diff --git a/src/mcsat/bool/bool_plugin.c b/src/mcsat/bool/bool_plugin.c
index f1b112d37..8df154ae8 100644
--- a/src/mcsat/bool/bool_plugin.c
+++ b/src/mcsat/bool/bool_plugin.c
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ typedef struct {
     /** Number of Reduce Clause DB Calls */
     uint32_t num_clause_db_reduce;
 
-    /** bump factor for bool vars -- geq 1. Higher number means more weightage **/
-    uint32_t bool_var_bump_factor;
-
   } heuristic_params;
 
   struct {
@@ -131,9 +128,6 @@ void bool_plugin_heuristics_init(bool_plugin_t* bp) {
   bp->heuristic_params.lemma_reduce_interval = 300;
   bp->heuristic_params.lemma_reduce_fraction = 0.75;
   bp->heuristic_params.num_clause_db_reduce = 0;
-
-  // Bool var scoring
-  bp->heuristic_params.bool_var_bump_factor = 5;
 }
 
 static
@@ -741,9 +735,8 @@ term_t bool_plugin_explain_propagation(plugin_t* plugin, variable_t var, ivector
     }
     ivector_push(reasons, opposite_term(t_i));
 
-    // Bump the reason variable -- give more weightage to boolean reasons
-    bp->ctx->bump_variable_n(bp->ctx, x_i,
-			     bp->heuristic_params.bool_var_bump_factor);
+    // Bump the reason variable
+    bp->ctx->bump_variable(bp->ctx, x_i);
   }
 
   return bool2term(var_value);