diff --git a/tests/state_test_util.go b/tests/state_test_util.go
index af54340956..a8477eb7cd 100644
--- a/tests/state_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/state_test_util.go
@@ -259,10 +259,7 @@ func (t *StateTest) RunNoVerify(subtest StateSubtest, vmconfig vm.Config, snapsh
 	vmconfig.ExtraEips = eips
 
 	block := t.genesis(config).ToBlock()
-	genesisAlloc := t.json.Pre
-	genesisAlloc[params.BeaconRootsAddress] = types.Account{Nonce: 1, Code: params.BeaconRootsCode}
-	//genesisAlloc[params.HistoryStorageAddress] = types.Account{Nonce: 1, Code: params.HistoryStorageCode}
-	st = MakePreState(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), genesisAlloc, snapshotter, scheme)
+	st = MakePreState(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), t.json.Pre, snapshotter, scheme)
 
 	var baseFee *big.Int
 	if config.IsLondon(new(big.Int)) {
@@ -319,10 +316,6 @@ func (t *StateTest) RunNoVerify(subtest StateSubtest, vmconfig vm.Config, snapsh
 	if config.IsCancun(new(big.Int), block.Time()) && t.json.Env.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
 		context.BlobBaseFee = eip4844.CalcBlobFee(*t.json.Env.ExcessBlobGas)
 	}
-	{
-		evm := vm.NewEVM(context, vm.TxContext{}, st.StateDB, config, vmconfig)
-		core.ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(common.HexToHash("0x00"), evm, st.StateDB)
-	}
 
 	evm := vm.NewEVM(context, txContext, st.StateDB, config, vmconfig)