diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ba1b494c5..efdc3890a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.115.2
+0.115.3
diff --git a/protocol/messenger.go b/protocol/messenger.go
index 65cc07c31..0bba380e7 100644
--- a/protocol/messenger.go
+++ b/protocol/messenger.go
@@ -5799,7 +5799,10 @@ func (m *Messenger) encodeChatEntity(chat *Chat, message common.ChatEntity) ([]b
 				return nil, err
 			}
 
-			encodedMessage, err = m.sender.EncodeAbridgedMembershipUpdate(group, message)
+			// NOTE(cammellos): Disabling for now since the optimiziation is not
+			// applicable anymore after we changed group rules to allow
+			// anyone to change group details
+			encodedMessage, err = m.sender.EncodeMembershipUpdate(group, message)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/protocol/v1/membership_update_message.go b/protocol/v1/membership_update_message.go
index 9de189e39..5b1932755 100644
--- a/protocol/v1/membership_update_message.go
+++ b/protocol/v1/membership_update_message.go
@@ -345,16 +345,6 @@ func (g Group) Events() []MembershipUpdateEvent {
 	return g.events
 }
 
-func isInSlice(m string, set []string) bool {
-	for _, k := range set {
-		if k == m {
-			return true
-		}
-
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // AbridgedEvents returns the minimum set of events for a user to publish a post
 // The events we want to keep:
 // 1) Chat created
diff --git a/protocol/v1/membership_update_message_test.go b/protocol/v1/membership_update_message_test.go
index a4173e84e..e97b98a17 100644
--- a/protocol/v1/membership_update_message_test.go
+++ b/protocol/v1/membership_update_message_test.go
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ func TestAbridgedEventsNameChanged(t *testing.T) {
 	nameChangedEvent2.ChatID = g.chatID
 	err = g.ProcessEvent(nameChangedEvent2)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	clock++
 
 	// Full events is 3 events
 	require.Len(t, g.Events(), 3)
@@ -482,7 +481,6 @@ func TestAbridgedEventsMembers(t *testing.T) {
 	event.ChatID = g.chatID
 	err = g.ProcessEvent(event)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	clock++
 
 	require.Len(t, g.Events(), 5)
 	// The previous two events, should be removed, because they have no impact
@@ -540,7 +538,6 @@ func TestAbridgedEventsAdmins(t *testing.T) {
 	event.ChatID = g.chatID
 	err = g.ProcessEvent(event)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	clock++
 
 	require.Len(t, g.Events(), 3)
 	// All the events are relevant here, so it should be the same