diff --git a/contracts/price-oracle/src/auth.rs b/contracts/price-oracle/src/auth.rs
index 568fa99..0dca582 100644
--- a/contracts/price-oracle/src/auth.rs
+++ b/contracts/price-oracle/src/auth.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub enum DataKey {
     Admin,
     Provider(Address),
     ProviderWeight(Address),
+    ProviderLastLedger(Address),
     IsPaused,
     ActiveRelayers,
     CommunityCouncil,
@@ -134,13 +135,47 @@ pub fn _is_provider(env: &Env, addr: &Address) -> bool {
         .unwrap_or(false)
 }
 
-/// Panics if the caller is not a whitelisted provider.
+/// Panic if the caller is not a whitelisted provider.
 pub fn _require_provider(env: &Env, caller: &Address) {
     if !_is_provider(env, caller) {
         panic!("Unauthorised: caller is not a whitelisted provider");
     }
 }
 
+/// Prune inactive relayers from the whitelist.
+///
+/// Iterates through the active relayers list and removes any provider that has not
+/// submitted a price update within `max_inactive_ledgers` ledgers.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+/// * `env` - The contract environment
+/// * `max_inactive_ledgers` - The maximum number of ledgers a provider can be inactive
+///
+/// # Panics
+/// Panics if the caller is not an authorized admin.
+pub fn _prune_inactive_relayers(env: &Env, caller: &Address, max_inactive_ledgers: u32) -> u32 {
+    // Require admin authorization
+    _require_authorized(env, caller);
+    
+    let current_ledger = env.ledger().sequence();
+    let relayers = _get_active_relayers(env);
+    let mut pruned_count: u32 = 0;
+    
+    for relayer in relayers.iter() {
+        let last_ledger = _get_provider_last_ledger(env, &relayer);
+        
+        // If provider has never submitted (last_ledger = 0) or has been inactive too long
+        let inactive_ledgers = current_ledger.saturating_sub(last_ledger);
+        
+        if last_ledger == 0 || inactive_ledgers > max_inactive_ledgers {
+            _remove_provider(env, &relayer);
+            pruned_count += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    pruned_count
+}
+
 pub fn _set_provider_weight(env: &Env, provider: &Address, weight: u32) {
     env.storage()
         .instance()
@@ -154,6 +189,22 @@ pub fn _get_provider_weight(env: &Env, provider: &Address) -> u32 {
         .unwrap_or(0)
 }
 
+/// Set the last ledger sequence when a provider submitted a price update.
+pub fn _set_provider_last_ledger(env: &Env, provider: &Address, ledger: u32) {
+    env.storage()
+        .instance()
+        .set(&DataKey::ProviderLastLedger(provider.clone()), &ledger);
+}
+
+/// Get the last ledger sequence when a provider submitted a price update.
+/// Returns 0 if the provider has never submitted a price.
+pub fn _get_provider_last_ledger(env: &Env, provider: &Address) -> u32 {
+    env.storage()
+        .instance()
+        .get::<DataKey, u32>(&DataKey::ProviderLastLedger(provider.clone()))
+        .unwrap_or(0)
+}
+
 /// Get the list of all active relayers (whitelisted providers).
 pub fn _get_active_relayers(env: &Env) -> Vec<Address> {
     env.storage()
diff --git a/contracts/price-oracle/src/lib.rs b/contracts/price-oracle/src/lib.rs
index d480363..1ff51fe 100644
--- a/contracts/price-oracle/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contracts/price-oracle/src/lib.rs
@@ -192,6 +192,19 @@ pub trait StellarFlowTrait {
     ///
     /// Returns true if the contract is frozen, false otherwise.
     fn is_frozen(env: Env) -> bool;
+
+    /// Prune inactive relayers from the whitelist.
+    ///
+    /// This is a "Pull" mechanism (not automated) that allows admins to remove
+    /// providers that have not submitted a price update within `max_inactive_ledgers`.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    /// * `admin` - The admin address authorizing this action
+    /// * `max_inactive_ledgers` - The maximum number of ledgers a provider can be inactive
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    /// The number of providers that were pruned.
+    fn prune_inactive_relayers(env: Env, admin: Address, max_inactive_ledgers: u32) -> u32;
 }
 
 #[contractclient(name = "TokenContractClient")]
@@ -1213,6 +1226,10 @@ impl PriceOracle {
             }
         }
 
+        // Track this provider's activity
+        let current_ledger = env.ledger().sequence();
+        crate::auth::_set_provider_last_ledger(&env, &source, current_ledger);
+
         // Add the normalized price entry to the buffer
         let entry = PriceBufferEntry {
             price: normalized,
@@ -1723,6 +1740,25 @@ impl PriceOracle {
     pub fn get_price_update_subscribers(env: Env) -> soroban_sdk::Vec<Address> {
         callbacks::get_subscribers(&env)
     }
+
+    /// Prune inactive relayers from the whitelist.
+    ///
+    /// This is a "Pull" mechanism (not automated) that allows admins to remove
+    /// providers that have not submitted a price update within `max_inactive_ledgers`.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    /// * `admin` - The admin address authorizing this action
+    /// * `max_inactive_ledgers` - The maximum number of ledgers a provider can be inactive
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    /// The number of providers that were pruned.
+    pub fn prune_inactive_relayers(env: Env, admin: Address, max_inactive_ledgers: u32) -> u32 {
+        _require_not_destroyed(&env);
+        crate::auth::_require_not_frozen(&env);
+        admin.require_auth();
+        
+        crate::auth::_prune_inactive_relayers(&env, &admin, max_inactive_ledgers)
+    }
 }
 
 mod asset_symbol;