diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers.go b/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers.go
index 885613d342..2575b13251 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers.go
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ const (
 	DisableCursorValidation Opt = iota
 	// DefaultTOID sets a default cursor value in GetPageQuery based on the ledger state
 	DefaultTOID Opt = iota
-
-	defaultLedgerCursorBuffer = 100
 )
 
 // HeaderWriter is an interface for setting HTTP response headers
@@ -228,14 +226,6 @@ func GetPageQuery(ledgerState *ledger.State, r *http.Request, opts ...Opt) (db2.
 			pageQuery.Cursor = toid.AfterLedger(
 				ordered.Max(0, ledgerState.CurrentStatus().HistoryElder-1),
 			).String()
-		} else if pageQuery.Order == db2.OrderDescending {
-			pageQuery.Cursor = toid.AfterLedger(
-				// add an extra amount to the latest ledger in case the
-				// ledger state is out of date
-				ledgerState.CurrentStatus().HistoryLatest + defaultLedgerCursorBuffer,
-			).String()
-		} else {
-			return db2.PageQuery{}, problem.BadRequest
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers_test.go b/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers_test.go
index 70fe3e03ce..05e840577e 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers_test.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/actions/helpers_test.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func TestGetPageQueryCursorDefaultTOID(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pq, err = GetPageQuery(ledgerState, descReq, DefaultTOID)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, toid.AfterLedger(7000+defaultLedgerCursorBuffer).String(), pq.Cursor)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", pq.Cursor)
 	assert.Equal(t, uint64(2), pq.Limit)
 	assert.Equal(t, "desc", pq.Order)
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func TestGetPageQueryCursorDefaultTOID(t *testing.T) {
 	pq, err = GetPageQuery(ledgerState, descReq)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Empty(t, pq.Cursor)
-	assert.Equal(t, uint64(2), pq.Limit)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", pq.Cursor)
 	assert.Equal(t, "desc", pq.Order)
 
 	ledgerState.SetHorizonStatus(ledger.HorizonStatus{
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func TestGetPageQueryCursorDefaultTOID(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pq, err = GetPageQuery(ledgerState, descReq, DefaultTOID)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, toid.AfterLedger(7000+defaultLedgerCursorBuffer).String(), pq.Cursor)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", pq.Cursor)
 	assert.Equal(t, uint64(2), pq.Limit)
 	assert.Equal(t, "desc", pq.Order)