diff --git a/eth/catalyst/simulated_beacon.go b/eth/catalyst/simulated_beacon.go
index 8c99c4e4ea..5c7971f42a 100644
--- a/eth/catalyst/simulated_beacon.go
+++ b/eth/catalyst/simulated_beacon.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"errors"
 	"math"
+	"math/big"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 )
 
@@ -282,10 +284,11 @@ func (c *SimulatedBeacon) Commit() common.Hash {
 
 // Rollback un-sends previously added transactions.
 func (c *SimulatedBeacon) Rollback() {
-	// TODO (MariusVanDerWijden): implement a way in the transaction pool
-	// to flush _all_ transactions, even local transactions.
-	// Since the transactions send via the simulated backend are all
-	// send via the RPC, they end up all being local to the node
+	// Flush all transactions from the transaction pools
+	c.eth.TxPool().SetGasTip(big.NewInt(-1))
+	// Set the gas tip back to accept new transactions
+	// TODO (Marius van der Wijden): set gas tip to parameter passed by config
+	c.eth.TxPool().SetGasTip(big.NewInt(params.GWei))
 }
 
 // Fork sets the head to the provided hash.
diff --git a/ethclient/simulated/backend.go b/ethclient/simulated/backend.go
index c65ad06149..8cfb7992f3 100644
--- a/ethclient/simulated/backend.go
+++ b/ethclient/simulated/backend.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func New(alloc core.GenesisAlloc, gasLimit uint64) *Backend {
 	conf := ethconfig.Defaults
 	conf.Genesis = &genesis
 	conf.SyncMode = downloader.FullSync
+	conf.TxPool.NoLocals = true
 	sim, err := newWithNode(stack, &conf, math.MaxUint64)
 	if err != nil {
 		// This should never happen, if it does, please open an issue