diff --git a/cache/demux.go b/cache/demux.go
index c46018ef2..d8c813dd4 100644
--- a/cache/demux.go
+++ b/cache/demux.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (d *demux) resyncLaggingWatchers() {
 			continue
 		}
 		// TODO: re-enable key‐predicate in Filter when non‐zero startRev or performance tuning is needed
-		missedEvents := d.history.Filter(AfterRev(nextRev))
+		missedEvents := d.history.Filter(nextRev)
 
 		for _, event := range missedEvents {
 			if !w.enqueueEvent(event) { // buffer overflow: watcher still lagging
diff --git a/cache/predicate.go b/cache/predicate.go
index 404dfbb01..a9138bfc8 100644
--- a/cache/predicate.go
+++ b/cache/predicate.go
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 package cache
 
-import clientv3 "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
-
 type Prefix string
 
 func (prefix Prefix) Match(key []byte) bool {
@@ -25,10 +23,3 @@ func (prefix Prefix) Match(key []byte) bool {
 	prefixLen := len(prefix)
 	return len(key) >= prefixLen && string(key[:prefixLen]) == string(prefix)
 }
-
-// AfterRev builds an EntryPredicate that matches events whose ModRevision ≥ rev.
-func AfterRev(rev int64) EntryPredicate {
-	return func(ev *clientv3.Event) bool {
-		return ev.Kv.ModRevision >= rev
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cache/ringbuffer.go b/cache/ringbuffer.go
index e6cf55a8e..f682efd9a 100644
--- a/cache/ringbuffer.go
+++ b/cache/ringbuffer.go
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ type ringBuffer struct {
 	head, tail, size int
 }
 
-// EntryPredicate lets callers decide which entries to keep (e.g. “after revision X”)
-type (
-	EntryPredicate func(*clientv3.Event) bool
-	KeyPredicate   = func([]byte) bool
-)
+type KeyPredicate = func([]byte) bool
 
 func newRingBuffer(capacity int) *ringBuffer {
 	// assume capacity > 0 – validated by Cache
@@ -50,9 +46,9 @@ func (r *ringBuffer) Append(event *clientv3.Event) {
 	r.head = (r.head + 1) % len(r.buffer)
 }
 
-// Filter returns the events that satisfy every predicate
+// Filter returns all events in the buffer whose ModRevision is >= minRev.
 // TODO: use binary search on the ring buffer to locate the first entry >= nextRev instead of a full scan
-func (r *ringBuffer) Filter(entryPred EntryPredicate) (events []*clientv3.Event) {
+func (r *ringBuffer) Filter(minRev int64) (events []*clientv3.Event) {
 	events = make([]*clientv3.Event, 0, r.size)
 
 	for n, i := 0, r.tail; n < r.size; n, i = n+1, (i+1)%len(r.buffer) {
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ func (r *ringBuffer) Filter(entryPred EntryPredicate) (events []*clientv3.Event)
 		if entry == nil {
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("ringBuffer.Filter: unexpected nil entry at index %d", i))
 		}
-		if entryPred == nil || entryPred(entry) {
+		if entry.Kv.ModRevision >= minRev {
 			events = append(events, entry)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cache/ringbuffer_test.go b/cache/ringbuffer_test.go
index 8dbab5e89..3bbe58c41 100644
--- a/cache/ringbuffer_test.go
+++ b/cache/ringbuffer_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 		name             string
 		capacity         int
 		revs             []int64
-		predicate        EntryPredicate
+		minRev           int64
 		wantFilteredRevs []int64
 		wantLatestRev    int64
 	}{
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			name:             "no_filter",
 			capacity:         5,
 			revs:             []int64{1, 2, 3},
-			predicate:        AfterRev(0),
+			minRev:           0,
 			wantFilteredRevs: []int64{1, 2, 3},
 			wantLatestRev:    3,
 		},
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			name:             "partial_match",
 			capacity:         5,
 			revs:             []int64{10, 11, 12, 13},
-			predicate:        AfterRev(12),
+			minRev:           12,
 			wantFilteredRevs: []int64{12, 13},
 			wantLatestRev:    13,
 		},
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			name:             "filter_when_full",
 			capacity:         3,
 			revs:             []int64{20, 21, 22, 23, 24},
-			predicate:        AfterRev(23),
+			minRev:           23,
 			wantFilteredRevs: []int64{23, 24},
 			wantLatestRev:    24,
 		},
@@ -123,23 +123,15 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			name:             "none_match",
 			capacity:         4,
 			revs:             []int64{30, 31},
-			predicate:        AfterRev(100),
+			minRev:           100,
 			wantFilteredRevs: []int64{},
 			wantLatestRev:    31,
 		},
 		{
-			name:             "nil_predicate",
-			capacity:         4,
-			revs:             []int64{1, 2, 3},
-			predicate:        nil,
-			wantFilteredRevs: []int64{1, 2, 3},
-			wantLatestRev:    3,
-		},
-		{
-			name:             "empty_buffer_nil_predicate",
+			name:             "empty_buffer",
 			capacity:         3,
 			revs:             nil,
-			predicate:        nil,
+			minRev:           0,
 			wantFilteredRevs: []int64{},
 			wantLatestRev:    0,
 		},
@@ -154,7 +146,7 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 				rb.Append(event(r, "k"))
 			}
 
-			gotEvents := rb.Filter(tt.predicate)
+			gotEvents := rb.Filter(tt.minRev)
 			gotRevs := make([]int64, len(gotEvents))
 			for i, ev := range gotEvents {
 				gotRevs[i] = ev.Kv.ModRevision
@@ -204,7 +196,7 @@ func TestRebaseHistory(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("PeekLatest()=%d, want=%d", latestRev, 0)
 			}
 
-			events := rb.Filter(nil)
+			events := rb.Filter(0)
 			if len(events) != 0 {
 				t.Fatalf("Filter() len(events)=%d, want=%d", len(events), 0)
 			}