diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/execution.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/execution.go
index d711ae56ac..f35b28510c 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/execution.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/execution.go
@@ -242,13 +242,6 @@ func (pre *Prestate) Apply(vmConfig vm.Config, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
chainConfig.DAOForkBlock.Cmp(new(big.Int).SetUint64(pre.Env.Number)) == 0 {
misc.ApplyDAOHardFork(statedb)
}
- // EIP-7997: insert the deterministic deployment factory at the Amsterdam
- // activation block via an irregular state transition.
- if pre.Env.Number > 0 &&
- chainConfig.IsAmsterdam(new(big.Int).SetUint64(pre.Env.Number), pre.Env.Timestamp) &&
- !chainConfig.IsAmsterdam(new(big.Int).SetUint64(pre.Env.Number-1), pre.Env.ParentTimestamp) {
- misc.ApplyEIP7997(statedb)
- }
evm := vm.NewEVM(vmContext, statedb, chainConfig, vmConfig)
if beaconRoot := pre.Env.ParentBeaconBlockRoot; beaconRoot != nil {
core.ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(*beaconRoot, evm, blockAccessList)
diff --git a/consensus/misc/eip7997.go b/consensus/misc/eip7997.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8564d5283a..0000000000
--- a/consensus/misc/eip7997.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2026 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see .
-
-package misc
-
-import (
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/tracing"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-)
-
-// ApplyEIP7997 inserts the deterministic deployment factory into the state as an
-// irregular state transition, as specified by EIP-7997. The factory is a keyless
-// CREATE2 factory that, once present at the canonical address on every EVM chain,
-// allows contracts to be deployed at identical addresses across chains.
-func ApplyEIP7997(statedb vm.StateDB) {
- // The account must hold the canonical factory runtime code. If its code hash
- // already matches, the chain satisfies EIP-7997 and nothing needs to change.
- wantHash := crypto.Keccak256Hash(params.DeterministicFactoryCode)
- if statedb.GetCodeHash(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress) == wantHash {
- return
- }
- if !statedb.Exist(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress) {
- statedb.CreateAccount(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress)
- }
- statedb.CreateContract(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress)
- statedb.SetCode(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress, params.DeterministicFactoryCode, tracing.CodeChangeUnspecified)
-
- // Preserve a pre-existing nonce; only bump the default zero nonce to 1.
- if statedb.GetNonce(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress) == 0 {
- statedb.SetNonce(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress, 1, tracing.NonceChangeNewContract)
- }
-}
diff --git a/core/chain_makers.go b/core/chain_makers.go
index de0b585d12..aebc9eaa51 100644
--- a/core/chain_makers.go
+++ b/core/chain_makers.go
@@ -384,12 +384,6 @@ func GenerateChain(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Block, engine conse
if config.DAOForkSupport && config.DAOForkBlock != nil && config.DAOForkBlock.Cmp(b.header.Number) == 0 {
misc.ApplyDAOHardFork(statedb)
}
- // EIP-7997: insert the deterministic deployment factory at the Amsterdam
- // activation block via an irregular state transition.
- if config.IsAmsterdam(b.header.Number, b.header.Time) && !config.IsAmsterdam(parent.Number(), parent.Time()) {
- misc.ApplyEIP7997(statedb)
- }
-
if config.IsPrague(b.header.Number, b.header.Time) || config.IsUBT(b.header.Number, b.header.Time) {
// EIP-2935
blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, cm, &b.header.Coinbase)
diff --git a/core/eip7997_test.go b/core/eip7997_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c4d26507b..0000000000
--- a/core/eip7997_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2026 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see .
-
-// Tests for EIP-7997: the deterministic deployment factory inserted as an
-// irregular state transition at the Amsterdam activation block.
-
-package core
-
-import (
- "bytes"
- "testing"
-
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
- "github.com/holiman/uint256"
-)
-
-// TestApplyEIP7997 verifies the irregular state transition seeds the factory
-// account with the canonical code and nonce.
-func TestApplyEIP7997(t *testing.T) {
- sdb := mkState(nil)
- misc.ApplyEIP7997(sdb)
-
- if got := sdb.GetCode(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress); !bytes.Equal(got, params.DeterministicFactoryCode) {
- t.Fatalf("factory code mismatch:\n got %x\nwant %x", got, params.DeterministicFactoryCode)
- }
- if got := sdb.GetNonce(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress); got != 1 {
- t.Fatalf("factory nonce = %d, want %d", got, 1)
- }
-}
-
-// TestApplyEIP7997Existing checks that a chain which already hosts the factory
-// (for example via its keyless creation transaction) is left untouched, so the
-// transition never rewrites an existing nonce.
-func TestApplyEIP7997Existing(t *testing.T) {
- sdb := mkState(types.GenesisAlloc{
- params.DeterministicFactoryAddress: {Code: params.DeterministicFactoryCode, Nonce: 5},
- })
- misc.ApplyEIP7997(sdb)
-
- if got := sdb.GetNonce(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress); got != 5 {
- t.Fatalf("existing factory nonce overwritten: got %d, want 5", got)
- }
-}
-
-// TestApplyEIP7997WrongCode checks that an account occupying the factory address
-// with the wrong code is force-overwritten with the canonical runtime code, while
-// a pre-existing non-zero nonce is preserved.
-func TestApplyEIP7997WrongCode(t *testing.T) {
- sdb := mkState(types.GenesisAlloc{
- params.DeterministicFactoryAddress: {Code: []byte{0x60, 0x00}, Nonce: 7},
- })
- misc.ApplyEIP7997(sdb)
-
- if got := sdb.GetCode(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress); !bytes.Equal(got, params.DeterministicFactoryCode) {
- t.Fatalf("factory code not overwritten:\n got %x\nwant %x", got, params.DeterministicFactoryCode)
- }
- if got := sdb.GetNonce(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress); got != 7 {
- t.Fatalf("factory nonce = %d, want %d (existing nonce must be preserved)", got, 7)
- }
-}
-
-// TestEIP7997FactoryDeploys exercises the inserted factory bytecode: calling it
-// with a salt followed by init code must CREATE2-deploy the contract at the
-// canonical deterministic address and return that address (20 bytes, unpadded).
-func TestEIP7997FactoryDeploys(t *testing.T) {
- sdb := mkState(nil)
- misc.ApplyEIP7997(sdb)
-
- var (
- caller = common.Address{0xca}
- salt [32]byte
- // initcode returning the single-byte runtime 0xfe:
- // PUSH1 0xfe PUSH1 0x00 MSTORE8 PUSH1 0x01 PUSH1 0x00 RETURN
- initcode = common.FromHex("60fe60005360016000f3")
- )
- salt[31] = 0x42
-
- input := append(append([]byte{}, salt[:]...), initcode...)
-
- ret, _, err := amsterdamCoreEVM(sdb).Call(caller, params.DeterministicFactoryAddress, input, vm.NewGasBudget(10_000_000, 0), new(uint256.Int))
- if err != nil {
- t.Fatalf("factory call failed: %v", err)
- }
-
- want := crypto.CreateAddress2(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress, salt, crypto.Keccak256(initcode))
- if len(ret) != 20 {
- t.Fatalf("factory returned %d bytes, want 20", len(ret))
- }
- if got := common.BytesToAddress(ret); got != want {
- t.Fatalf("factory returned address %x, want %x", got, want)
- }
- if code := sdb.GetCode(want); !bytes.Equal(code, []byte{0xfe}) {
- t.Fatalf("deployed runtime code = %x, want fe", code)
- }
-}
diff --git a/core/state_processor.go b/core/state_processor.go
index a68cd1091c..14f41f1f39 100644
--- a/core/state_processor.go
+++ b/core/state_processor.go
@@ -160,12 +160,6 @@ func PreExecution(ctx context.Context, beaconRoot *common.Hash, parent *types.He
var blockAccessList *bal.ConstructionBlockAccessList
if config.IsAmsterdam(number, time) {
blockAccessList = bal.NewConstructionBlockAccessList()
-
- // EIP-7997: insert the deterministic deployment factory at the Amsterdam
- // activation block via an irregular state transition.
- if !config.IsAmsterdam(parent.Number, parent.Time) {
- misc.ApplyEIP7997(evm.StateDB)
- }
}
// EIP-4788
if beaconRoot != nil {
diff --git a/miner/payload_building_test.go b/miner/payload_building_test.go
index 734a5605ba..3924f470b2 100644
--- a/miner/payload_building_test.go
+++ b/miner/payload_building_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
package miner
import (
- "bytes"
"context"
"math/big"
"reflect"
@@ -197,58 +196,6 @@ func TestBuildPayload(t *testing.T) {
}
}
-// TestBuildPayloadAmsterdamTransition verifies that a locally built payload for
-// the first Amsterdam block contains the EIP-7997 deterministic deployment
-// factory, i.e. the block-building path applies the same irregular state
-// transition as block processing and the resulting block is importable.
-func TestBuildPayloadAmsterdamTransition(t *testing.T) {
- var (
- db = rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
- recipient = common.HexToAddress("0xdeadbeef")
- )
- config := new(params.ChainConfig)
- *config = *params.MergedTestChainConfig
- config.AmsterdamTime = new(uint64)
- *config.AmsterdamTime = 1 // genesis (t=0) is pre-Amsterdam, the first block crosses the fork
-
- w, b := newTestWorker(t, config, beacon.New(ethash.NewFaker()), db, 0)
-
- var (
- beaconRoot = common.Hash{0x01}
- slotNum = uint64(1)
- )
- payload, err := w.buildPayload(context.Background(), &BuildPayloadArgs{
- Parent: b.chain.CurrentBlock().Hash(),
- Timestamp: 1,
- FeeRecipient: recipient,
- Withdrawals: types.Withdrawals{},
- BeaconRoot: &beaconRoot,
- SlotNum: &slotNum,
- }, false)
- if err != nil {
- t.Fatalf("Failed to build payload %v", err)
- }
- block := payload.empty
- if !config.IsAmsterdam(block.Number(), block.Time()) {
- t.Fatal("transition block is not an Amsterdam block")
- }
- // The block must be importable: Process applies EIP-7997 independently, so
- // a payload built without the factory would fail the state root check here.
- if _, err := b.chain.InsertChain(types.Blocks{block}); err != nil {
- t.Fatalf("failed to insert transition block: %v", err)
- }
- statedb, err := b.chain.StateAt(block.Header())
- if err != nil {
- t.Fatalf("failed to open state at transition block: %v", err)
- }
- if code := statedb.GetCode(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress); !bytes.Equal(code, params.DeterministicFactoryCode) {
- t.Fatalf("factory code missing from built payload state:\n got %x\nwant %x", code, params.DeterministicFactoryCode)
- }
- if nonce := statedb.GetNonce(params.DeterministicFactoryAddress); nonce != 1 {
- t.Fatalf("factory nonce = %d, want 1", nonce)
- }
-}
-
func TestPayloadId(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
ids := make(map[string]int)
diff --git a/params/protocol_params.go b/params/protocol_params.go
index 9a5d6610f9..a522f131ea 100644
--- a/params/protocol_params.go
+++ b/params/protocol_params.go
@@ -276,6 +276,4 @@ var (
var (
// EIP-7708 - System logs emitted for ETH transfer and burn
EthTransferLogEvent = common.HexToHash("0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef") // keccak256('Transfer(address,address,uint256)')
- EthBurnLogEvent = common.HexToHash("0xcc16f5dbb4873280815c1ee09dbd06736cffcc184412cf7a71a0fdb75d397ca5") // keccak256('Burn(address,uint256)')
-
)