diff --git a/protocol/testutil/app/app.go b/protocol/testutil/app/app.go
index 114b8250a6..2fdc41610d 100644
--- a/protocol/testutil/app/app.go
+++ b/protocol/testutil/app/app.go
@@ -399,12 +399,6 @@ func (tApp *TestApp) AdvanceToBlock(
 		return tApp.App.NewContext(true, tApp.header)
 	}
 
-	// First advance to the prior block using the current block time. This ensures that we only update the time on
-	// the requested block.
-	if int64(block)-tApp.header.Height > 1 && options.BlockTime != tApp.header.Time {
-		tApp.AdvanceToBlock(block-1, options)
-	}
-
 	// Ensure that we grab the lock so that we can read and write passingCheckTxs correctly.
 	tApp.passingCheckTxsMtx.Lock()
 	defer tApp.passingCheckTxsMtx.Unlock()
@@ -413,7 +407,10 @@ func (tApp *TestApp) AdvanceToBlock(
 	for tApp.App.LastBlockHeight() < int64(block) {
 		tApp.panicIfChainIsHalted()
 		tApp.header.Height = tApp.App.LastBlockHeight() + 1
-		tApp.header.Time = options.BlockTime
+		// By default, only update block time at the requested block.
+		if tApp.header.Height == int64(block) {
+			tApp.header.Time = options.BlockTime
+		}
 		tApp.header.LastCommitHash = tApp.App.LastCommitID().Hash
 		tApp.header.NextValidatorsHash = tApp.App.LastCommitID().Hash
 
diff --git a/protocol/x/bridge/app_test.go b/protocol/x/bridge/app_test.go
index ece225dedc..61251b0a98 100644
--- a/protocol/x/bridge/app_test.go
+++ b/protocol/x/bridge/app_test.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func TestBridge_Success(t *testing.T) {
 						genesisState.SafetyParams = tc.safetyParams
 					},
 				)
+				genesis.GenesisTime = tc.blockTime
 				return genesis
 			}).Build()
 			ctx := tApp.InitChain()
@@ -178,9 +179,7 @@ func TestBridge_Success(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Advance to block right before bridge completion, if necessary.
 			if blockHeightOfBridgeCompletion-1 > uint32(ctx.BlockHeight()) {
-				ctx = tApp.AdvanceToBlock(blockHeightOfBridgeCompletion-1, testapp.AdvanceToBlockOptions{
-					BlockTime: tc.blockTime.Add(-time.Second * 1),
-				})
+				ctx = tApp.AdvanceToBlock(blockHeightOfBridgeCompletion-1, testapp.AdvanceToBlockOptions{})
 			}
 			// Verify that balances have not changed yet.
 			for _, event := range tc.bridgeEvents {
@@ -194,9 +193,7 @@ func TestBridge_Success(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Verify that balances are updated, if bridge events were proposed, at the block of
 			// bridge completion.
-			ctx = tApp.AdvanceToBlock(blockHeightOfBridgeCompletion, testapp.AdvanceToBlockOptions{
-				BlockTime: tc.blockTime,
-			})
+			ctx = tApp.AdvanceToBlock(blockHeightOfBridgeCompletion, testapp.AdvanceToBlockOptions{})
 			for _, event := range tc.bridgeEvents {
 				balance := tApp.App.BankKeeper.GetBalance(
 					ctx,
diff --git a/protocol/x/stats/keeper/keeper_test.go b/protocol/x/stats/keeper/keeper_test.go
index 75e9d370aa..51d97277f2 100644
--- a/protocol/x/stats/keeper/keeper_test.go
+++ b/protocol/x/stats/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -197,12 +197,13 @@ func TestExpireOldStats(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	windowDuration := tApp.App.StatsKeeper.GetWindowDuration(ctx)
 	// 5 epochs are out of the window
-	ctx = tApp.AdvanceToBlock(100, testapp.AdvanceToBlockOptions{
+	tApp.AdvanceToBlock(3, testapp.AdvanceToBlockOptions{
 		BlockTime: time.Unix(0, 0).
 			Add(windowDuration).
 			Add((time.Duration(5*epochstypes.StatsEpochDuration) + 1) * time.Second).
 			UTC(),
 	})
+	ctx = tApp.AdvanceToBlock(100, testapp.AdvanceToBlockOptions{})
 	k := tApp.App.StatsKeeper
 
 	// Create a bunch of EpochStats.