diff --git a/runtime/src/bank.rs b/runtime/src/bank.rs
index e89d4678166756..bcf0b8e0556625 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank.rs
@@ -571,7 +571,6 @@ impl PartialEq for Bank {
             fee_rate_governor,
             collected_rent,
             rent_collector,
-            epoch_schedule,
             inflation,
             stakes_cache,
             epoch_stakes,
@@ -628,7 +627,7 @@ impl PartialEq for Bank {
             && fee_rate_governor == &other.fee_rate_governor
             && collected_rent.load(Relaxed) == other.collected_rent.load(Relaxed)
             && rent_collector == &other.rent_collector
-            && epoch_schedule == &other.epoch_schedule
+            && self.epoch_schedule() == other.epoch_schedule()
             && *inflation.read().unwrap() == *other.inflation.read().unwrap()
             && *stakes_cache.stakes() == *other.stakes_cache.stakes()
             && epoch_stakes == &other.epoch_stakes
@@ -808,9 +807,6 @@ pub struct Bank {
     /// latest rent collector, knows the epoch
     rent_collector: RentCollector,
 
-    /// initialized from genesis
-    pub(crate) epoch_schedule: EpochSchedule,
-
     /// inflation specs
     inflation: Arc<RwLock<Inflation>>,
 
@@ -974,7 +970,6 @@ impl Bank {
             fee_rate_governor: FeeRateGovernor::default(),
             collected_rent: AtomicU64::default(),
             rent_collector: RentCollector::default(),
-            epoch_schedule: EpochSchedule::default(),
             inflation: Arc::<RwLock<Inflation>>::default(),
             stakes_cache: StakesCache::default(),
             epoch_stakes: HashMap::<Epoch, EpochStakes>::default(),
@@ -1004,12 +999,8 @@ impl Bank {
             transaction_account_lock_limit: None,
         };
 
-        bank.transaction_processor = TransactionBatchProcessor::new(
-            bank.slot,
-            bank.epoch,
-            bank.epoch_schedule.clone(),
-            HashSet::default(),
-        );
+        bank.transaction_processor =
+            TransactionBatchProcessor::new(bank.slot, bank.epoch, HashSet::default());
 
         let accounts_data_size_initial = bank.get_total_accounts_stats().unwrap().data_len as u64;
         bank.accounts_data_size_initial = accounts_data_size_initial;
@@ -1193,7 +1184,6 @@ impl Bank {
             ns_per_slot: parent.ns_per_slot,
             genesis_creation_time: parent.genesis_creation_time,
             slots_per_year: parent.slots_per_year,
-            epoch_schedule,
             collected_rent: AtomicU64::new(0),
             rent_collector: Self::get_rent_collector_from(&parent.rent_collector, epoch),
             max_tick_height: (slot + 1) * parent.ticks_per_slot,
@@ -1375,7 +1365,7 @@ impl Bank {
     /// Epoch in which the new cooldown warmup rate for stake was activated
     pub fn new_warmup_cooldown_rate_epoch(&self) -> Option<Epoch> {
         self.feature_set
-            .new_warmup_cooldown_rate_epoch(&self.epoch_schedule)
+            .new_warmup_cooldown_rate_epoch(self.epoch_schedule())
     }
 
     /// process for the start of a new epoch
@@ -1414,7 +1404,7 @@ impl Bank {
         );
 
         // Save a snapshot of stakes for use in consensus and stake weighted networking
-        let leader_schedule_epoch = self.epoch_schedule.get_leader_schedule_epoch(slot);
+        let leader_schedule_epoch = self.epoch_schedule().get_leader_schedule_epoch(slot);
         let (_, update_epoch_stakes_time) = measure!(
             self.update_epoch_stakes(leader_schedule_epoch),
             "update_epoch_stakes",
@@ -1608,7 +1598,6 @@ impl Bank {
             collected_rent: AtomicU64::new(fields.collected_rent),
             // clone()-ing is needed to consider a gated behavior in rent_collector
             rent_collector: Self::get_rent_collector_from(&fields.rent_collector, fields.epoch),
-            epoch_schedule: fields.epoch_schedule,
             inflation: Arc::new(RwLock::new(fields.inflation)),
             stakes_cache: StakesCache::new(stakes),
             epoch_stakes: fields.epoch_stakes,
@@ -1639,12 +1628,11 @@ impl Bank {
             transaction_account_lock_limit: runtime_config.transaction_account_lock_limit,
         };
 
-        bank.transaction_processor = TransactionBatchProcessor::new(
-            bank.slot,
-            bank.epoch,
-            bank.epoch_schedule.clone(),
-            HashSet::default(),
-        );
+        bank.transaction_processor =
+            TransactionBatchProcessor::new(bank.slot, bank.epoch, HashSet::default());
+
+        bank.transaction_processor
+            .set_epoch_schedule(&fields.epoch_schedule);
 
         let thread_pool = ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
             .thread_name(|i| format!("solBnkNewFlds{i:02}"))
@@ -1685,8 +1673,8 @@ impl Bank {
                 bank.ticks_per_slot,
             )
         );
-        assert_eq!(bank.epoch_schedule, genesis_config.epoch_schedule);
-        assert_eq!(bank.epoch, bank.epoch_schedule.get_epoch(bank.slot));
+        assert_eq!(bank.epoch_schedule(), &genesis_config.epoch_schedule);
+        assert_eq!(bank.epoch, bank.epoch_schedule().get_epoch(bank.slot));
 
         datapoint_info!(
             "bank-new-from-fields",
@@ -1736,7 +1724,7 @@ impl Bank {
             fee_rate_governor: self.fee_rate_governor.clone(),
             collected_rent: self.collected_rent.load(Relaxed),
             rent_collector: self.rent_collector.clone(),
-            epoch_schedule: self.epoch_schedule.clone(),
+            epoch_schedule: self.epoch_schedule().clone(),
             inflation: *self.inflation.read().unwrap(),
             stakes: StakesEnum::from(self.stakes_cache.stakes().clone()),
             epoch_stakes: self.epoch_stakes.clone(),
@@ -2856,7 +2844,7 @@ impl Bank {
     }
 
     pub fn epoch_schedule(&self) -> &EpochSchedule {
-        &self.epoch_schedule
+        self.transaction_processor.epoch_schedule()
     }
 
     /// squash the parent's state up into this Bank,
@@ -2968,8 +2956,8 @@ impl Bank {
         self.max_tick_height = (self.slot + 1) * self.ticks_per_slot;
         self.slots_per_year = genesis_config.slots_per_year();
 
-        self.epoch_schedule = genesis_config.epoch_schedule.clone();
-        self.transaction_processor.epoch_schedule = genesis_config.epoch_schedule.clone();
+        self.transaction_processor
+            .set_epoch_schedule(&genesis_config.epoch_schedule);
 
         self.inflation = Arc::new(RwLock::new(genesis_config.inflation));
 
@@ -4504,7 +4492,7 @@ impl Bank {
                         if !rent_paying_pubkeys.contains(pubkey) {
                             let partition_from_pubkey = accounts_partition::partition_from_pubkey(
                                 pubkey,
-                                self.epoch_schedule.slots_per_epoch,
+                                self.epoch_schedule().slots_per_epoch,
                             );
                             // Submit datapoint instead of assert while we verify this is correct
                             datapoint_warn!(
@@ -6016,7 +6004,7 @@ impl Bank {
         let config = CalcAccountsHashConfig {
             use_bg_thread_pool: true,
             ancestors: None, // does not matter, will not be used
-            epoch_schedule: &self.epoch_schedule,
+            epoch_schedule: self.epoch_schedule(),
             rent_collector: &self.rent_collector,
             store_detailed_debug_info_on_failure: false,
         };
@@ -7141,7 +7129,7 @@ impl Bank {
     pub fn new_program_cache_for_tx_batch_for_slot(&self, slot: Slot) -> ProgramCacheForTxBatch {
         ProgramCacheForTxBatch::new_from_cache(
             slot,
-            self.epoch_schedule.get_epoch(slot),
+            self.epoch_schedule().get_epoch(slot),
             &self.transaction_processor.program_cache.read().unwrap(),
         )
     }
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank/partitioned_epoch_rewards/distribution.rs b/runtime/src/bank/partitioned_epoch_rewards/distribution.rs
index c627da706b1a38..8d360ad7d2b6c9 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank/partitioned_epoch_rewards/distribution.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank/partitioned_epoch_rewards/distribution.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl Bank {
         let distribution_end_exclusive =
             distribution_starting_block_height + status.stake_rewards_by_partition.len() as u64;
         assert!(
-            self.epoch_schedule.get_slots_in_epoch(self.epoch)
+            self.epoch_schedule().get_slots_in_epoch(self.epoch)
                 > distribution_end_exclusive.saturating_sub(distribution_starting_block_height)
         );
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[should_panic(expected = "self.epoch_schedule.get_slots_in_epoch")]
+    #[should_panic(expected = "self.epoch_schedule().get_slots_in_epoch")]
     fn test_distribute_partitioned_epoch_rewards_too_many_partitions() {
         let (genesis_config, _mint_keypair) = create_genesis_config(1_000_000 * LAMPORTS_PER_SOL);
         let mut bank = Bank::new_for_tests(&genesis_config);
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank/partitioned_epoch_rewards/mod.rs b/runtime/src/bank/partitioned_epoch_rewards/mod.rs
index f374b127050aef..671e76a0e3c1af 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank/partitioned_epoch_rewards/mod.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank/partitioned_epoch_rewards/mod.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ impl Bank {
         rewards: &PartitionedStakeRewards,
     ) -> u64 {
         let total_stake_accounts = rewards.len();
-        if self.epoch_schedule.warmup && self.epoch < self.first_normal_epoch() {
+        if self.epoch_schedule().warmup && self.epoch < self.first_normal_epoch() {
             1
         } else {
             const MAX_FACTOR_OF_REWARD_BLOCKS_IN_EPOCH: u64 = 10;
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ impl Bank {
             // Limit the reward credit interval to 10% of the total number of slots in a epoch
             num_chunks.clamp(
                 1,
-                (self.epoch_schedule.slots_per_epoch / MAX_FACTOR_OF_REWARD_BLOCKS_IN_EPOCH).max(1),
+                (self.epoch_schedule().slots_per_epoch / MAX_FACTOR_OF_REWARD_BLOCKS_IN_EPOCH)
+                    .max(1),
             )
         }
     }
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank/tests.rs b/runtime/src/bank/tests.rs
index 46d36d38310049..d686c524fdae3b 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank/tests.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank/tests.rs
@@ -8149,10 +8149,10 @@ fn test_update_clock_timestamp() {
 }
 
 fn poh_estimate_offset(bank: &Bank) -> Duration {
-    let mut epoch_start_slot = bank.epoch_schedule.get_first_slot_in_epoch(bank.epoch());
+    let mut epoch_start_slot = bank.epoch_schedule().get_first_slot_in_epoch(bank.epoch());
     if epoch_start_slot == bank.slot() {
         epoch_start_slot = bank
-            .epoch_schedule
+            .epoch_schedule()
             .get_first_slot_in_epoch(bank.epoch() - 1);
     }
     bank.slot().saturating_sub(epoch_start_slot) as u32
@@ -9116,10 +9116,7 @@ fn test_epoch_schedule_from_genesis_config() {
         Arc::default(),
     ));
 
-    assert_eq!(
-        &bank.transaction_processor.epoch_schedule,
-        &genesis_config.epoch_schedule
-    );
+    assert_eq!(bank.epoch_schedule(), &genesis_config.epoch_schedule);
 }
 
 fn check_stake_vote_account_validity<F>(check_owner_change: bool, load_vote_and_stake_accounts: F)
diff --git a/svm/src/program_loader.rs b/svm/src/program_loader.rs
index 6060e8bb3db453..c1b2f5ade3c6a1 100644
--- a/svm/src/program_loader.rs
+++ b/svm/src/program_loader.rs
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ mod tests {
             &batch_processor.get_environments_for_epoch(50).unwrap(),
             &key,
             500,
-            &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+            batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
             false,
         );
         assert!(result.is_none());
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ mod tests {
             &batch_processor.get_environments_for_epoch(20).unwrap(),
             &key,
             0, // Slot 0
-            &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+            batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
             false,
         );
 
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ mod tests {
             &batch_processor.get_environments_for_epoch(20).unwrap(),
             &key,
             200,
-            &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+            batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
             false,
         );
         let loaded_program = ProgramCacheEntry::new_tombstone(
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ mod tests {
             &batch_processor.get_environments_for_epoch(20).unwrap(),
             &key,
             200,
-            &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+            batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
             false,
         );
 
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ mod tests {
             &batch_processor.get_environments_for_epoch(0).unwrap(),
             &key1,
             0,
-            &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+            batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
             false,
         );
         let loaded_program = ProgramCacheEntry::new_tombstone(
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ mod tests {
             &batch_processor.get_environments_for_epoch(20).unwrap(),
             &key1,
             200,
-            &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+            batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
             false,
         );
 
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ mod tests {
             &batch_processor.get_environments_for_epoch(0).unwrap(),
             &key,
             0,
-            &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+            batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
             false,
         );
         let loaded_program = ProgramCacheEntry::new_tombstone(
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ mod tests {
             &batch_processor.get_environments_for_epoch(20).unwrap(),
             &key,
             200,
-            &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+            batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
             false,
         );
 
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ mod tests {
                     .unwrap(),
                 &key,
                 200,
-                &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+                batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
                 false,
             )
             .unwrap();
diff --git a/svm/src/transaction_processor.rs b/svm/src/transaction_processor.rs
index cc0cbcdac5775e..b837159abf647e 100644
--- a/svm/src/transaction_processor.rs
+++ b/svm/src/transaction_processor.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pub struct TransactionBatchProcessor<FG: ForkGraph> {
     epoch: Epoch,
 
     /// initialized from genesis
-    pub epoch_schedule: EpochSchedule,
+    epoch_schedule: EpochSchedule,
 
     /// Transaction fee structure
     pub fee_structure: FeeStructure,
@@ -195,16 +195,11 @@ impl<FG: ForkGraph> Default for TransactionBatchProcessor<FG> {
 }
 
 impl<FG: ForkGraph> TransactionBatchProcessor<FG> {
-    pub fn new(
-        slot: Slot,
-        epoch: Epoch,
-        epoch_schedule: EpochSchedule,
-        builtin_program_ids: HashSet<Pubkey>,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(slot: Slot, epoch: Epoch, builtin_program_ids: HashSet<Pubkey>) -> Self {
         Self {
             slot,
             epoch,
-            epoch_schedule,
+            epoch_schedule: EpochSchedule::default(),
             fee_structure: FeeStructure::default(),
             sysvar_cache: RwLock::<SysvarCache>::default(),
             program_cache: Arc::new(RwLock::new(ProgramCache::new(slot, epoch))),
@@ -224,6 +219,14 @@ impl<FG: ForkGraph> TransactionBatchProcessor<FG> {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn set_epoch_schedule(&mut self, epoch_schedule: &EpochSchedule) {
+        self.epoch_schedule = epoch_schedule.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn epoch_schedule(&self) -> &EpochSchedule {
+        &self.epoch_schedule
+    }
+
     /// Returns the current environments depending on the given epoch
     /// Returns None if the call could result in a deadlock
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "dev-context-only-utils", qualifiers(pub))]
@@ -1856,12 +1859,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn fast_concur_test() {
         let mut mock_bank = MockBankCallback::default();
-        let batch_processor = TransactionBatchProcessor::<TestForkGraph>::new(
-            5,
-            5,
-            EpochSchedule::default(),
-            HashSet::new(),
-        );
+        let batch_processor = TransactionBatchProcessor::<TestForkGraph>::new(5, 5, HashSet::new());
         batch_processor.program_cache.write().unwrap().fork_graph =
             Some(Arc::new(RwLock::new(TestForkGraph {})));
 
diff --git a/svm/tests/conformance.rs b/svm/tests/conformance.rs
index ec5bbe0c9fd529..7bea9144289bc3 100644
--- a/svm/tests/conformance.rs
+++ b/svm/tests/conformance.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use {
     solana_sdk::{
         account::{AccountSharedData, ReadableAccount, WritableAccount},
         bpf_loader_upgradeable,
-        epoch_schedule::EpochSchedule,
         feature_set::{FeatureSet, FEATURE_NAMES},
         hash::Hash,
         instruction::AccountMeta,
@@ -247,12 +246,7 @@ fn run_fixture(fixture: InstrFixture, filename: OsString, execute_as_instr: bool
         create_program_runtime_environment_v1(&feature_set, &compute_budget, false, false).unwrap();
 
     mock_bank.override_feature_set(feature_set);
-    let batch_processor = TransactionBatchProcessor::<MockForkGraph>::new(
-        42,
-        2,
-        EpochSchedule::default(),
-        HashSet::new(),
-    );
+    let batch_processor = TransactionBatchProcessor::<MockForkGraph>::new(42, 2, HashSet::new());
 
     {
         let mut program_cache = batch_processor.program_cache.write().unwrap();
@@ -445,7 +439,7 @@ fn execute_fixture_as_instr(
         &batch_processor.get_environments_for_epoch(2).unwrap(),
         &program_id,
         42,
-        &batch_processor.epoch_schedule,
+        batch_processor.epoch_schedule(),
         false,
     )
     .unwrap();
diff --git a/svm/tests/integration_test.rs b/svm/tests/integration_test.rs
index 9816d41cbc4dae..c47ce03af9b5a1 100644
--- a/svm/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/svm/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use {
         account::{AccountSharedData, ReadableAccount, WritableAccount},
         bpf_loader_upgradeable::{self, UpgradeableLoaderState},
         clock::{Clock, Epoch, Slot, UnixTimestamp},
-        epoch_schedule::EpochSchedule,
         hash::Hash,
         instruction::AccountMeta,
         pubkey::Pubkey,
@@ -445,7 +444,6 @@ fn svm_integration() {
     let batch_processor = TransactionBatchProcessor::<MockForkGraph>::new(
         EXECUTION_SLOT,
         EXECUTION_EPOCH,
-        EpochSchedule::default(),
         HashSet::new(),
     );