diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index b294ee593e..f75d4b64fc 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ var (
 		utils.StateHistoryFlag,
 		utils.LightKDFFlag,
 		utils.EthRequiredBlocksFlag,
-		utils.LegacyWhitelistFlag, // deprecated
 		utils.CacheFlag,
 		utils.CacheDatabaseFlag,
 		utils.CacheTrieFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 2b64761e00..bc7a15e5c4 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1593,14 +1593,6 @@ func setMiner(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *miner.Config) {
 
 func setRequiredBlocks(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	requiredBlocks := ctx.String(EthRequiredBlocksFlag.Name)
-	if requiredBlocks == "" {
-		if ctx.IsSet(LegacyWhitelistFlag.Name) {
-			log.Warn("The flag --whitelist is deprecated and will be removed, please use --eth.requiredblocks")
-			requiredBlocks = ctx.String(LegacyWhitelistFlag.Name)
-		} else {
-			return
-		}
-	}
 	cfg.RequiredBlocks = make(map[uint64]common.Hash)
 	for _, entry := range strings.Split(requiredBlocks, ",") {
 		parts := strings.Split(entry, "=")
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
index 239be03ad6..f87ec5b812 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ var ShowDeprecated = &cli.Command{
 
 var DeprecatedFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	NoUSBFlag,
-	LegacyWhitelistFlag,
 	CacheTrieJournalFlag,
 	CacheTrieRejournalFlag,
 	LegacyDiscoveryV5Flag,
@@ -58,13 +57,6 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Disables monitoring for and managing USB hardware wallets (deprecated)",
 		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
 	}
-	// Deprecated March 2022
-	LegacyWhitelistFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "whitelist",
-		Hidden:   true,
-		Usage:    "Comma separated block number-to-hash mappings to enforce (<number>=<hash>) (deprecated in favor of --eth.requiredblocks)",
-		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
-	}
 	// Deprecated July 2023
 	CacheTrieJournalFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:     "cache.trie.journal",
diff --git a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
index f024f3aeba..65b50d2b0b 100644
--- a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
+++ b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
@@ -898,9 +898,9 @@ func (f *TxFetcher) rescheduleTimeout(timer *mclock.Timer, trigger chan struct{}
 }
 
 // scheduleFetches starts a batch of retrievals for all available idle peers.
-func (f *TxFetcher) scheduleFetches(timer *mclock.Timer, timeout chan struct{}, whitelist map[string]struct{}) {
+func (f *TxFetcher) scheduleFetches(timer *mclock.Timer, timeout chan struct{}, allowlist map[string]struct{}) {
 	// Gather the set of peers we want to retrieve from (default to all)
-	actives := whitelist
+	actives := allowlist
 	if actives == nil {
 		actives = make(map[string]struct{})
 		for peer := range f.announces {