diff --git a/packages/node/src/message-handling/handle-protocol-message.ts b/packages/node/src/message-handling/handle-protocol-message.ts
index 0401bbf12..dc2b277f1 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/message-handling/handle-protocol-message.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/message-handling/handle-protocol-message.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ import { StateChannel } from "../models";
 import { UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO } from "../protocol/utils/signature-forwarder";
 import { RequestHandler } from "../request-handler";
 import RpcRouter from "../rpc-router";
-import { NODE_EVENTS, NodeMessageWrappedProtocolMessage } from "../types";
+import {
+  DepositConfirmationMessage,
+  NODE_EVENTS,
+  NodeMessageWrappedProtocolMessage
+} from "../types";
 import { bigNumberifyJson, getCreate2MultisigAddress } from "../utils";
 
 /**
@@ -43,6 +47,16 @@ export async function handleReceivedProtocolMessage(
 
   if (seq === UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO) return;
 
+  // FIXME: Very ugly hack for this one-off "event" style use case
+  let thisIsADepositConfirmed = false;
+  if (protocol === Protocol.Uninstall) {
+    const appInstanceId = (data.params as UninstallParams).appIdentityHash;
+    const appInstance = await store.getAppInstance(appInstanceId);
+    if (appInstance.appInterface.addr === networkContext.CoinBalanceRefundApp) {
+      thisIsADepositConfirmed = true;
+    }
+  }
+
   await protocolRunner.runProtocolWithMessage(data);
 
   const outgoingEventData = getOutgoingEventDataFromProtocol(
@@ -83,6 +97,18 @@ export async function handleReceivedProtocolMessage(
     }
   }
 
+  if (thisIsADepositConfirmed) {
+    router.emit(
+      NODE_EVENTS.DEPOSIT_CONFIRMED,
+      {
+        from: publicIdentifier,
+        type: NODE_EVENTS.DEPOSIT_CONFIRMED,
+        data: {} // TODO: Validate correct values for the amount, token, etc
+      } as DepositConfirmationMessage,
+      "outgoing"
+    );
+  }
+
   if (outgoingEventData) {
     await emitOutgoingNodeMessage(router, outgoingEventData);
   }
diff --git a/packages/node/src/request-handler.ts b/packages/node/src/request-handler.ts
index 08bb4b37d..8762bdc43 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/request-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/request-handler.ts
@@ -5,23 +5,16 @@ import EventEmitter from "eventemitter3";
 
 import { methodNameToImplementation } from "./api";
 import { ProtocolRunner } from "./machine";
-import {
-  handleReceivedProposalMessage,
-  handleReceivedProposeVirtualMessage,
-  handleRejectProposalMessage
-} from "./message-handling/handle-node-message";
+import { handleRejectProposalMessage } from "./message-handling/handle-node-message";
 import { handleReceivedProtocolMessage } from "./message-handling/handle-protocol-message";
 import ProcessQueue from "./process-queue";
 import RpcRouter from "./rpc-router";
 import { Store } from "./store";
 import {
-  InstallMessage,
-  InstallVirtualMessage,
   NODE_EVENTS,
   NodeEvents,
   NodeMessageWrappedProtocolMessage,
   ProposeMessage,
-  ProposeVirtualMessage,
   RejectProposalMessage
 } from "./types";
 import { prettyPrintObject } from "./utils";
@@ -32,7 +25,6 @@ import { prettyPrintObject } from "./utils";
  */
 export class RequestHandler {
   private readonly methods = new Map();
-  public readonly processQueue = new ProcessQueue();
 
   router!: RpcRouter;
 
@@ -47,7 +39,7 @@ export class RequestHandler {
     readonly provider: BaseProvider,
     readonly wallet: Signer,
     readonly blocksNeededForConfirmation: number,
-    public readonly processQueue: ProcessQueue
+    readonly processQueue: ProcessQueue
   ) {}
 
   injectRouter(router: RpcRouter) {
@@ -105,18 +97,6 @@ export class RequestHandler {
         );
         break;
 
-      case NODE_EVENTS.PROPOSE_INSTALL:
-        // TODO: Replace type cast with input validation
-        await handleReceivedProposalMessage(this, msg as ProposeMessage);
-        break;
-
-      case NODE_EVENTS.PROPOSE_INSTALL_VIRTUAL:
-        await handleReceivedProposeVirtualMessage(
-          this,
-          msg as ProposeVirtualMessage
-        );
-        break;
-
       case NODE_EVENTS.REJECT_INSTALL:
       case NODE_EVENTS.REJECT_INSTALL_VIRTUAL:
         // TODO: Replace type cast with input validation
@@ -133,12 +113,8 @@ export class RequestHandler {
   public async hasMessageHandler(event: NodeEvents) {
     return [
       NODE_EVENTS.PROTOCOL_MESSAGE_EVENT,
-      NODE_EVENTS.PROPOSE_INSTALL,
-      NODE_EVENTS.PROPOSE_INSTALL_VIRTUAL,
       NODE_EVENTS.REJECT_INSTALL,
-      NODE_EVENTS.REJECT_INSTALL_VIRTUAL,
-      NODE_EVENTS.INSTALL,
-      NODE_EVENTS.INSTALL_VIRTUAL
+      NODE_EVENTS.REJECT_INSTALL_VIRTUAL
     ].includes(event);
   }