diff --git a/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore.go b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore.go
index 18aa755bd2..a3b93599f0 100644
--- a/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore.go
+++ b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore.go
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// from the hotstore should be written to the cold store
 	UniversalColdBlocks bool
 
-	// FullWarmup indicates to do a chain traversal upon splitstore init to copy
-	// from cold store to hot store
-	FullWarmup bool
-
 	// HotstoreMessageRetention indicates the hotstore retention policy for messages.
 	// It has the following semantics:
 	// - a value of 0 will only retain messages within the compaction boundary (4 finalities)
diff --git a/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_test.go b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_test.go
index 23eadec1fb..ad6639f77f 100644
--- a/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_test.go
+++ b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_test.go
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ func testSplitStore(t *testing.T, cfg *Config) {
 	hotCnt := countBlocks(hot)
 
 	if coldCnt != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("expected %d blocks, but got %d", 2, coldCnt)
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d blocks, but got %d", 2, coldCnt)
 	}
 
 	if hotCnt != 12 {
-		t.Errorf("expected %d blocks, but got %d", 12, hotCnt)
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d blocks, but got %d", 12, hotCnt)
 	}
 
 	// trigger a compaction
diff --git a/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_warmup.go b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_warmup.go
index 1410751040..1dd64236d3 100644
--- a/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_warmup.go
+++ b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore_warmup.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 var (
 	// WarmupBoundary is the number of epochs to load state during warmup.
 	WarmupBoundary = policy.ChainFinality
-	// Empirically taken from December 2024
-	MarkSetEstimate int64 = 10_000_000_000
 )
 
 // warmup acquires the compaction lock and spawns a goroutine to warm up the hotstore;
@@ -37,12 +35,8 @@ func (s *SplitStore) warmup(curTs *types.TipSet) error {
 		log.Info("warming up hotstore")
 		start := time.Now()
 
-		var err error
-		if s.cfg.FullWarmup {
-			err = s.doWarmup(curTs)
-		} else {
-			err = s.doWarmup2(curTs)
-		}
+		err := s.doWarmup(curTs)
+
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("error warming up hotstore: %s", err)
 			return
@@ -54,36 +48,11 @@ func (s *SplitStore) warmup(curTs *types.TipSet) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Warmup2
-func (s *SplitStore) doWarmup2(curTs *types.TipSet) error {
-	log.Infow("warmup starting")
-
-	epoch := curTs.Height()
-	s.markSetSize = MarkSetEstimate
-	err := s.ds.Put(s.ctx, markSetSizeKey, int64ToBytes(s.markSetSize))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("error saving mark set size: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	// save the warmup epoch
-	err = s.ds.Put(s.ctx, warmupEpochKey, epochToBytes(epoch))
-	if err != nil {
-		return xerrors.Errorf("error saving warm up epoch: %w", err)
-	}
-	s.warmupEpoch.Store(int64(epoch))
-
-	// also save the compactionIndex, as this is used as an indicator of warmup for upgraded nodes
-	err = s.ds.Put(s.ctx, compactionIndexKey, int64ToBytes(s.compactionIndex))
-	if err != nil {
-		return xerrors.Errorf("error saving compaction index: %w", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // the full warmup procedure
-// this was standard warmup before we wrote snapshots directly to the hotstore
-// now this is used only if explicitly configured.  A good use case for this is
-// when starting splitstore off of an unpruned full node.
+// Most of this is unnecessary in the common case where we are starting from a snapshot
+// since snapshots are now loaded directly to the hotstore.  However this is safe and robust,
+// handling all cases where we are transition from a universal setup to a splitstore setup.
+// And warmup costs are only paid on init so it is not
 func (s *SplitStore) doWarmup(curTs *types.TipSet) error {
 	var boundaryEpoch abi.ChainEpoch
 	epoch := curTs.Height()
diff --git a/node/config/def.go b/node/config/def.go
index 3f0c30272b..e6bdc04bdb 100644
--- a/node/config/def.go
+++ b/node/config/def.go
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ func DefaultFullNode() *FullNode {
 				ColdStoreType: "discard",
 				HotStoreType:  "badger",
 				MarkSetType:   "badger",
-				FullWarmup:    false,
 
 				HotStoreFullGCFrequency:      20,
 				HotStoreMaxSpaceTarget:       650_000_000_000,
diff --git a/node/config/types.go b/node/config/types.go
index 626f74029f..3824427b2a 100644
--- a/node/config/types.go
+++ b/node/config/types.go
@@ -523,12 +523,6 @@ type Splitstore struct {
 	// is set.  Moving GC will not occur when total moving size exceeds
 	// HotstoreMaxSpaceTarget - HotstoreMaxSpaceSafetyBuffer
 	HotstoreMaxSpaceSafetyBuffer uint64
-
-	// Perform a full warmup from the coldstore to the hotstore upon splitstore startup.
-	// This is useful in the case you are migrating from a non-splitstore setup to splitstore.
-	// This should be false in the common case where a node is initialized from a snapshot
-	// since snapshots are loaded directly to the hotstore.
-	FullWarmup bool
 }
 
 // Full Node
diff --git a/node/modules/blockstore.go b/node/modules/blockstore.go
index 2ff18f956e..ac16a0f7e7 100644
--- a/node/modules/blockstore.go
+++ b/node/modules/blockstore.go
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ func SplitBlockstore(cfg *config.Chainstore) func(lc fx.Lifecycle, r repo.Locked
 			MarkSetType:         cfg.Splitstore.MarkSetType,
 			DiscardColdBlocks:   cfg.Splitstore.ColdStoreType == "discard",
 			UniversalColdBlocks: cfg.Splitstore.ColdStoreType == "universal",
-			FullWarmup:          cfg.Splitstore.FullWarmup,
 
 			HotStoreMessageRetention:     cfg.Splitstore.HotStoreMessageRetention,
 			HotStoreFullGCFrequency:      cfg.Splitstore.HotStoreFullGCFrequency,