diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index c319abb18..f4ff98039 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermi
   - [evidence] [\#4780](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/4780) Cap evidence to an absolute number (@cmwaters)
     - Add `max_num` to consensus evidence parameters (default: 50 items).
   - [evidence] \#4725 Remove `Pubkey` from `DuplicateVoteEvidence`
-  - [state] \#4845 Include `BeginBlock#Events`, `EndBlock#Events`, `DeliverTx#Events`, `GasWanted` and `GasUsed` into `LastResultsHash` (@melekes)
+  - [state] \#4845 Include `GasWanted` and `GasUsed` into `LastResultsHash` (@melekes)
   - [types] [\#4792](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/4792) Sort validators by voting power to enable faster commit verification (@melekes)
 
 - On-disk serialization
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index aedd198e2..00fd2b310 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # vi: set ft=ruby :
 
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
-  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/focal64"
 
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
     v.memory = 4096
@@ -19,20 +19,24 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
 
     # install docker
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-transport-https \
-      ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
+      ca-certificates \
+      curl \
+      gnupg-agent \
+      software-properties-common
     curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | apt-key add -
     add-apt-repository \
       "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
       $(lsb_release -cs) \
       stable"
+    apt-get update
     apt-get install -y docker-ce
-    usermod -a -G docker vagrant
+    usermod -aG docker vagrant
 
     # install go
     wget -q https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.linux-amd64.tar.gz
     tar -xvf go1.14.linux-amd64.tar.gz
     mv go /usr/local
-    rm -f go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    rm -f go1.14.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
     # install nodejs (for docs)
     curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_11.x | bash -
diff --git a/state/store.go b/state/store.go
index 4ec66e9c5..915f31572 100644
--- a/state/store.go
+++ b/state/store.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
 
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/merkle"
 	tmmath "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/math"
 	tmos "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/os"
 	tmstate "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/state"
@@ -269,34 +268,12 @@ func PruneStates(db dbm.DB, from int64, to int64) error {
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// ABCIResponsesResultsHash returns the root hash of a Merkle tree with 3 leafs:
-//   1) proto encoded ResponseBeginBlock.Events
-//   2) root hash of a Merkle tree of ResponseDeliverTx responses (see ABCIResults.Hash)
-//   3) proto encoded ResponseEndBlock.Events
+// ABCIResponsesResultsHash returns the root hash of a Merkle tree of
+// ResponseDeliverTx responses (see ABCIResults.Hash)
 //
 // See merkle.SimpleHashFromByteSlices
 func ABCIResponsesResultsHash(ar *tmstate.ABCIResponses) []byte {
-	// proto-encode BeginBlock events.
-	bbeBytes, err := proto.Marshal(&abci.ResponseBeginBlock{
-		Events: ar.BeginBlock.Events,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	// Build a Merkle tree of proto-encoded DeliverTx results and get a hash.
-	results := types.NewResults(ar.DeliverTxs)
-
-	// proto-encode EndBlock events.
-	ebeBytes, err := proto.Marshal(&abci.ResponseEndBlock{
-		Events: ar.EndBlock.Events,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	// Build a Merkle tree out of the above 3 binary slices.
-	return merkle.HashFromByteSlices([][]byte{bbeBytes, results.Hash(), ebeBytes})
+	return types.NewResults(ar.DeliverTxs).Hash()
 }
 
 // LoadABCIResponses loads the ABCIResponses for the given height from the
diff --git a/state/store_test.go b/state/store_test.go
index daab6cac0..80df1a961 100644
--- a/state/store_test.go
+++ b/state/store_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	cfg "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/config"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/ed25519"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/merkle"
 	tmrand "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/rand"
 	tmstate "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/state"
 	tmproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/types"
@@ -201,14 +199,15 @@ func TestABCIResponsesResultsHash(t *testing.T) {
 
 	root := sm.ABCIResponsesResultsHash(responses)
 
-	bbeBytes, _ := proto.Marshal(responses.BeginBlock)
+	// root should be Merkle tree root of DeliverTxs responses
 	results := types.NewResults(responses.DeliverTxs)
-	ebeBytes, _ := proto.Marshal(responses.EndBlock)
+	assert.Equal(t, root, results.Hash())
 
-	root2, proofs := merkle.ProofsFromByteSlices([][]byte{bbeBytes, results.Hash(), ebeBytes})
-
-	assert.Equal(t, root2, root)
-	assert.NoError(t, proofs[1].Verify(root, results.Hash()))
+	// test we can prove first DeliverTx
+	proof := results.ProveResult(0)
+	bz, err := results[0].Marshal()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, proof.Verify(root, bz))
 }
 
 func sliceToMap(s []int64) map[int64]bool {
diff --git a/types/results.go b/types/results.go
index 0f41fab3c..9181450bc 100644
--- a/types/results.go
+++ b/types/results.go
@@ -50,6 +50,5 @@ func deterministicResponseDeliverTx(response *abci.ResponseDeliverTx) *abci.Resp
 		Data:      response.Data,
 		GasWanted: response.GasWanted,
 		GasUsed:   response.GasUsed,
-		Events:    response.Events,
 	}
 }