diff --git a/pkg/beacon/beacon.go b/pkg/beacon/beacon.go
index 0b1eb83..c43e41c 100644
--- a/pkg/beacon/beacon.go
+++ b/pkg/beacon/beacon.go
@@ -182,24 +182,20 @@ type node struct {
 	broker *emission.Emitter
 
 	// Internal data stores
-	genesis         *v1.Genesis
-	genesisMu       sync.RWMutex
-	lastEventTime   time.Time
-	lastEventTimeMu sync.RWMutex
-	nodeVersion     string
-	nodeVersionMu   sync.RWMutex
-	peers           types.Peers
-	finality        *v1.Finality
-	spec            *state.Spec
-	specMu          sync.RWMutex
-	wallclock       *ethwallclock.EthereumBeaconChain
+	genesis       *v1.Genesis
+	genesisMu     sync.RWMutex
+	nodeVersion   string
+	nodeVersionMu sync.RWMutex
+	peers         types.Peers
+	finality      *v1.Finality
+	spec          *state.Spec
+	specMu        sync.RWMutex
+	wallclock     *ethwallclock.EthereumBeaconChain
 
 	stat *Status
 
 	metrics *Metrics
 
-	Ready bool
-
 	hasEmittedFirstTimeHealthy bool
 	firstHealthyMutex          sync.Mutex
 
@@ -406,8 +402,6 @@ func (n *node) bootstrap(ctx context.Context) error {
 	//nolint:errcheck // we dont care if this errors out since it runs indefinitely in a goroutine
 	go n.ensureBeaconSubscription(ctx)
 
-	n.Ready = true
-
 	go n.publishReady(ctx)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/beacon/subscriptions.go b/pkg/beacon/subscriptions.go
index 538b3c4..1eecd39 100644
--- a/pkg/beacon/subscriptions.go
+++ b/pkg/beacon/subscriptions.go
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ func (n *node) subscribeToBeaconEvents(ctx context.Context) error {
 		if err := provider.Events(ctx, &api.EventsOpts{
 			Topics: []string{topic},
 			Handler: func(event *v1.Event) {
-				n.lastEventTimeMu.Lock()
-				n.lastEventTime = time.Now()
-				n.lastEventTimeMu.Unlock()
-
 				if err := n.handleEvent(ctx, event); err != nil {
 					n.log.Errorf("Failed to handle event: %v", err)
 				}