diff --git a/cmd/dropwtxmgr/main.go b/cmd/dropwtxmgr/main.go
index 3dc414f..164e6c0 100644
--- a/cmd/dropwtxmgr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dropwtxmgr/main.go
@@ -135,7 +135,17 @@ func mainInt() int {
 			return waddrmgr.PutSyncedTo(ns, startBlock)
 		}
 
-		return waddrmgr.PutSyncedTo(ns, &birthdayBlock)
+		// We'll need to remove our birthday block first because it
+		// serves as a barrier when updating our state to detect reorgs
+		// due to the wallet not storing all block hashes of the chain.
+		if err := waddrmgr.DeleteBirthdayBlock(ns); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err := waddrmgr.PutSyncedTo(ns, &birthdayBlock); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return waddrmgr.PutBirthdayBlock(ns, birthdayBlock)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Failed to drop and re-create namespace:", err)
diff --git a/waddrmgr/db.go b/waddrmgr/db.go
index 7e9069f..97ecc5a 100644
--- a/waddrmgr/db.go
+++ b/waddrmgr/db.go
@@ -2060,13 +2060,27 @@ func FetchBirthdayBlock(ns walletdb.ReadBucket) (BlockStamp, error) {
 	return block, nil
 }
 
-// putBirthdayBlock stores the provided birthday block to the database.
+// DeleteBirthdayBlock removes the birthday block from the database.
+//
+// NOTE: This does not alter the birthday block verification state.
+func DeleteBirthdayBlock(ns walletdb.ReadWriteBucket) error {
+	bucket := ns.NestedReadWriteBucket(syncBucketName)
+	if err := bucket.Delete(birthdayBlockName); err != nil {
+		str := "failed to remove birthday block"
+		return managerError(ErrDatabase, str, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PutBirthdayBlock stores the provided birthday block to the database.
 //
 // The block is serialized as follows:
 //   [0:4]   block height
 //   [4:36]  block hash
 //   [36:44] block timestamp
-func putBirthdayBlock(ns walletdb.ReadWriteBucket, block BlockStamp) error {
+//
+// NOTE: This does not alter the birthday block verification state.
+func PutBirthdayBlock(ns walletdb.ReadWriteBucket, block BlockStamp) error {
 	var birthdayBlock [44]byte
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(birthdayBlock[:4], uint32(block.Height))
 	copy(birthdayBlock[4:36], block.Hash[:])
diff --git a/waddrmgr/migrations.go b/waddrmgr/migrations.go
index bf73c63..95e1f98 100644
--- a/waddrmgr/migrations.go
+++ b/waddrmgr/migrations.go
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func populateBirthdayBlock(ns walletdb.ReadWriteBucket) error {
 
 	// NOTE: The timestamp of the birthday block isn't set since we do not
 	// store each block's timestamp.
-	return putBirthdayBlock(ns, BlockStamp{
+	return PutBirthdayBlock(ns, BlockStamp{
 		Height: birthdayHeight,
 		Hash:   *birthdayHash,
 	})
diff --git a/waddrmgr/migrations_test.go b/waddrmgr/migrations_test.go
index 9e8a870..92696c0 100644
--- a/waddrmgr/migrations_test.go
+++ b/waddrmgr/migrations_test.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func TestMigrationResetSyncedBlockToBirthday(t *testing.T) {
 			Hash: *birthdayHash, Height: birthdayHeight,
 		}
 
-		return putBirthdayBlock(ns, birthdayBlock)
+		return PutBirthdayBlock(ns, birthdayBlock)
 	}
 
 	afterMigration := func(ns walletdb.ReadWriteBucket) error {
diff --git a/waddrmgr/sync.go b/waddrmgr/sync.go
index 1163c6f..3472ddb 100644
--- a/waddrmgr/sync.go
+++ b/waddrmgr/sync.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (m *Manager) BirthdayBlock(ns walletdb.ReadBucket) (BlockStamp, bool, error
 func (m *Manager) SetBirthdayBlock(ns walletdb.ReadWriteBucket,
 	block BlockStamp, verified bool) error {
 
-	if err := putBirthdayBlock(ns, block); err != nil {
+	if err := PutBirthdayBlock(ns, block); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return putBirthdayBlockVerification(ns, verified)