diff --git a/dot/state/grandpa.go b/dot/state/grandpa.go
index 777bcb204ca..d548b18cddc 100644
--- a/dot/state/grandpa.go
+++ b/dot/state/grandpa.go
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ func (s *GrandpaState) HandleGRANDPADigest(header *types.Header, digest scale.Va
 	case types.GrandpaScheduledChange:
 		return s.addScheduledChange(header, val)
 	case types.GrandpaForcedChange:
-		fmt.Printf("adding a forced change\n")
 		return s.addForcedChange(header, val)
 	case types.GrandpaOnDisabled:
 		return nil
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ func (s *GrandpaState) addForcedChange(header *types.Header, fc types.GrandpaFor
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot import forced change: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("there are now %d possible forced changes\n", s.forcedChanges.Len())
 	logger.Debugf("there are now %d possible forced changes", s.forcedChanges.Len())
 	return nil
 }
@@ -259,13 +257,6 @@ func (s *GrandpaState) ApplyForcedChanges(importedBlockHeader *types.Header) err
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot set change set id at block")
 	}
 
-	logger.Debug("reseting scheduled changes and forced changes")
-	s.scheduledChangeRoots.reset()
-	s.forcedChanges.reset()
-
-	logger.Debugf("Applying authority set forced change on block #%d made at block #%d",
-		importedBlockHeader.Number, forcedChange.announcingHeader.Number)
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/dot/state/grandpa_changes.go b/dot/state/grandpa_changes.go
index 425372f55e5..e06f1fe0faa 100644
--- a/dot/state/grandpa_changes.go
+++ b/dot/state/grandpa_changes.go
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ func (oc *orderedPendingChanges) pruneChanges(hash common.Hash, isDescendantOf i
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (oc *orderedPendingChanges) reset() {
-	*oc = make([]pendingChange, 0)
-}
-
 type pendingChangeNode struct {
 	change *pendingChange
 	nodes  []*pendingChangeNode
@@ -289,8 +285,7 @@ func (ct changeTree) findApplicableChange(hash common.Hash, number uint,
 			}
 
 			if child.change.announcingHeader.Number <= number && isDescendant {
-				return false, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s (%d)", errUnfinalizedAncestor,
-					child.change.announcingHeader.Hash(), child.change.announcingHeader.Number)
+				return false, errUnfinalizedAncestor
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -319,7 +314,3 @@ func (ct *changeTree) pruneChanges(hash common.Hash, isDescendantOf isDescendant
 	*ct = onBranchChanges
 	return nil
 }
-
-func (ct *changeTree) reset() {
-	*ct = []*pendingChangeNode{}
-}