diff --git a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/peertask/PeerTaskExecutor.java b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/peertask/PeerTaskExecutor.java
index 1d56c61a7e..7e38d8cfa7 100644
--- a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/peertask/PeerTaskExecutor.java
+++ b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/peertask/PeerTaskExecutor.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.peertask;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.EthPeer;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.EthScheduler;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.exceptions.NoAvailablePeersException;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.PeerConnection;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.wire.MessageData;
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.OperationTimer;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
@@ -39,18 +37,15 @@ public class PeerTaskExecutor {
   public static final int NO_RETRIES = 0;
   private final PeerSelector peerSelector;
   private final PeerTaskRequestSender requestSender;
-  private final EthScheduler ethScheduler;
 
   private final LabelledMetric<OperationTimer> requestTimer;
 
   public PeerTaskExecutor(
       final PeerSelector peerSelector,
       final PeerTaskRequestSender requestSender,
-      final EthScheduler ethScheduler,
       final MetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
     this.peerSelector = peerSelector;
     this.requestSender = requestSender;
-    this.ethScheduler = ethScheduler;
     requestTimer =
         metricsSystem.createLabelledTimer(
             BesuMetricCategory.PEERS,
@@ -87,11 +82,6 @@ public class PeerTaskExecutor {
     return executorResult;
   }
 
-  public <T> CompletableFuture<PeerTaskExecutorResult<T>> executeAsync(final PeerTask<T> peerTask) {
-    return ethScheduler.scheduleSyncWorkerTask(
-        () -> CompletableFuture.completedFuture(execute(peerTask)));
-  }
-
   public <T> PeerTaskExecutorResult<T> executeAgainstPeer(
       final PeerTask<T> peerTask, final EthPeer peer) {
     MessageData requestMessageData = peerTask.getRequestMessage();
@@ -144,12 +134,6 @@ public class PeerTaskExecutor {
     return executorResult;
   }
 
-  public <T> CompletableFuture<PeerTaskExecutorResult<T>> executeAgainstPeerAsync(
-      final PeerTask<T> peerTask, final EthPeer peer) {
-    return ethScheduler.scheduleSyncWorkerTask(
-        () -> CompletableFuture.completedFuture(executeAgainstPeer(peerTask, peer)));
-  }
-
   private boolean sleepBetweenRetries() {
     try {
       // sleep for 1 second to match implemented wait between retries in AbstractRetryingPeerTask
diff --git a/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/peertask/PeerTaskExecutorTest.java b/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/peertask/PeerTaskExecutorTest.java
index 1bad6f2cc0..55878d144e 100644
--- a/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/peertask/PeerTaskExecutorTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/peertask/PeerTaskExecutorTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.peertask;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.EthPeer;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.EthScheduler;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.PeerConnection;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.wire.MessageData;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.wire.SubProtocol;
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 public class PeerTaskExecutorTest {
   private @Mock PeerSelector peerSelector;
   private @Mock PeerTaskRequestSender requestSender;
-  private @Mock EthScheduler ethScheduler;
   private @Mock PeerTask<Object> peerTask;
   private @Mock SubProtocol subprotocol;
   private @Mock MessageData requestMessageData;
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ public class PeerTaskExecutorTest {
   public void beforeTest() {
     mockCloser = MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
     peerTaskExecutor =
-        new PeerTaskExecutor(peerSelector, requestSender, ethScheduler, new NoOpMetricsSystem());
+        new PeerTaskExecutor(peerSelector, requestSender, new NoOpMetricsSystem());
   }
 
   @AfterEach