diff --git a/gno.land/pkg/sdk/vm/keeper.go b/gno.land/pkg/sdk/vm/keeper.go
index eac14036bfa..da7230b655d 100644
--- a/gno.land/pkg/sdk/vm/keeper.go
+++ b/gno.land/pkg/sdk/vm/keeper.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (vm *VMKeeper) Initialize(
 	baseStore := ms.GetStore(vm.baseKey)
 	iavlStore := ms.GetStore(vm.iavlKey)
 
-	alloc := gno.NewAllocator(maxAllocTx, 10000, gno.NewHeap())
+	alloc := gno.NewAllocator(maxAllocTx, gno.NewHeap())
 	vm.gnoStore = gno.NewStore(alloc, baseStore, iavlStore)
 	vm.gnoStore.SetNativeStore(stdlibs.NativeStore)
 
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ func (vm *VMKeeper) QueryFuncs(ctx sdk.Context, pkgPath string) (fsigs FunctionS
 // TODO: modify query protocol to allow MsgEval.
 // TODO: then, rename to "Eval".
 func (vm *VMKeeper) QueryEval(ctx sdk.Context, pkgPath string, expr string) (res string, err error) {
-	alloc := gno.NewAllocator(maxAllocQuery, 10000, gno.NewHeap())
+	alloc := gno.NewAllocator(maxAllocQuery, gno.NewHeap())
 	gnostore := vm.newGnoTransactionStore(ctx) // throwaway (never committed)
 	pkgAddr := gno.DerivePkgAddr(pkgPath)
 	// Get Package.
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ func (vm *VMKeeper) QueryEval(ctx sdk.Context, pkgPath string, expr string) (res
 // TODO: modify query protocol to allow MsgEval.
 // TODO: then, rename to "EvalString".
 func (vm *VMKeeper) QueryEvalString(ctx sdk.Context, pkgPath string, expr string) (res string, err error) {
-	alloc := gno.NewAllocator(maxAllocQuery, 10000, gno.NewHeap())
+	alloc := gno.NewAllocator(maxAllocQuery, gno.NewHeap())
 	gnostore := vm.newGnoTransactionStore(ctx) // throwaway (never committed)
 	pkgAddr := gno.DerivePkgAddr(pkgPath)
 	// Get Package.
diff --git a/gnovm/cmd/gno/test.go b/gnovm/cmd/gno/test.go
index e3c14fb8991..da4b88f6b18 100644
--- a/gnovm/cmd/gno/test.go
+++ b/gnovm/cmd/gno/test.go
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func gnoTestPkg(
 				// XXX: make maxAllocTx configurable.
 				maxAllocTx := int64(50 * 1000 * 1000)
 
-				m.Alloc = gno.NewAllocator(maxAllocTx, 10000, gno.NewHeap())
+				m.Alloc = gno.NewAllocator(maxAllocTx, gno.NewHeap())
 			}
 			m.RunMemPackage(memPkg, true)
 			err := runTestFiles(m, tfiles, memPkg.Name, verbose, printRuntimeMetrics, runFlag, io)
diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/alloc.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/alloc.go
index 2ec4e9343bd..eb56da62d12 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/alloc.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/alloc.go
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ import (
 // (optionally?) condensed (objects to be GC'd will be discarded),
 // but for now, allocations strictly increment across the whole tx.
 type Allocator struct {
-	maxBytes  int64
-	bytes     int64
-	lastGcRun int64
-	minGcRun  int64
-	heap      *Heap
-	detonate  bool
+	maxBytes int64
+	bytes    int64
+	heap     *Heap
+	detonate bool
 }
 
 // for gonative, which doesn't consider the allocator.
@@ -71,14 +69,13 @@ const (
 	allocHeapItem  = _allocBase + _allocPointer + _allocTypedValue
 )
 
-func NewAllocator(maxBytes int64, minGcRun int64, heap *Heap) *Allocator {
+func NewAllocator(maxBytes int64, heap *Heap) *Allocator {
 	if maxBytes == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 	return &Allocator{
 		maxBytes: maxBytes,
 		heap:     heap,
-		minGcRun: minGcRun,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -123,17 +120,9 @@ func (alloc *Allocator) Allocate(size int64) {
 			}
 			alloc.detonate = alloc.bytes > alloc.maxBytes
 		}
-	} else if alloc.ShouldRunGC() {
-		alloc.lastGcRun = alloc.bytes
-		deleted := alloc.heap.MarkAndSweep()
-		alloc.DeallocDeleted(deleted)
 	}
 }
 
-func (alloc *Allocator) ShouldRunGC() bool {
-	return false // return alloc.bytes >= 2*alloc.lastGcRun && alloc.bytes >= alloc.minGcRun
-}
-
 func (alloc *Allocator) DeallocDeleted(objs []*GcObj) {
 	for _, obj := range objs {
 		alloc.DeallocObj(obj.tv)
diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/gno_test.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/gno_test.go
index ceb20df8411..8becc41c9e0 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/gno_test.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/gno_test.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func foo(b int) *Foo {
 `
 	n := MustParseFile("main.go", c)
 	m.RunFiles(n)
-	m.Alloc = NewAllocator(22000, 3000, NewHeap())
+	m.Alloc = NewAllocator(22000, NewHeap())
 	m.RunMain()
 }
 
diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/machine.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/machine.go
index da711ce4ea4..844b88fad1f 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/machine.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/machine.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func NewMachineWithOptions(opts MachineOptions) *Machine {
 	}
 	alloc := opts.Alloc
 	if alloc == nil {
-		alloc = NewAllocator(opts.MaxAllocBytes, 10000, NewHeap())
+		alloc = NewAllocator(opts.MaxAllocBytes, NewHeap())
 	}
 	store := opts.Store
 	if store == nil {