diff --git a/crates/brk_mempool/examples/mempool.rs b/crates/brk_mempool/examples/mempool.rs
index 85b1873b5..7a5e9bbd8 100644
--- a/crates/brk_mempool/examples/mempool.rs
+++ b/crates/brk_mempool/examples/mempool.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             "info.count={} txs={} unresolved={} addrs={} outpoints={} \
              graveyard.tombstones={} graveyard.order={} \
              snap.txs.len={} snap.blocks={} snap.blocks_txs={} \
-             rebuilds={} skip.clean={}",
+             rebuilds={}",
             info_count,
             stats.txs,
             stats.unresolved,
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             snapshot.blocks.len(),
             blocks_tx_total,
             stats.rebuilds,
-            stats.skip_cleans,
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/brk_mempool/src/diagnostics.rs b/crates/brk_mempool/src/diagnostics.rs
index 4e25aed86..e5ea086ff 100644
--- a/crates/brk_mempool/src/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/crates/brk_mempool/src/diagnostics.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ pub struct MempoolStats {
     pub graveyard_tombstones: usize,
     pub graveyard_order: usize,
     pub rebuilds: u64,
-    pub skip_cleans: u64,
 }
 
 impl From<&Mempool> for MempoolStats {
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ impl From<&Mempool> for MempoolStats {
             graveyard_tombstones: state.graveyard.tombstones_len(),
             graveyard_order: state.graveyard.order_len(),
             rebuilds: rebuilder.rebuild_count(),
-            skip_cleans: rebuilder.skip_clean_count(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/brk_mempool/src/lib.rs b/crates/brk_mempool/src/lib.rs
index f311d46c0..eea10ab88 100644
--- a/crates/brk_mempool/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/brk_mempool/src/lib.rs
@@ -354,9 +354,9 @@ impl Mempool {
             min_fee,
         } = Fetcher::fetch(client, state)?;
         let pulled = Preparer::prepare(&live_txids, new_entries, new_txs, state);
-        let changed = Applier::apply(state, rebuilder, pulled);
+        Applier::apply(state, rebuilder, pulled);
         Prevouts::fill(state, resolver);
-        rebuilder.tick(state, changed, &gbt_txids, min_fee);
+        rebuilder.tick(state, &gbt_txids, min_fee);
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/crates/brk_mempool/src/steps/applier.rs b/crates/brk_mempool/src/steps/applier.rs
index b1da85e82..70b876a60 100644
--- a/crates/brk_mempool/src/steps/applier.rs
+++ b/crates/brk_mempool/src/steps/applier.rs
@@ -14,23 +14,17 @@ use crate::{
 pub struct Applier;
 
 impl Applier {
-    /// Returns true iff anything changed.
-    ///
     /// `rebuilder` supplies the previous cycle's snapshot. Burial reads
     /// each tomb's `chunk_rate` from the snapshot (always-fresh,
     /// package-aware via local linearization). The fallback to
     /// `entry.fee_rate()` is unreachable in steady state - every burial
     /// target was alive at the previous tick, so the snapshot has it.
-    pub fn apply(lock: &RwLock<State>, rebuilder: &Rebuilder, pulled: TxsPulled) -> bool {
+    pub fn apply(lock: &RwLock<State>, rebuilder: &Rebuilder, pulled: TxsPulled) {
         let TxsPulled { added, removed } = pulled;
-        let has_changes = !added.is_empty() || !removed.is_empty();
-
         let mut state = lock.write();
         Self::bury_removals(&mut state, rebuilder, removed);
         Self::publish_additions(&mut state, added);
         state.graveyard.evict_old();
-
-        has_changes
     }
 
     fn bury_removals(
diff --git a/crates/brk_mempool/src/steps/rebuilder/mod.rs b/crates/brk_mempool/src/steps/rebuilder/mod.rs
index 86b9355ca..1ab1514cc 100644
--- a/crates/brk_mempool/src/steps/rebuilder/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/brk_mempool/src/steps/rebuilder/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::{
     collections::VecDeque,
     sync::{
         Arc,
-        atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering},
+        atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering},
     },
 };
 
@@ -29,31 +29,16 @@ pub struct Rebuilder {
     snapshot: RwLock<Arc<Snapshot>>,
     /// Past block-0 txid sets keyed by `next_block_hash`, oldest first.
     history: RwLock<VecDeque<(NextBlockHash, FxHashSet<Txid>)>>,
-    dirty: AtomicBool,
     rebuild_count: AtomicU64,
-    skip_clean: AtomicU64,
 }
 
 impl Rebuilder {
-    /// Mark dirty if the cycle changed mempool state, then rebuild iff
-    /// the dirty bit is set. Cycle pacing is the driver loop's job; the
-    /// rebuild itself is pure CPU on already-fetched data. The dirty
-    /// bit is cleared only after the snapshot is published, so a panic
-    /// in `build_snapshot` retries on the next cycle.
-    pub fn tick(
-        &self,
-        lock: &RwLock<State>,
-        changed: bool,
-        gbt_txids: &[Txid],
-        min_fee: FeeRate,
-    ) {
-        if changed {
-            self.dirty.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-        }
-        if !self.dirty.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
-            self.skip_clean.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
-            return;
-        }
+    /// Rebuild the snapshot every cycle. The build is pure CPU on
+    /// already-fetched data and `min_fee` participates in the result,
+    /// so a "skip if no add/remove" gate would freeze the served fees
+    /// when Core's `mempoolminfee` drifts on a quiet pool. Cycle pacing
+    /// is the driver loop's job.
+    pub fn tick(&self, lock: &RwLock<State>, gbt_txids: &[Txid], min_fee: FeeRate) {
         let snap = Self::build_snapshot(lock, gbt_txids, min_fee);
         let block0_set: FxHashSet<Txid> = snap.block0_txids().collect();
         let next_hash = snap.next_block_hash;
@@ -67,7 +52,6 @@ impl Rebuilder {
         }
         drop(hist);
 
-        self.dirty.store(false, Ordering::Release);
         self.rebuild_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
     }
 
@@ -86,10 +70,6 @@ impl Rebuilder {
         self.rebuild_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
     }
 
-    pub fn skip_clean_count(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.skip_clean.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
-    }
-
     fn build_snapshot(
         lock: &RwLock<State>,
         gbt_txids: &[Txid],