diff --git a/src/bank.rs b/src/bank.rs
index 21b83e23df..abda5916d6 100644
--- a/src/bank.rs
+++ b/src/bank.rs
@@ -830,14 +830,6 @@ impl Bank {
             .collect()
     }
 
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    fn get_current_leader(&self) -> Option<Pubkey> {
-        let tick_height = self.tick_height();
-        let leader_scheduler = self.leader_scheduler.read().unwrap();
-        let slot = leader_scheduler.tick_height_to_slot(tick_height);
-        leader_scheduler.get_leader_for_slot(slot)
-    }
-
     pub fn tick_height(&self) -> u64 {
         self.last_id_queue.read().unwrap().tick_height
     }
@@ -1142,7 +1134,6 @@ mod tests {
         let bank = Bank::new(&genesis_block);
         assert_eq!(bank.get_balance(&genesis_block.mint_id), 3);
         assert_eq!(bank.get_balance(&dummy_leader_id), 1);
-        assert_eq!(bank.get_current_leader(), Some(dummy_leader_id));
     }
 
     fn create_sample_block_with_next_entries_using_keypairs(
diff --git a/src/leader_scheduler.rs b/src/leader_scheduler.rs
index 1c15b42a33..6ae5fd51ec 100644
--- a/src/leader_scheduler.rs
+++ b/src/leader_scheduler.rs
@@ -591,6 +591,19 @@ pub mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_leader_after_genesis() {
+        solana_logger::setup();
+        let leader_id = Keypair::new().pubkey();
+        let leader_tokens = 2;
+        let (genesis_block, _) = GenesisBlock::new_with_leader(5, leader_id, leader_tokens);
+        let leader_scheduler = Arc::new(RwLock::new(LeaderScheduler::default()));
+        let bank = Bank::new_with_leader_scheduler(&genesis_block, leader_scheduler.clone());
+        let leader_scheduler = leader_scheduler.read().unwrap();
+        let slot = leader_scheduler.tick_height_to_slot(bank.tick_height());
+        assert_eq!(leader_scheduler.get_leader_for_slot(slot), Some(leader_id));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_num_ticks_left_in_block() {
         let leader_scheduler = LeaderScheduler::new(&LeaderSchedulerConfig::new(10, 2, 1));