diff --git a/itest/lnd_sweep_test.go b/itest/lnd_sweep_test.go
index 7d2c1156f..d0fe5f077 100644
--- a/itest/lnd_sweep_test.go
+++ b/itest/lnd_sweep_test.go
@@ -665,6 +665,26 @@ func testSweepCPFPAnchorIncomingTimeout(ht *lntest.HarnessTest) {
 	// needed to clean up the mempool.
 	ht.MineBlocksAndAssertNumTxes(1, 2)
 
+	// We mined a block above, which confirmed Bob's force closing tx and
+	// his anchor sweeping tx. Bob should now have a new change output
+	// created from that sweeping tx, which can be used as the input to
+	// sweep his HTLC.
+	// Also in the above mined block, the HTLC will be offered to Bob's
+	// sweeper for sweeping, which requires a wallet utxo since it's a
+	// zero fee HTLC.
+	// There's the possible race that,
+	// - btcwallet is processing this block, and marking the change output
+	//   as confirmed.
+	// - btcwallet notifies LND about the new block.
+	// If the block notification comes first, LND's sweeper will not be
+	// able to sweep this HTLC as it thinks the wallet UTXO is still
+	// unconfirmed.
+	// TODO(yy): To fix the above issue, we need to make sure btcwallet
+	// should update its internal state first before notifying the new
+	// block, which is scheduled to be fixed during the btcwallet SQLizing
+	// saga.
+	ht.MineEmptyBlocks(1)
+
 	// The above mined block should confirm Bob's force close tx, and his
 	// contractcourt will offer the HTLC to his sweeper. We are not testing
 	// the HTLC sweeping behaviors so we just perform a simple check and
@@ -766,14 +786,6 @@ func testSweepHTLCs(ht *lntest.HarnessTest) {
 	// - when sweeping HTLCs, he needs one utxo for each sweep.
 	numUTXOs := 2
 
-	// Bob should have enough wallet UTXOs here to sweep the HTLC in the
-	// end of this test. However, due to a known issue, Bob's wallet may
-	// report there's no UTXO available. For details,
-	// - https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/8786
-	//
-	// TODO(yy): remove this extra UTXO once the issue is resolved.
-	numUTXOs++
-
 	// For neutrino backend, we need two more UTXOs for Bob to create his
 	// sweeping txns.
 	if ht.IsNeutrinoBackend() {
@@ -1802,14 +1814,6 @@ func testFeeReplacement(ht *lntest.HarnessTest) {
 	// - when sweeping HTLCs, he needs one utxo for each sweep.
 	numUTXOs := 2
 
-	// Bob should have enough wallet UTXOs here to sweep the HTLC in the
-	// end of this test. However, due to a known issue, Bob's wallet may
-	// report there's no UTXO available. For details,
-	// - https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/8786
-	//
-	// TODO(yy): remove this extra UTXO once the issue is resolved.
-	numUTXOs++
-
 	// For neutrino backend, we need two more UTXOs for Bob to create his
 	// sweeping txns.
 	if ht.IsNeutrinoBackend() {