diff --git a/tests/block_test_util.go b/tests/block_test_util.go
index ab0c908470..a302504821 100644
--- a/tests/block_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/block_test_util.go
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ func (t *BlockTest) createTestBlockChain(config *params.ChainConfig, snapshotter
 		},
 		StatelessSelfValidation: witness,
 		NoPrefetch:              true,
-		BlockingPrefetch:        true,
-		PrefetchWorkers:         100, // note: this is totally unrelated to NoPrefetch, just for BAL execution
 	}
 	if snapshotter {
 		options.SnapshotLimit = 1