From 81962b402089132178881bd29edb8f0cb5432de9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: devopsbo3 <69951731+devopsbo3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:27:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "eth: fix crash on querying finalized block (#27162)"

This reverts commit ca3b65288a9ace6b5d5104e7e31b4e7c3b4e3a94.
---
 eth/api_backend.go | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eth/api_backend.go b/eth/api_backend.go
index 0e4521173b..ac160b0736 100644
--- a/eth/api_backend.go
+++ b/eth/api_backend.go
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ func (b *EthAPIBackend) BlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.BlockNumbe
 			return nil, errors.New("'finalized' tag not supported on pre-merge network")
 		}
 		header := b.eth.blockchain.CurrentFinalBlock()
-		if header == nil {
-			return nil, errors.New("finalized block not found")
-		}
 		return b.eth.blockchain.GetBlock(header.Hash(), header.Number.Uint64()), nil
 	}
 	if number == rpc.SafeBlockNumber {
@@ -144,9 +141,6 @@ func (b *EthAPIBackend) BlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.BlockNumbe
 			return nil, errors.New("'safe' tag not supported on pre-merge network")
 		}
 		header := b.eth.blockchain.CurrentSafeBlock()
-		if header == nil {
-			return nil, errors.New("safe block not found")
-		}
 		return b.eth.blockchain.GetBlock(header.Hash(), header.Number.Uint64()), nil
 	}
 	return b.eth.blockchain.GetBlockByNumber(uint64(number)), nil