diff --git a/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go b/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go
index fdf3922cc1..1de7147426 100644
--- a/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go
+++ b/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go
@@ -1062,18 +1062,6 @@ func (pool *LegacyPool) GetMetadata(hash common.Hash) *txpool.TxMetadata {
 	}
 }
 
-// GetBlobs is not supported by the legacy transaction pool, it is just here to
-// implement the txpool.SubPool interface.
-func (pool *LegacyPool) GetBlobs(vhashes []common.Hash) []*types.BlobTxSidecar {
-	return nil
-}
-
-// AvailableBlobs is not supported by the legacy transaction pool, it is just here to
-// implement the txpool.SubPool interface.
-func (pool *LegacyPool) AvailableBlobs(vhashes []common.Hash) int {
-	return 0
-}
-
 // Has returns an indicator whether txpool has a transaction cached with the
 // given hash.
 func (pool *LegacyPool) Has(hash common.Hash) bool {
diff --git a/core/txpool/subpool.go b/core/txpool/subpool.go
index 5e18ce99fb..ed4a42940d 100644
--- a/core/txpool/subpool.go
+++ b/core/txpool/subpool.go
@@ -132,15 +132,6 @@ type SubPool interface {
 	// given transaction hash.
 	GetMetadata(hash common.Hash) *TxMetadata
 
-	// GetBlobs returns a number of blobs are proofs for the given versioned hashes.
-	// This is a utility method for the engine API, enabling consensus clients to
-	// retrieve blobs from the pools directly instead of the network.
-	GetBlobs(vhashes []common.Hash) []*types.BlobTxSidecar
-
-	// AvailableBlobs returns number of blobs corresponding to the  versioned hashes
-	// that are available in the sub pool.
-	AvailableBlobs(vhashes []common.Hash) int
-
 	// ValidateTxBasics checks whether a transaction is valid according to the consensus
 	// rules, but does not check state-dependent validation such as sufficient balance.
 	// This check is meant as a static check which can be performed without holding the
diff --git a/core/txpool/txpool.go b/core/txpool/txpool.go
index b4643ae1df..b5470cd7fc 100644
--- a/core/txpool/txpool.go
+++ b/core/txpool/txpool.go
@@ -307,36 +307,6 @@ func (p *TxPool) GetMetadata(hash common.Hash) *TxMetadata {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// GetBlobs returns a number of blobs are proofs for the given versioned hashes.
-// This is a utility method for the engine API, enabling consensus clients to
-// retrieve blobs from the pools directly instead of the network.
-func (p *TxPool) GetBlobs(vhashes []common.Hash) []*types.BlobTxSidecar {
-	for _, subpool := range p.subpools {
-		// It's an ugly to assume that only one pool will be capable of returning
-		// anything meaningful for this call, but anything else requires merging
-		// partial responses and that's too annoying to do until we get a second
-		// blobpool (probably never).
-		if sidecars := subpool.GetBlobs(vhashes); sidecars != nil {
-			return sidecars
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// AvailableBlobs will return the number of vhashes that are available in the same subpool.
-func (p *TxPool) AvailableBlobs(vhashes []common.Hash) int {
-	for _, subpool := range p.subpools {
-		// It's an ugly to assume that only one pool will be capable of returning
-		// anything meaningful for this call, but anything else requires merging
-		// partial responses and that's too annoying to do until we get a second
-		// blobpool (probably never).
-		if count := subpool.AvailableBlobs(vhashes); count != 0 {
-			return count
-		}
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
 // Add enqueues a batch of transactions into the pool if they are valid. Due
 // to the large transaction churn, add may postpone fully integrating the tx
 // to a later point to batch multiple ones together.
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 7f9e45edea..9288033eb4 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ type Ethereum struct {
 	// core protocol objects
 	config         *ethconfig.Config
 	txPool         *txpool.TxPool
+	blobTxPool     *blobpool.BlobPool
 	localTxTracker *locals.TxTracker
 	blockchain     *core.BlockChain
 
@@ -395,6 +396,7 @@ func (s *Ethereum) Miner() *miner.Miner { return s.miner }
 func (s *Ethereum) AccountManager() *accounts.Manager  { return s.accountManager }
 func (s *Ethereum) BlockChain() *core.BlockChain       { return s.blockchain }
 func (s *Ethereum) TxPool() *txpool.TxPool             { return s.txPool }
+func (s *Ethereum) BlobTxPool() *blobpool.BlobPool     { return s.blobTxPool }
 func (s *Ethereum) Engine() consensus.Engine           { return s.engine }
 func (s *Ethereum) ChainDb() ethdb.Database            { return s.chainDb }
 func (s *Ethereum) IsListening() bool                  { return true } // Always listening
diff --git a/eth/catalyst/api.go b/eth/catalyst/api.go
index 70614949a3..cbbdbbb361 100644
--- a/eth/catalyst/api.go
+++ b/eth/catalyst/api.go
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func (api *ConsensusAPI) GetBlobsV1(hashes []common.Hash) ([]*engine.BlobAndProo
 		res      = make([]*engine.BlobAndProofV1, len(hashes))
 		hasher   = sha256.New()
 		index    = make(map[common.Hash]int)
-		sidecars = api.eth.TxPool().GetBlobs(hashes)
+		sidecars = api.eth.BlobTxPool().GetBlobs(hashes)
 	)
 
 	for i, hash := range hashes {
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func (api *ConsensusAPI) GetBlobsV2(hashes []common.Hash) ([]*engine.BlobAndProo
 		return nil, engine.TooLargeRequest.With(fmt.Errorf("requested blob count too large: %v", len(hashes)))
 	}
 
-	available := api.eth.TxPool().AvailableBlobs(hashes)
+	available := api.eth.BlobTxPool().AvailableBlobs(hashes)
 	getBlobsRequestedCounter.Inc(int64(len(hashes)))
 	getBlobsAvailableCounter.Inc(int64(available))
 	// Optimization: check first if all blobs are available, if not, return empty response
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ func (api *ConsensusAPI) GetBlobsV2(hashes []common.Hash) ([]*engine.BlobAndProo
 	var (
 		res      = make([]*engine.BlobAndProofV2, len(hashes))
 		index    = make(map[common.Hash][]int)
-		sidecars = api.eth.TxPool().GetBlobs(hashes)
+		sidecars = api.eth.BlobTxPool().GetBlobs(hashes)
 	)
 
 	for i, hash := range hashes {