diff --git a/dagger/contracts/proofs.nim b/dagger/contracts/proofs.nim
index d6cafc66..0c835e68 100644
--- a/dagger/contracts/proofs.nim
+++ b/dagger/contracts/proofs.nim
@@ -22,16 +22,6 @@ method periodicity*(proofs: OnChainProofs): Future[Periodicity] {.async.} =
   let period = await proofs.storage.proofPeriod()
   return Periodicity(seconds: period)
 
-method getCurrentPeriod*(proofs: OnChainProofs): Future[Period] {.async.} =
-  let periodicity = await proofs.periodicity()
-  let blk = !await proofs.storage.provider.getBlock(BlockTag.latest)
-  return periodicity.periodOf(blk.timestamp)
-
-method waitUntilPeriod*(proofs: OnChainProofs,
-                        period: Period) {.async.} =
-  while (await proofs.getCurrentPeriod()) < period:
-    await sleepAsync(proofs.pollInterval)
-
 method isProofRequired*(proofs: OnChainProofs,
                         id: ContractId): Future[bool] {.async.} =
   return await proofs.storage.isProofRequired(id)
diff --git a/dagger/por/timing/proofs.nim b/dagger/por/timing/proofs.nim
index 13da7c17..39853741 100644
--- a/dagger/por/timing/proofs.nim
+++ b/dagger/por/timing/proofs.nim
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ method periodicity*(proofs: Proofs):
                    Future[Periodicity] {.base, async.} =
   raiseAssert("not implemented")
 
-method getCurrentPeriod*(proofs: Proofs):
-                        Future[Period] {.base, async.} =
-  raiseAssert("not implemented")
-
-method waitUntilPeriod*(proofs: Proofs,
-                        period: Period) {.base, async.} =
-  raiseAssert("not implemented")
-
 method isProofRequired*(proofs: Proofs,
                         id: ContractId): Future[bool] {.base, async.} =
   raiseAssert("not implemented")
diff --git a/dagger/proving.nim b/dagger/proving.nim
index cabd709e..62e1893a 100644
--- a/dagger/proving.nim
+++ b/dagger/proving.nim
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ proc `onProofRequired=`*(proving: Proving, callback: OnProofRequired) =
 func add*(proving: Proving, id: ContractId) =
   proving.contracts.incl(id)
 
+proc getCurrentPeriod(proving: Proving): Future[Period] {.async.} =
+  let periodicity = await proving.proofs.periodicity()
+  return periodicity.periodOf(proving.clock.now().u256)
+
+proc waitUntilPeriod(proving: Proving, period: Period) {.async.} =
+  let periodicity = await proving.proofs.periodicity()
+  await proving.clock.waitUntil(periodicity.periodStart(period).truncate(int64))
+
 proc removeEndedContracts(proving: Proving) {.async.} =
   let now = proving.clock.now().u256
   var ended: HashSet[ContractId]
@@ -37,14 +45,14 @@ proc removeEndedContracts(proving: Proving) {.async.} =
 proc run(proving: Proving) {.async.} =
   try:
     while true:
-      let currentPeriod = await proving.proofs.getCurrentPeriod()
+      let currentPeriod = await proving.getCurrentPeriod()
       await proving.removeEndedContracts()
       for id in proving.contracts:
         if (await proving.proofs.isProofRequired(id)) or
           (await proving.proofs.willProofBeRequired(id)):
           if callback =? proving.onProofRequired:
             callback(id)
-      await proving.proofs.waitUntilPeriod(currentPeriod + 1)
+      await proving.waitUntilPeriod(currentPeriod + 1)
   except CatchableError as e:
     error "Proving failed", msg = e.msg
 
diff --git a/tests/contracts/testProofs.nim b/tests/contracts/testProofs.nim
index c20a555b..ade20bef 100644
--- a/tests/contracts/testProofs.nim
+++ b/tests/contracts/testProofs.nim
@@ -21,25 +21,6 @@ ethersuite "On-Chain Proofs":
     let periodLength = await storage.proofPeriod()
     check periodicity.seconds == periodLength
 
-  test "supports waiting until next period":
-    let periodicity = await proofs.periodicity()
-    let currentPeriod = await proofs.getCurrentPeriod()
-
-    let pollInterval = 200.milliseconds
-    proofs.pollInterval = pollInterval
-
-    proc waitForPoll {.async.} =
-      await sleepAsync(pollInterval * 2)
-
-    let future = proofs.waitUntilPeriod(currentPeriod + 1)
-
-    check not future.completed
-
-    await provider.advanceTimeTo(periodicity.periodEnd(currentPeriod))
-    await waitForPoll()
-
-    check future.completed
-
   test "supports checking whether proof is required now":
     check (await proofs.isProofRequired(contractId)) == false
 
diff --git a/tests/dagger/helpers/mockproofs.nim b/tests/dagger/helpers/mockproofs.nim
index 152b8420..f9fdbe5b 100644
--- a/tests/dagger/helpers/mockproofs.nim
+++ b/tests/dagger/helpers/mockproofs.nim
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import pkg/dagger/por/timing/proofs
 type
   MockProofs* = ref object of Proofs
     periodicity: Periodicity
-    currentPeriod: Period
-    waiting: Table[Period, seq[Future[void]]]
     proofsRequired: HashSet[ContractId]
     proofsToBeRequired: HashSet[ContractId]
     proofEnds: Table[ContractId, UInt256]
@@ -58,25 +56,6 @@ method getProofEnd*(mock: MockProofs,
   else:
     return UInt256.high
 
-proc advanceToPeriod*(mock: MockProofs, period: Period) =
-  doAssert period >= mock.currentPeriod
-  for key in mock.waiting.keys:
-    if key <= period:
-      for future in mock.waiting[key]:
-        future.complete()
-      mock.waiting[key] = @[]
-
-method getCurrentPeriod*(mock: MockProofs): Future[Period] {.async.} =
-  return mock.currentPeriod
-
-method waitUntilPeriod*(mock: MockProofs, period: Period) {.async.} =
-  if period > mock.currentPeriod:
-    let future = Future[void]()
-    if not mock.waiting.hasKey(period):
-      mock.waiting[period] = @[]
-    mock.waiting[period].add(future)
-    await future
-
 method submitProof*(mock: MockProofs,
                     id: ContractId,
                     proof: seq[byte]) {.async.} =
diff --git a/tests/dagger/testproving.nim b/tests/dagger/testproving.nim
index 419dec16..ae5ea01f 100644
--- a/tests/dagger/testproving.nim
+++ b/tests/dagger/testproving.nim
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ suite "Proving":
     await proving.stop()
 
   proc advanceToNextPeriod(proofs: MockProofs) {.async.} =
-    let current = await proofs.getCurrentPeriod()
-    proofs.advanceToPeriod(current + 1)
-    await sleepAsync(1.milliseconds)
+    let periodicity = await proofs.periodicity()
+    clock.advance(periodicity.seconds.truncate(int64))
+    await sleepAsync(2.seconds)
 
   test "maintains a list of contract ids to watch":
     let id1, id2 = ContractId.example