diff --git a/src/consumer/kafka.rs b/src/consumer/kafka.rs
index c63d5a59..5f7a310b 100644
--- a/src/consumer/kafka.rs
+++ b/src/consumer/kafka.rs
@@ -359,32 +359,16 @@ pub async fn handle_events(
                         unreachable!("Got partition revocation before the consumer has started")
                     }
                     (ConsumerState::Ready, Event::Shutdown) => ConsumerState::Stopped,
-                    (ConsumerState::Consuming(handles, mut tpl), Event::Assign(mut assigned)) => {
-                        assert!(
-                            tpl.is_disjoint(&assigned),
-                            "Newly assigned TPL should be disjoint from TPL we're consuming from"
-                        );
-                        tpl.append(&mut assigned);
-                        debug!(
-                            "{} additional topic partitions added after assignment",
-                            assigned.len()
-                        );
-                        handles.shutdown(CALLBACK_DURATION).await;
-                        ConsumerState::Consuming(spawn_actors(consumer.clone(), &tpl), tpl)
+                    (ConsumerState::Consuming(_, _), Event::Assign(_)) => {
+                        unreachable!("Got partition assignment after the consumer has started")
                     }
-                    (ConsumerState::Consuming(handles, mut tpl), Event::Revoke(revoked)) => {
+                    (ConsumerState::Consuming(handles, tpl), Event::Revoke(revoked)) => {
                         assert!(
-                            tpl.is_subset(&revoked),
-                            "Revoked TPL should be a subset of TPL we're consuming from"
+                            tpl == revoked,
+                            "Revoked TPL should be equal to the subset of TPL we're consuming from"
                         );
-                        tpl.retain(|e| !revoked.contains(e));
-                        debug!("{} topic partitions remaining after revocation", tpl.len());
                         handles.shutdown(CALLBACK_DURATION).await;
-                        if tpl.is_empty() {
-                            ConsumerState::Ready
-                        } else {
-                            ConsumerState::Consuming(spawn_actors(consumer.clone(), &tpl), tpl)
-                        }
+                        ConsumerState::Ready
                     }
                     (ConsumerState::Consuming(handles, _), Event::Shutdown) => {
                         handles.shutdown(CALLBACK_DURATION).await;