diff --git a/consensus/common/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/validator/blockbased/BlockValidatorProvider.java b/consensus/common/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/validator/blockbased/BlockValidatorProvider.java
index 7593ca3234..5586dea301 100644
--- a/consensus/common/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/validator/blockbased/BlockValidatorProvider.java
+++ b/consensus/common/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/validator/blockbased/BlockValidatorProvider.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ public class BlockValidatorProvider implements ValidatorProvider {
   private final VoteTallyCache voteTallyCache;
   private final VoteProvider voteProvider;
   private final BlockInterface blockInterface;
-  private final Optional<BftValidatorOverrides> bftValidatorOverrides;
 
   public static BlockValidatorProvider forkingValidatorProvider(
       final Blockchain blockchain,
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ public class BlockValidatorProvider implements ValidatorProvider {
             : new VoteTallyCache(blockchain, voteTallyUpdater, epochManager, blockInterface);
     this.voteProvider = new BlockVoteProvider(voteTallyCache, voteProposer);
     this.blockInterface = blockInterface;
-    this.bftValidatorOverrides = bftValidatorOverrides;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -90,8 +88,4 @@ public class BlockValidatorProvider implements ValidatorProvider {
   public Optional<VoteProvider> getVoteProviderAtHead() {
     return Optional.of(voteProvider);
   }
-
-  public boolean hasValidatorOverridesForBlockNumber(final long blockNumber) {
-    return bftValidatorOverrides.map(bvo -> bvo.getForBlock(blockNumber).isPresent()).orElse(false);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/validator/blockbased/BlockValidatorProviderTest.java b/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/validator/blockbased/BlockValidatorProviderTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c8c1a3873b..0000000000
--- a/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/validator/blockbased/BlockValidatorProviderTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Hyperledger Besu contributors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
- * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-package org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.validator.blockbased;
-
-import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
-import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.BftValidatorOverrides;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.BlockInterface;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.EpochManager;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.Blockchain;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.assertj.core.api.SoftAssertions;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
-
-@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
-public class BlockValidatorProviderTest {
-
-  @Mock private BlockInterface blockInterface;
-  @Mock private Blockchain blockchain;
-  @Mock private EpochManager epochManager;
-
-  @Test
-  public void nonForkingValidatorProviderHasNoOverrides() {
-    final BlockValidatorProvider blockValidatorProvider =
-        BlockValidatorProvider.nonForkingValidatorProvider(
-            blockchain, epochManager, blockInterface);
-
-    assertThat(blockValidatorProvider.hasValidatorOverridesForBlockNumber(0)).isFalse();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void forkingValidatorProviderHasNoOverrides() {
-    final BlockValidatorProvider blockValidatorProvider =
-        BlockValidatorProvider.forkingValidatorProvider(
-            blockchain, epochManager, blockInterface, new BftValidatorOverrides(emptyMap()));
-
-    assertThat(blockValidatorProvider.hasValidatorOverridesForBlockNumber(0)).isFalse();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void forkingValidatorProviderHasOverridesForBlock1() {
-    final Map<Long, List<Address>> overriddenValidators =
-        Map.of(1L, List.of(Address.fromHexString("0")));
-    final BftValidatorOverrides bftValidatorOverrides =
-        new BftValidatorOverrides(overriddenValidators);
-    final BlockValidatorProvider blockValidatorProvider =
-        BlockValidatorProvider.forkingValidatorProvider(
-            blockchain, epochManager, blockInterface, bftValidatorOverrides);
-
-    SoftAssertions.assertSoftly(
-        (softly) -> {
-          softly
-              .assertThat(blockValidatorProvider.hasValidatorOverridesForBlockNumber(0))
-              .as("Block 0 should have no overridden validators")
-              .isFalse();
-          softly
-              .assertThat(blockValidatorProvider.hasValidatorOverridesForBlockNumber(1))
-              .as("Block 1 should have some overridden validators")
-              .isTrue();
-          softly
-              .assertThat(blockValidatorProvider.hasValidatorOverridesForBlockNumber(2))
-              .as("Block 2 should have no overridden validators")
-              .isFalse();
-        });
-  }
-}