diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-eth-types/src/cache/multi_consumer.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-eth-types/src/cache/multi_consumer.rs
index 77d8613433..8ca7208d22 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-eth-types/src/cache/multi_consumer.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-eth-types/src/cache/multi_consumer.rs
@@ -61,15 +61,12 @@ where
         }
     }
 
-    /// Remove consumers for a given key.
+    /// Remove consumers for a given key, this will also remove the key from the cache.
     pub fn remove(&mut self, key: &K) -> Option<Vec<S>> {
-        match self.queued.remove(key) {
-            Some(removed) => {
-                self.metrics.queued_consumers_count.decrement(removed.len() as f64);
-                Some(removed)
-            }
-            None => None,
-        }
+        let _ = self.cache.remove(key);
+        self.queued
+            .remove(key)
+            .inspect(|removed| self.metrics.queued_consumers_count.decrement(removed.len() as f64))
     }
 
     /// Returns a reference to the value for a given key and promotes that element to be the most