diff --git a/eth/api_admin.go b/eth/api_admin.go
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--- a/eth/api_admin.go
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@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package eth
-
-import (
-	"compress/gzip"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
-)
-
-// AdminAPI is the collection of Ethereum full node related APIs for node
-// administration.
-type AdminAPI struct {
-	eth *Ethereum
-}
-
-// NewAdminAPI creates a new instance of AdminAPI.
-func NewAdminAPI(eth *Ethereum) *AdminAPI {
-	return &AdminAPI{eth: eth}
-}
-
-// ExportChain exports the current blockchain into a local file,
-// or a range of blocks if first and last are non-nil.
-func (api *AdminAPI) ExportChain(file string, first *uint64, last *uint64) (bool, error) {
-	if first == nil && last != nil {
-		return false, errors.New("last cannot be specified without first")
-	}
-	if first != nil && last == nil {
-		head := api.eth.BlockChain().CurrentHeader().Number.Uint64()
-		last = &head
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(file); err == nil {
-		// File already exists. Allowing overwrite could be a DoS vector,
-		// since the 'file' may point to arbitrary paths on the drive.
-		return false, errors.New("location would overwrite an existing file")
-	}
-	// Make sure we can create the file to export into
-	out, err := os.OpenFile(file, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	defer out.Close()
-
-	var writer io.Writer = out
-	if strings.HasSuffix(file, ".gz") {
-		writer = gzip.NewWriter(writer)
-		defer writer.(*gzip.Writer).Close()
-	}
-
-	// Export the blockchain
-	if first != nil {
-		if err := api.eth.BlockChain().ExportN(writer, *first, *last); err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-	} else if err := api.eth.BlockChain().Export(writer); err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	return true, nil
-}
-
-func hasAllBlocks(chain *core.BlockChain, bs []*types.Block) bool {
-	for _, b := range bs {
-		if !chain.HasBlock(b.Hash(), b.NumberU64()) {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
-
-// ImportChain imports a blockchain from a local file.
-func (api *AdminAPI) ImportChain(file string) (bool, error) {
-	// Make sure the can access the file to import
-	in, err := os.Open(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	defer in.Close()
-
-	var reader io.Reader = in
-	if strings.HasSuffix(file, ".gz") {
-		if reader, err = gzip.NewReader(reader); err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Run actual the import in pre-configured batches
-	stream := rlp.NewStream(reader, 0)
-
-	blocks, index := make([]*types.Block, 0, 2500), 0
-	for batch := 0; ; batch++ {
-		// Load a batch of blocks from the input file
-		for len(blocks) < cap(blocks) {
-			block := new(types.Block)
-			if err := stream.Decode(block); err == io.EOF {
-				break
-			} else if err != nil {
-				return false, fmt.Errorf("block %d: failed to parse: %v", index, err)
-			}
-			// ignore the genesis block when importing blocks
-			if block.NumberU64() == 0 {
-				continue
-			}
-			blocks = append(blocks, block)
-			index++
-		}
-		if len(blocks) == 0 {
-			break
-		}
-
-		if hasAllBlocks(api.eth.BlockChain(), blocks) {
-			blocks = blocks[:0]
-			continue
-		}
-		// Import the batch and reset the buffer
-		if _, err := api.eth.BlockChain().InsertChain(blocks); err != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("batch %d: failed to insert: %v", batch, err)
-		}
-		blocks = blocks[:0]
-	}
-	return true, nil
-}