From b29987287a5707e342f6c1b2c6ca7cfd501fb85c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucia <lucia.wang@harmoney.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:01:04 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] revert unexpected changes

---
 eth/catalyst/api.go | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eth/catalyst/api.go b/eth/catalyst/api.go
index c708ad8bdf..7b3672d948 100644
--- a/eth/catalyst/api.go
+++ b/eth/catalyst/api.go
@@ -270,10 +270,6 @@ func (api *ConsensusAPI) forkchoiceUpdated(update engine.ForkchoiceStateV1, payl
 		// potentially more data to the freezer from the get go.
 		finalized := api.remoteBlocks.get(update.FinalizedBlockHash)
 
-		if finalized == nil {
-			finalized = api.eth.BlockChain().GetHeaderByHash(update.FinalizedBlockHash)
-		}
-
 		// Header advertised via a past newPayload request. Start syncing to it.
 		context := []interface{}{"number", header.Number, "hash", header.Hash()}
 		if update.FinalizedBlockHash != (common.Hash{}) {