diff --git a/hmy/downloader/downloader.go b/hmy/downloader/downloader.go
index 9e132fd27..01ec242ab 100644
--- a/hmy/downloader/downloader.go
+++ b/hmy/downloader/downloader.go
@@ -280,16 +280,16 @@ func (e *sigVerifyErr) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("[VerifyHeaderSignature] %v", e.err.Error())
 }
 
-func verifyAndInsertBlocks(bc blockChain, blockExecution bool, blocks types.Blocks) (int, error) {
+func verifyAndInsertBlocks(bc blockChain, blocks types.Blocks) (int, error) {
 	for i, block := range blocks {
-		if err := verifyAndInsertBlock(bc, block, blockExecution, blocks[i+1:]...); err != nil {
+		if err := verifyAndInsertBlock(bc, block, blocks[i+1:]...); err != nil {
 			return i, err
 		}
 	}
 	return len(blocks), nil
 }
 
-func verifyAndInsertBlock(bc blockChain, block *types.Block, blockExecution bool, nextBlocks ...*types.Block) error {
+func verifyAndInsertBlock(bc blockChain, block *types.Block, nextBlocks ...*types.Block) error {
 	var (
 		sigBytes bls.SerializedSignature
 		bitmap   []byte
diff --git a/hmy/downloader/longrange.go b/hmy/downloader/longrange.go
index fc4d4962f..4d4935b8f 100644
--- a/hmy/downloader/longrange.go
+++ b/hmy/downloader/longrange.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (lsi *lrSyncIter) processBlocks(results []*blockResult, targetBN uint64) {
 	blocks := blockResultsToBlocks(results)
 
 	for i, block := range blocks {
-		if err := verifyAndInsertBlock(lsi.bc, block, true); err != nil {
+		if err := verifyAndInsertBlock(lsi.bc, block); err != nil {
 			lsi.logger.Warn().Err(err).Uint64("target block", targetBN).
 				Uint64("block number", block.NumberU64()).
 				Msg("insert blocks failed in long range")
diff --git a/hmy/downloader/shortrange.go b/hmy/downloader/shortrange.go
index 81adc8131..8276911d4 100644
--- a/hmy/downloader/shortrange.go
+++ b/hmy/downloader/shortrange.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (d *Downloader) doShortRangeSync() (int, error) {
 	}
 	d.logger.Info().Int("num blocks", len(blocks)).Msg("getBlockByHashes result")
 
-	n, err := verifyAndInsertBlocks(d.bc, true, blocks)
+	n, err := verifyAndInsertBlocks(d.bc, blocks)
 	numBlocksInsertedShortRangeHistogramVec.With(d.promLabels()).Observe(float64(n))
 	if err != nil {
 		d.logger.Warn().Err(err).Int("blocks inserted", n).Msg("Insert block failed")