diff --git a/core/src/poh_recorder.rs b/core/src/poh_recorder.rs
index 0488910e7d..6b4aac1e52 100644
--- a/core/src/poh_recorder.rs
+++ b/core/src/poh_recorder.rs
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ impl Record {
 pub struct TransactionRecorder {
     // shared by all users of PohRecorder
     pub record_sender: Sender<Record>,
-    // unique to this caller
-    pub result_sender: Sender<Result<()>>,
-    pub result_receiver: Receiver<Result<()>>,
 }
 
 impl Clone for TransactionRecorder {
@@ -90,13 +87,9 @@ impl Clone for TransactionRecorder {
 
 impl TransactionRecorder {
     pub fn new(record_sender: Sender<Record>) -> Self {
-        let (result_sender, result_receiver) = channel();
         Self {
             // shared
             record_sender,
-            // unique to this caller
-            result_sender,
-            result_receiver,
         }
     }
     pub fn record(
@@ -105,21 +98,18 @@ impl TransactionRecorder {
         mixin: Hash,
         transactions: Vec<Transaction>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
-        let res = self.record_sender.send(Record::new(
-            mixin,
-            transactions,
-            bank_slot,
-            self.result_sender.clone(),
-        ));
+        // create a new channel so that there is only 1 sender and when it goes out of scope, the receiver fails
+        let (result_sender, result_receiver) = channel();
+        let res =
+            self.record_sender
+                .send(Record::new(mixin, transactions, bank_slot, result_sender));
         if res.is_err() {
             // If the channel is dropped, then the validator is shutting down so return that we are hitting
             //  the max tick height to stop transaction processing and flush any transactions in the pipeline.
             return Err(PohRecorderError::MaxHeightReached);
         }
         // Besides validator exit, this timeout should primarily be seen to affect test execution environments where the various pieces can be shutdown abruptly
-        let res = self
-            .result_receiver
-            .recv_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_millis(5000));
+        let res = result_receiver.recv();
         match res {
             Err(_err) => Err(PohRecorderError::MaxHeightReached),
             Ok(result) => result,