diff --git a/rlp/raw.go b/rlp/raw.go
index 798165621e..811a8e5e5a 100644
--- a/rlp/raw.go
+++ b/rlp/raw.go
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ func (r *RawList[T]) Size() uint64 {
 	return ListSize(uint64(len(r.Content())))
 }
 
-// Empty returns true if the list contains no items.
-func (r *RawList[T]) Empty() bool {
-	return len(r.Content()) == 0
-}
-
 // ContentIterator returns an iterator over the content of the list.
 // Note the offsets returned by iterator.Offset are relative to the
 // Content bytes of the list.
diff --git a/rlp/raw_test.go b/rlp/raw_test.go
index 03e298af8d..67e626ebf9 100644
--- a/rlp/raw_test.go
+++ b/rlp/raw_test.go
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ func TestRawListEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	if !bytes.Equal(b, unhex("C0")) {
 		t.Fatalf("empty RawList has wrong encoding %x", b)
 	}
-	if !rl.Empty() {
-		t.Fatal("list should be Empty")
-	}
 	if rl.Len() != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("empty list has Len %d", rl.Len())
 	}