From a49766cb23f827dde1eb694c462b4788bf9cc0b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lightclient <lightclient@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 13:41:24 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] core: don't overwrite stored chain config with default based
 on genesis hash

---
 core/genesis.go | 27 ++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go
index 13d4addd7e..9cf56e96cc 100644
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@@ -364,7 +364,12 @@ func SetupGenesisBlockWithOverride(db ethdb.Database, triedb *triedb.Database, g
 	if head == nil {
 		return nil, common.Hash{}, nil, errors.New("missing head header")
 	}
-	newCfg := genesis.chainConfigOrDefault(ghash, storedCfg)
+	// The new config is sourced either directly from provided Genesis or by
+	// applying overrides to the stored config.
+	newCfg := storedCfg
+	if genesis != nil {
+		newCfg = genesis.Config
+	}
 	if err := overrides.apply(newCfg); err != nil {
 		return nil, common.Hash{}, nil, err
 	}
@@ -423,26 +428,6 @@ func LoadChainConfig(db ethdb.Database, genesis *Genesis) (cfg *params.ChainConf
 	return params.MainnetChainConfig, params.MainnetGenesisHash, nil
 }
 
-// chainConfigOrDefault retrieves the attached chain configuration. If the genesis
-// object is null, it returns the default chain configuration based on the given
-// genesis hash, or the locally stored config if it's not a pre-defined network.
-func (g *Genesis) chainConfigOrDefault(ghash common.Hash, stored *params.ChainConfig) *params.ChainConfig {
-	switch {
-	case g != nil:
-		return g.Config
-	case ghash == params.MainnetGenesisHash:
-		return params.MainnetChainConfig
-	case ghash == params.HoleskyGenesisHash:
-		return params.HoleskyChainConfig
-	case ghash == params.SepoliaGenesisHash:
-		return params.SepoliaChainConfig
-	case ghash == params.HoodiGenesisHash:
-		return params.HoodiChainConfig
-	default:
-		return stored
-	}
-}
-
 // IsVerkle indicates whether the state is already stored in a verkle
 // tree at genesis time.
 func (g *Genesis) IsVerkle() bool {