diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
index 6e15b5dc57..0b58a902eb 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -4487,7 +4487,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
             );
         }
 
-        self.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(dropped_roots);
+        self.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(dropped_roots.into_iter());
 
         total.stop();
         self.shrink_ancient_stats
@@ -4601,16 +4601,17 @@ impl AccountsDb {
 
     /// each slot in 'dropped_roots' has been combined into an ancient append vec.
     /// We are done with the slot now forever.
-    pub(crate) fn handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(&self, dropped_roots: Vec<Slot>) {
-        if !dropped_roots.is_empty() {
-            dropped_roots.iter().for_each(|slot| {
-                self.accounts_index
-                    .clean_dead_slot(*slot, &mut AccountsIndexRootsStats::default());
-                self.remove_bank_hash_info(slot);
-                // the storage has been removed from this slot and recycled or dropped
-                assert!(self.storage.remove(slot).is_none());
-            });
-        }
+    pub(crate) fn handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(
+        &self,
+        dropped_roots: impl Iterator<Item = Slot>,
+    ) {
+        dropped_roots.for_each(|slot| {
+            self.accounts_index
+                .clean_dead_slot(slot, &mut AccountsIndexRootsStats::default());
+            self.remove_bank_hash_info(&slot);
+            // the storage has been removed from this slot and recycled or dropped
+            assert!(self.storage.remove(&slot).is_none());
+        });
     }
 
     /// add all 'pubkeys' into the set of pubkeys that are 'uncleaned', associated with 'slot'
@@ -17432,7 +17433,7 @@ pub mod tests {
         assert!(db.storage.is_empty_entry(next_slot));
         // this removes the storages entry completely from the hashmap for 'next_slot'.
         // Otherwise, we have a zero length vec in that hashmap
-        db.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(dropped_roots);
+        db.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(dropped_roots.into_iter());
         assert!(db.storage.get_slot_storage_entry(next_slot).is_none());
 
         // include all the slots we put into the ancient append vec - they should contain nothing
@@ -17682,7 +17683,7 @@ pub mod tests {
     fn test_handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient() {
         solana_logger::setup();
         let db = AccountsDb::new_single_for_tests();
-        db.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(Vec::default());
+        db.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(std::iter::empty::<Slot>());
         let slot0 = 0;
         let dropped_roots = vec![slot0];
         assert!(db.get_bank_hash_stats(slot0).is_some());
@@ -17690,7 +17691,7 @@ pub mod tests {
         db.accounts_index.add_uncleaned_roots([slot0].into_iter());
         assert!(db.accounts_index.is_uncleaned_root(slot0));
         assert!(db.accounts_index.is_alive_root(slot0));
-        db.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(dropped_roots);
+        db.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(dropped_roots.into_iter());
         assert!(db.get_bank_hash_stats(slot0).is_none());
         assert!(!db.accounts_index.is_uncleaned_root(slot0));
         assert!(!db.accounts_index.is_alive_root(slot0));
@@ -17701,7 +17702,7 @@ pub mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[should_panic(expected = "assertion failed: self.storage.remove(slot).is_none()")]
+    #[should_panic(expected = "assertion failed: self.storage.remove")]
     fn test_handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient_assert() {
         solana_logger::setup();
         let common_store_path = Path::new("");
@@ -17716,7 +17717,7 @@ pub mod tests {
         let slot0 = 0;
         let dropped_roots = vec![slot0];
         insert_store(&db, entry);
-        db.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(dropped_roots);
+        db.handle_dropped_roots_for_ancient(dropped_roots.into_iter());
     }
 
     #[test]