diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
index 4f5c94675..9fdec1ead 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     this.provider = opts.provider
     this.blockTracker = opts.blockTracker
     this.signEthTx = opts.signTransaction
-    this.accountTracker = opts.accountTracker
 
     this.memStore = new ObservableStore({})
     this.query = new EthQuery(this.provider)
@@ -61,11 +60,6 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
       provider: this.provider,
       nonceTracker: this.nonceTracker,
       retryLimit: 3500, // Retry 3500 blocks, or about 1 day.
-      getBalance: (address) => {
-        const account = this.accountTracker.store.getState().accounts[address]
-        if (!account) return
-        return account.balance
-      },
       publishTransaction: (rawTx) => this.query.sendRawTransaction(rawTx),
       getPendingTransactions: this.txStateManager.getPendingTransactions.bind(this.txStateManager),
     })
@@ -84,10 +78,7 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     this.blockTracker.on('block', this.pendingTxTracker.checkForTxInBlock.bind(this.pendingTxTracker))
     // this is a little messy but until ethstore has been either
     // removed or redone this is to guard against the race condition
-    // where accountTracker hasent been populated by the results yet
-    this.blockTracker.once('latest', () => {
-      this.blockTracker.on('latest', this.pendingTxTracker.resubmitPendingTxs.bind(this.pendingTxTracker))
-    })
+    this.blockTracker.on('latest', this.pendingTxTracker.resubmitPendingTxs.bind(this.pendingTxTracker))
     this.blockTracker.on('sync', this.pendingTxTracker.queryPendingTxs.bind(this.pendingTxTracker))
     // memstore is computed from a few different stores
     this._updateMemstore()
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js b/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js
index b97cec9ce..3d358b00e 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/pending-tx-tracker.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const EventEmitter = require('events')
 const EthQuery = require('ethjs-query')
-const sufficientBalance = require('./util').sufficientBalance
 /*
 
   Utility class for tracking the transactions as they
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ const sufficientBalance = require('./util').sufficientBalance
   requires a: {
     provider: //,
     nonceTracker: //see nonce tracker,
-    getBalnce: //(address) a function for getting balances,
     getPendingTransactions: //() a function for getting an array of transactions,
     publishTransaction: //(rawTx) a async function for publishing raw transactions,
   }
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@ module.exports = class PendingTransactionTracker extends EventEmitter {
     this.query = new EthQuery(config.provider)
     this.nonceTracker = config.nonceTracker
     this.retryLimit = config.retryLimit || Infinity
-    this.getBalance = config.getBalance
     this.getPendingTransactions = config.getPendingTransactions
     this.publishTransaction = config.publishTransaction
   }
@@ -99,23 +96,11 @@ module.exports = class PendingTransactionTracker extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   async _resubmitTx (txMeta) {
-    const address = txMeta.txParams.from
-    const balance = this.getBalance(address)
-    if (balance === undefined) return
-
     if (txMeta.retryCount > this.retryLimit) {
       const err = new Error(`Gave up submitting after ${this.retryLimit} blocks un-mined.`)
       return this.emit('tx:failed', txMeta.id, err)
     }
 
-    // if the value of the transaction is greater then the balance, fail.
-    if (!sufficientBalance(txMeta.txParams, balance)) {
-      const insufficientFundsError = new Error('Insufficient balance during rebroadcast.')
-      this.emit('tx:failed', txMeta.id, insufficientFundsError)
-      log.error(insufficientFundsError)
-      return
-    }
-
     // Only auto-submit already-signed txs:
     if (!('rawTx' in txMeta)) return
 
diff --git a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
index b28f2738a..e152dfedb 100644
--- a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
+++ b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
       provider: this.provider,
       blockTracker: this.blockTracker,
       ethQuery: this.ethQuery,
-      accountTracker: this.accountTracker,
     })
     this.txController.on('newUnaprovedTx', opts.showUnapprovedTx.bind(opts))
 
diff --git a/test/unit/pending-tx-test.js b/test/unit/pending-tx-test.js
index 1af464656..4da0eff5d 100644
--- a/test/unit/pending-tx-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/pending-tx-test.js
@@ -40,14 +40,12 @@ describe('PendingTransactionTracker', function () {
 
     pendingTxTracker = new PendingTransactionTracker({
       provider,
-      getBalance: () => {},
       nonceTracker: {
         getGlobalLock: async () => {
           return { releaseLock: () => {} }
         }
       },
       getPendingTransactions: () => {return []},
-      sufficientBalance: () => {},
       publishTransaction: () => {},
     })
   })
@@ -213,30 +211,7 @@ describe('PendingTransactionTracker', function () {
       pendingTxTracker.resubmitPendingTxs()
     })
   })
-  describe('#_resubmitTx with a too-low balance', function () {
-    it('should return before publishing the transaction because to low of balance', function (done) {
-    const lowBalance = '0x0'
-    pendingTxTracker.getBalance = (address) => {
-      assert.equal(address, txMeta.txParams.from, 'Should pass the address')
-      return lowBalance
-    }
-    pendingTxTracker.publishTransaction = async (rawTx) => {
-      done(new Error('tried to publish transaction'))
-    }
-
-    // Stubbing out current account state:
-    // Adding the fake tx:
-    pendingTxTracker.once('tx:failed', (txId, err) => {
-      assert(err, 'Should have a error')
-      done()
-    })
-    pendingTxTracker._resubmitTx(txMeta)
-    .catch((err) => {
-     assert.ifError(err, 'should not throw an error')
-     done(err)
-    })
-  })
-
+  describe('#_resubmitTx', function () {
     it('should publishing the transaction', function (done) {
     const enoughBalance = '0x100000'
     pendingTxTracker.getBalance = (address) => {
diff --git a/test/unit/tx-controller-test.js b/test/unit/tx-controller-test.js
index 66772ff88..bb51ab01f 100644
--- a/test/unit/tx-controller-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/tx-controller-test.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ describe('Transaction Controller', function () {
       networkStore: new ObservableStore(currentNetworkId),
       txHistoryLimit: 10,
       blockTracker: { getCurrentBlock: noop, on: noop, once: noop },
-      accountTracker: { store: { getState: noop } },
       signTransaction: (ethTx) => new Promise((resolve) => {
         ethTx.sign(privKey)
         resolve()
@@ -383,30 +382,6 @@ describe('Transaction Controller', function () {
     })
   })
 
-  describe('#getBalance', function () {
-    it('gets balance', function () {
-      sinon.stub(txController.accountTracker.store, 'getState').callsFake(() => {
-        return {
-          accounts: {
-            '0x1678a085c290ebd122dc42cba69373b5953b831d': {
-              address: '0x1678a085c290ebd122dc42cba69373b5953b831d',
-              balance: '0x00000000000000056bc75e2d63100000',
-              code: '0x',
-              nonce: '0x0',
-            },
-            '0xc684832530fcbddae4b4230a47e991ddcec2831d': {
-              address: '0xc684832530fcbddae4b4230a47e991ddcec2831d',
-              balance: '0x0',
-              code: '0x',
-              nonce: '0x0',
-            },
-          },
-        }
-      })
-      assert.equal(txController.pendingTxTracker.getBalance('0x1678a085c290ebd122dc42cba69373b5953b831d'), '0x00000000000000056bc75e2d63100000')
-      assert.equal(txController.pendingTxTracker.getBalance('0xc684832530fcbddae4b4230a47e991ddcec2831d'), '0x0')
-    })
-  })
 
   describe('#getPendingTransactions', function () {
     beforeEach(function () {