KeyPair::new();
-        let bob_pubkey = KeyPair::new().pubkey();
-        for _ in 0..256 {
-            let tx = Transaction::new(&alice_keypair, bob_pubkey, 1, zero);
-            let event = Event::Transaction(tx);
-            signal_sender.send(Signal::Event(event)).unwrap();
-        }
-
-        recorder.process_events(Instant::now(), None).unwrap();
-
-        drop(recorder.sender);
-        let entries: Vec<_> = entry_receiver.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(entries.len(), 1);
-        assert!(serialize(&entries[0]).unwrap().len() <= 65_536);
-    }
-}
+//#[cfg(test)]
+//mod tests {
+//    use super::*;
+//    use bincode::serialize;
+//    use signature::{KeyPair, KeyPairUtil};
+//    use std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel;
+//    use transaction::Transaction;
+//
+//    #[test]
+//    fn test_events() {
+//        let (signal_sender, signal_receiver) = sync_channel(500);
+//        let (entry_sender, entry_receiver) = sync_channel(10);
+//        let zero = Hash::default();
+//        let mut recorder = Recorder::new(signal_receiver, entry_sender, zero);
+//        let alice_keypair = KeyPair::new();
+//        let bob_pubkey = KeyPair::new().pubkey();
+//        let event0 = Event::Transaction(Transaction::new(&alice_keypair, bob_pubkey, 1, zero));
+//        let event1 = Event::Transaction(Transaction::new(&alice_keypair, bob_pubkey, 2, zero));
+//        signal_sender
+//            .send(Signal::Events(vec![event0, event1]))
+//            .unwrap();
+//        recorder.process_events(Instant::now(), None).unwrap();
+//
+//        drop(recorder.sender);
+//        let entries: Vec<_> = entry_receiver.iter().collect();
+//        assert_eq!(entries.len(), 1);
+//    }
+//}