diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_lending_contract.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_lending_contract.test.ts
index 28d8a57055c..efc5b8843d4 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_lending_contract.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_lending_contract.test.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ describe('e2e_lending_contract', () => {
       const account = new Account(aztecRpcServer, privateKey, new AuthWitnessAccountContract(privateKey));
       const deployTx = await account.deploy();
       await deployTx.wait({ interval: 0.1 });
-      // wallet = await account.getWallet();
       wallet = new AuthWitnessEntrypointWallet(
         aztecRpcServer,
         (await account.getEntrypoint()) as unknown as IAuthWitnessAccountEntrypoint,
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_token_contract.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_token_contract.test.ts
index 43c4fc006a3..649a53cdee6 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_token_contract.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_token_contract.test.ts
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ describe('e2e_token_contract', () => {
         it.skip('transfer into account to overflow', () => {
           // This should already be covered by the mint case earlier. e.g., since we cannot mint to overflow, there is not
           // a way to get funds enough to overflow.
+          // Require direct storage manipulation for us to perform a nice explicit case though.
+          // See https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/1259
         });
       });
     });
@@ -703,7 +705,12 @@ describe('e2e_token_contract', () => {
           expect(await asset.methods.balance_of_private({ address: accounts[1].address }).view()).toEqual(balance1);
         });
 
-        it.skip('transfer into account to overflow', () => {});
+        it.skip('transfer into account to overflow', () => {
+          // This should already be covered by the mint case earlier. e.g., since we cannot mint to overflow, there is not
+          // a way to get funds enough to overflow.
+          // Require direct storage manipulation for us to perform a nice explicit case though.
+          // See https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/1259
+        });
 
         it('transfer on behalf of other without approval', async () => {
           const balance0 = await asset.methods.balance_of_private({ address: accounts[0].address }).view();
diff --git a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts
index 50d66cd5685..f4c88f24d07 100644
--- a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts
@@ -148,12 +148,7 @@ export class Sequencer {
 
       // Only accept processed transactions that are not double-spends
       // public functions emitting nullifiers would pass earlier check but fail here
-      const isDoubleSpends = await Promise.all(
-        processedTxs.map(async tx => await this.isTxDoubleSpend(tx as unknown as Tx)),
-      );
-      const doubleSpends = processedTxs.filter((tx, index) => isDoubleSpends[index]).map(tx => tx.hash);
-      await this.p2pClient.deleteTxs(doubleSpends);
-      const processedValidTxs = processedTxs.filter((tx, index) => !isDoubleSpends[index]);
+      const processedValidTxs = await this.takeValidProcessedTxs(processedTxs);
 
       if (processedValidTxs.length === 0) {
         this.log('No txs processed correctly to build block. Exiting');
@@ -257,6 +252,13 @@ export class Sequencer {
     return validTxs;
   }
 
+  protected async takeValidProcessedTxs(txs: ProcessedTx[]) {
+    const isDoubleSpends = await Promise.all(txs.map(async tx => await this.isTxDoubleSpend(tx as unknown as Tx)));
+    const doubleSpends = txs.filter((tx, index) => isDoubleSpends[index]).map(tx => tx.hash);
+    await this.p2pClient.deleteTxs(doubleSpends);
+    return txs.filter((tx, index) => !isDoubleSpends[index]);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns whether the previous block sent has been mined, and all dependencies have caught up with it.
    * @returns Boolean indicating if our dependencies are synced to the latest block.