diff --git a/nano/core_test/node.cpp b/nano/core_test/node.cpp
index 593c5ee6c1..297c1d2f1c 100644
--- a/nano/core_test/node.cpp
+++ b/nano/core_test/node.cpp
@@ -3706,7 +3706,6 @@ TEST (node, bounded_backlog)
 
 	nano::node_config node_config;
 	node_config.backlog.max_backlog = 10;
-	node_config.backlog.bucket_threshold = 2;
 	node_config.backlog_scan.enable = false;
 	auto & node = *system.add_node (node_config);
 
diff --git a/nano/node/bounded_backlog.cpp b/nano/node/bounded_backlog.cpp
index 9aa39dee45..62b604ecdd 100644
--- a/nano/node/bounded_backlog.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/bounded_backlog.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ std::deque<nano::block_hash> nano::bounded_backlog::perform_rollbacks (std::dequ
 	return processed;
 }
 
+size_t nano::bounded_backlog::bucket_threshold () const
+{
+	return config.max_backlog / bucketing.size ();
+}
+
 std::deque<nano::block_hash> nano::bounded_backlog::gather_targets (size_t max_count) const
 {
 	debug_assert (!mutex.try_lock ());
@@ -347,7 +352,7 @@ std::deque<nano::block_hash> nano::bounded_backlog::gather_targets (size_t max_c
 	for (auto bucket : bucketing.bucket_indices ())
 	{
 		// Only start rolling back if the bucket is over the threshold of unconfirmed blocks
-		if (index.size (bucket) > config.bucket_threshold)
+		if (index.size (bucket) > bucket_threshold ())
 		{
 			auto const count = std::min (max_count, config.batch_size);
 
diff --git a/nano/node/bounded_backlog.hpp b/nano/node/bounded_backlog.hpp
index 4eb0cc16bf..5935e7a59f 100644
--- a/nano/node/bounded_backlog.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/bounded_backlog.hpp
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ class bounded_backlog_config
 {
 public:
 	size_t max_backlog{ 100000 };
-	size_t bucket_threshold{ 1000 };
 	double overfill_factor{ 1.5 };
 	size_t batch_size{ 32 };
 	size_t max_queued_notifications{ 128 };
@@ -112,6 +111,7 @@ class bounded_backlog
 	void stop ();
 
 	size_t index_size () const;
+	size_t bucket_threshold () const;
 
 	nano::container_info container_info () const;