diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_avm_simulator.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_avm_simulator.test.ts
index 449a14eaf1b..fe71b683719 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_avm_simulator.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_avm_simulator.test.ts
@@ -155,11 +155,6 @@ describe('e2e_avm_simulator', () => {
     });
 
     describe('Nested calls', () => {
-      it('Top-level call to non-existent contract reverts', async () => {
-        // The nested call reverts (returns failure), but the caller doesn't HAVE to rethrow.
-        const tx = await avmContract.methods.nested_call_to_nothing_recovers().send().wait();
-        expect(tx.status).toEqual(TxStatus.SUCCESS);
-      });
       it('Nested call to non-existent contract reverts & rethrows by default', async () => {
         // The nested call reverts and by default caller rethrows
         await expect(avmContract.methods.nested_call_to_nothing().send().wait()).rejects.toThrow(/No bytecode/);
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/contract_class_registration.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/contract_class_registration.test.ts
index ccde3cdf980..46161491706 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/contract_class_registration.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/contract_class_registration.test.ts
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ describe('e2e_deploy_contract contract class registration', () => {
   });
 
   describe('error scenarios in deployment', () => {
-    it('app logic call to an undeployed contract reverts, but can be included is not dropped', async () => {
+    it('app logic call to an undeployed contract reverts, but can be included', async () => {
       const whom = wallet.getAddress();
       const outgoingViewer = whom;
       const instance = await t.registerContract(wallet, StatefulTestContract, { initArgs: [whom, outgoingViewer, 42] });
diff --git a/yarn-project/simulator/src/avm/avm_simulator.test.ts b/yarn-project/simulator/src/avm/avm_simulator.test.ts
index 38345c3df36..00366a84374 100644
--- a/yarn-project/simulator/src/avm/avm_simulator.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/simulator/src/avm/avm_simulator.test.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ describe('AVM simulator: transpiled Noir contracts', () => {
     expect(results.reverted).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('execution of a non-existent contract immediately reverts', async () => {
+  it('execution of a non-existent contract immediately reverts and consumes all allocated gas', async () => {
     const context = initContext();
     const results = await new AvmSimulator(context).execute();
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/simulator/src/avm/opcodes/instruction.ts b/yarn-project/simulator/src/avm/opcodes/instruction.ts
index 2b7a0e8f551..c7ae85a5d84 100644
--- a/yarn-project/simulator/src/avm/opcodes/instruction.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/simulator/src/avm/opcodes/instruction.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export abstract class Instruction {
    * Computes gas cost for the instruction based on its base cost and memory operations.
    * @returns Gas cost.
    */
-  public gasCost(dynMultiplier: number = 0): Gas {
+  protected gasCost(dynMultiplier: number = 0): Gas {
     const baseGasCost = getBaseGasCost(this.opcode);
     const dynGasCost = mulGas(getDynamicGasCost(this.opcode), dynMultiplier);
     return sumGas(baseGasCost, dynGasCost);