diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25ed8ea9..ff8861a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,17 +3,16 @@
 ## TBA
 
 BREAKING CHANGES:
-- [crypto]  Refactor `tendermint/crypto` into many subpackages
+- [crypto] Refactor `tendermint/crypto` into many subpackages
 - [libs/common] remove exponentially distributed random numbers
 
 IMPROVEMENTS:
-- [abci] Generated gogoproto static marshaller methods
+- [abci, libs/common] Generated gogoproto static marshaller methods
 - [config] Increase default send/recv rates to 5 mB/s
-- [libs/common] Generated gogoproto static marshaller methods
 
 BUG FIXES
-- [mempool] fixed a race condition when create_empty_blocks=false where a transaction is published at an old height
-
+- [mempool] fixed a race condition when `create_empty_blocks=false` where a
+  transaction is published at an old height.
 
 ## 0.22.4
 
diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index 3aa36042..634f1031 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -571,10 +571,8 @@ func (cs *ConsensusState) receiveRoutine(maxSteps int) {
 		var mi msgInfo
 
 		select {
-		case txAvailable := <-cs.mempool.TxsAvailable():
-			if txAvailable {
-				cs.handleTxsAvailable()
-			}
+		case <-cs.mempool.TxsAvailable():
+			cs.handleTxsAvailable()
 		case mi = <-cs.peerMsgQueue:
 			cs.wal.Write(mi)
 			// handles proposals, block parts, votes
@@ -689,7 +687,6 @@ func (cs *ConsensusState) handleTxsAvailable() {
 	cs.mtx.Lock()
 	defer cs.mtx.Unlock()
 	// we only need to do this for round 0
-	cs.Logger.Debug("handling available txs", "height to propose", cs.Height)
 	cs.enterPropose(cs.Height, 0)
 }