diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index cc2154cfb9..efb09a08a0 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -1464,11 +1464,3 @@ func (s *StateDB) Witness() *stateless.Witness {
 func (s *StateDB) AccessEvents() *AccessEvents {
 	return s.accessEvents
 }
-
-func (s *StateDB) BeginTrieDepthWindow() {
-	trie.StateDepthMetricsStartBlock()
-}
-
-func (s *StateDB) EndTrieDepthWindow() {
-	trie.StateDepthMetricsEndBlock()
-}
diff --git a/core/state_processor.go b/core/state_processor.go
index ca0d27ee39..ee98326467 100644
--- a/core/state_processor.go
+++ b/core/state_processor.go
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ func (p *StateProcessor) Process(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateDB, cfg
 		allLogs     []*types.Log
 		gp          = new(GasPool).AddGas(block.GasLimit())
 	)
-	// Start the trie depth metrics window
-	statedb.BeginTrieDepthWindow()
-	defer statedb.EndTrieDepthWindow()
 
 	// Mutate the block and state according to any hard-fork specs
 	if p.config.DAOForkSupport && p.config.DAOForkBlock != nil && p.config.DAOForkBlock.Cmp(block.Number()) == 0 {
diff --git a/trie/trie.go b/trie/trie.go
index cc4ae30ba6..c5b0377c12 100644
--- a/trie/trie.go
+++ b/trie/trie.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
@@ -376,10 +375,6 @@ func (t *Trie) update(key, value []byte) error {
 
 func (t *Trie) insert(n node, prefix, key []byte, value node) (bool, node, error) {
 	if len(key) == 0 {
-		if t.owner == (common.Hash{}) {
-			stateDepthAggregator.record(int64(len(prefix)))
-		}
-
 		if v, ok := n.(valueNode); ok {
 			return !bytes.Equal(v, value.(valueNode)), value, nil
 		}
@@ -522,7 +517,10 @@ func (t *Trie) delete(n node, prefix, key []byte) (bool, node, error) {
 			// always creates a new slice) instead of append to
 			// avoid modifying n.Key since it might be shared with
 			// other nodes.
-			return true, &shortNode{slices.Concat(n.Key, child.Key), child.Val, t.newFlag()}, nil
+			if t.owner == (common.Hash{}) {
+				stateDepthAggregator.record(int64(len(prefix) + len(key)))
+			}
+			return true, &shortNode{concat(n.Key, child.Key...), child.Val, t.newFlag()}, nil
 		default:
 			return true, &shortNode{n.Key, child, t.newFlag()}, nil
 		}
@@ -579,7 +577,10 @@ func (t *Trie) delete(n node, prefix, key []byte) (bool, node, error) {
 					// Replace the entire full node with the short node.
 					// Mark the original short node as deleted since the
 					// value is embedded into the parent now.
-					t.opTracer.onDelete(append(prefix, byte(pos)))
+					t.tracer.onDelete(append(prefix, byte(pos)))
+					if t.owner == (common.Hash{}) {
+						stateDepthAggregator.record(int64(len(prefix) + 1))
+					}
 
 					k := append([]byte{byte(pos)}, cnode.Key...)
 					return true, &shortNode{k, cnode.Val, t.newFlag()}, nil
diff --git a/trie/trie_metrics.go b/trie/trie_metrics.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f38b73243..0000000000
--- a/trie/trie_metrics.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package trie
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
-)
-
-var (
-	avgAccessDepthInBlock = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("trie/access/depth/avg", nil)
-	minAccessDepthInBlock = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("trie/access/depth/min", nil)
-	stateDepthAggregator  = &depthAggregator{}
-)
-
-// depthAggregator aggregates trie access depth metrics for a block.
-type depthAggregator struct {
-	mu       sync.Mutex
-	sum, cnt int64
-	min      int64
-}
-
-// start initializes the aggregator for a new block.
-func (d *depthAggregator) start() {
-	d.mu.Lock()
-	d.sum, d.cnt, d.min = 0, 0, -1
-	d.mu.Unlock()
-}
-
-// record records the access depth for a trie operation.
-func (d *depthAggregator) record(depth int64) {
-	d.mu.Lock()
-	v := depth
-	d.sum += v
-	d.cnt++
-	if d.min < 0 || v < d.min {
-		d.min = v
-	}
-	d.mu.Unlock()
-}
-
-// end finalizes the metrics for the current block and updates the registered metrics.
-func (d *depthAggregator) end() {
-	d.mu.Lock()
-	sum, cnt, min := d.sum, d.cnt, d.min
-	d.mu.Unlock()
-	if cnt > 0 {
-		avgAccessDepthInBlock.Update(sum / cnt)
-		minAccessDepthInBlock.Update(min)
-	}
-}
-
-// StateDepthMetricsStartBlock initializes the depth aggregator for a new block.
-func StateDepthMetricsStartBlock() { stateDepthAggregator.start() }
-
-// StateDepthMetricsEndBlock finalizes the depth metrics for the current block.
-func StateDepthMetricsEndBlock() { stateDepthAggregator.end() }