diff --git a/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/fork_aware_txpool/dropped_watcher.rs b/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/fork_aware_txpool/dropped_watcher.rs
index 2c711fa210e8bb8f84f5518f401f50c96fcdd9d8..2dd5836c570f419674ffe07d2c2f7aab7ab6cc4d 100644
--- a/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/fork_aware_txpool/dropped_watcher.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/fork_aware_txpool/dropped_watcher.rs
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ where
 							})
 					}
 				} else {
-					debug!("[{:?}] dropped_watcher: skipping non tracked tx", tx_hash);
+					debug!("[{:?}] dropped_watcher: removing (non-tracked) tx", tx_hash);
+					return Some(tx_hash)
 				}
 			},
 			_ => {},