diff --git a/runtime/src/bank.rs b/runtime/src/bank.rs
index 24bd72ef76fc87..dab15c8244a5ac 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank.rs
@@ -6659,13 +6659,6 @@ impl Bank {
         Some(epoch_accounts_hash)
     }
 
-    /// Return the epoch_reward_status field on the bank to serialize
-    /// Returns none if we are NOT in the reward interval.
-    pub(crate) fn get_epoch_reward_status_to_serialize(&self) -> Option<&EpochRewardStatus> {
-        matches!(self.epoch_reward_status, EpochRewardStatus::Active(_))
-            .then_some(&self.epoch_reward_status)
-    }
-
     /// Convenience fn to get the Epoch Accounts Hash
     pub fn epoch_accounts_hash(&self) -> Option<EpochAccountsHash> {
         self.rc
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank/serde_snapshot.rs b/runtime/src/bank/serde_snapshot.rs
index 5a4369b451bfd4..b7e7ca004bba5e 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank/serde_snapshot.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank/serde_snapshot.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ mod tests {
             },
             status_cache::StatusCache,
         },
-        assert_matches::assert_matches,
         solana_accounts_db::{
             account_storage::{AccountStorageMap, AccountStorageReference},
             accounts_db::{
@@ -531,11 +530,9 @@ mod tests {
         // Defaults to 0
         assert_eq!(0, dbank.fee_rate_governor.lamports_per_signature);
 
-        // epoch_reward status should default to `Inactive`
-        let epoch_reward_status = dbank
-            .get_epoch_reward_status_to_serialize()
-            .unwrap_or(&EpochRewardStatus::Inactive);
-        assert_matches!(epoch_reward_status, EpochRewardStatus::Inactive);
+        // The snapshot epoch_reward_status always equals `None`, so the bank
+        // field should default to `Inactive`
+        assert_eq!(dbank.epoch_reward_status, EpochRewardStatus::Inactive);
     }
 
     #[cfg(RUSTC_WITH_SPECIALIZATION)]
@@ -544,7 +541,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // This some what long test harness is required to freeze the ABI of
         // Bank's serialization due to versioned nature
-        #[frozen_abi(digest = "ENUEoDA5CYu9NLLCuaj23qpfKBZzCvxK3T5VsUFA9sti")]
+        #[frozen_abi(digest = "8pZwgyMdvxExLgN9GMKnCdofb5CQJgsZ8Dt88hfVd9bf")]
         #[derive(Serialize, AbiExample)]
         pub struct BankAbiTestWrapperNewer {
             #[serde(serialize_with = "wrapper_newer")]
diff --git a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/newer.rs b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/newer.rs
index d9c73d04422199..c5fada5be20ec4 100644
--- a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/newer.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/newer.rs
@@ -201,9 +201,6 @@ impl<'a> TypeContext<'a> for Context {
         let ancestors = HashMap::from(&serializable_bank.bank.ancestors);
         let fields = serializable_bank.bank.get_fields_to_serialize(&ancestors);
         let lamports_per_signature = fields.fee_rate_governor.lamports_per_signature;
-        let epoch_reward_status = serializable_bank
-            .bank
-            .get_epoch_reward_status_to_serialize();
         match get_serialize_bank_fields(
             SerializableVersionedBank::from(fields),
             SerializableAccountsDb::<'a, Self> {
@@ -221,7 +218,7 @@ impl<'a> TypeContext<'a> for Context {
                 .bank
                 .get_epoch_accounts_hash_to_serialize()
                 .map(|epoch_accounts_hash| *epoch_accounts_hash.as_ref()),
-            epoch_reward_status,
+            None, // epoch_reward_status always unpopulated
         ) {
             BankFieldsToSerialize::WithoutEpochRewardStatus(data) => data.serialize(serializer),
             BankFieldsToSerialize::WithEpochRewardStatus(data) => data.serialize(serializer),
@@ -380,7 +377,6 @@ impl<'a> TypeContext<'a> for Context {
         let hard_forks = RwLock::new(std::mem::take(&mut rhs.hard_forks));
         let lamports_per_signature = rhs.fee_rate_governor.lamports_per_signature;
         let epoch_accounts_hash = rhs.epoch_accounts_hash.as_ref();
-        let epoch_reward_status = rhs.epoch_reward_status;
 
         let bank = SerializableVersionedBank {
             blockhash_queue: &blockhash_queue,
@@ -423,8 +419,7 @@ impl<'a> TypeContext<'a> for Context {
             lamports_per_signature,
             incremental_snapshot_persistence.cloned(),
             epoch_accounts_hash.copied(),
-            matches!(epoch_reward_status, EpochRewardStatus::Active(_))
-                .then_some(&epoch_reward_status),
+            None, // epoch_reward_status always unpopulated
         ) {
             BankFieldsToSerialize::WithoutEpochRewardStatus(data) => {
                 bincode::serialize_into(stream_writer, &data)