diff --git a/internal/utils/bytes.go b/internal/utils/bytes.go
index fecc34172..0549cb682 100644
--- a/internal/utils/bytes.go
+++ b/internal/utils/bytes.go
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@ package utils
 
 import "encoding/hex"
 
-// ToHex returns the hex representation of b, prefixed with '0x'.
-// For empty slices, the return value is "0x0".
-//
-// Deprecated: use hexutil.Encode instead.
-func ToHex(b []byte) string {
-	hex := Bytes2Hex(b)
-	if len(hex) == 0 {
-		hex = "0"
-	}
-	return "0x" + hex
-}
-
 // FromHex returns the bytes represented by the hexadecimal string s.
 // s may be prefixed with "0x".
 func FromHex(s string) []byte {
@@ -39,11 +27,6 @@ func CopyBytes(b []byte) (copiedBytes []byte) {
 	return
 }
 
-// hasHexPrefix validates str begins with '0x' or '0X'.
-func hasHexPrefix(str string) bool {
-	return len(str) >= 2 && str[0] == '0' && (str[1] == 'x' || str[1] == 'X')
-}
-
 // isHexCharacter returns bool of c being a valid hexadecimal.
 func isHexCharacter(c byte) bool {
 	return ('0' <= c && c <= '9') || ('a' <= c && c <= 'f') || ('A' <= c && c <= 'F')
@@ -62,31 +45,12 @@ func isHex(str string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// Bytes2Hex returns the hexadecimal encoding of d.
-func Bytes2Hex(d []byte) string {
-	return hex.EncodeToString(d)
-}
-
 // Hex2Bytes returns the bytes represented by the hexadecimal string str.
 func Hex2Bytes(str string) []byte {
 	h, _ := hex.DecodeString(str)
 	return h
 }
 
-// Hex2BytesFixed returns bytes of a specified fixed length flen.
-func Hex2BytesFixed(str string, flen int) []byte {
-	h, _ := hex.DecodeString(str)
-	if len(h) == flen {
-		return h
-	}
-	if len(h) > flen {
-		return h[len(h)-flen:]
-	}
-	hh := make([]byte, flen)
-	copy(hh[flen-len(h):flen], h[:])
-	return hh
-}
-
 // RightPadBytes zero-pads slice to the right up to length l.
 func RightPadBytes(slice []byte, l int) []byte {
 	if l <= len(slice) {
@@ -110,14 +74,3 @@ func LeftPadBytes(slice []byte, l int) []byte {
 
 	return padded
 }
-
-// Get32BytesFromString parses the string representation of hex into 32 byte array
-func Get32BytesFromString(hashString string) ([32]byte, error) {
-	bytes, err := hex.DecodeString(hashString)
-	if err != nil {
-		return [32]byte{}, err
-	}
-	bytesArray := [32]byte{}
-	copy(bytesArray[:], bytes)
-	return bytesArray, nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/utils/bytes_test.go b/internal/utils/bytes_test.go
index 10f73739c..d752cfec0 100644
--- a/internal/utils/bytes_test.go
+++ b/internal/utils/bytes_test.go
@@ -87,3 +87,20 @@ func TestNoPrefixShortHexOddLength(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %x got %x", expected, result)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCopyBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := []byte{1, 2, 3}
+	result := CopyBytes(expected)
+	if !bytes.Equal(expected, result) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %x got %x", expected, result)
+	}
+	expected[0] = 0
+	if result[0] == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("should not be 0")
+	}
+}
+
+// hasHexPrefix validates str begins with '0x' or '0X'.
+func hasHexPrefix(str string) bool {
+	return len(str) >= 2 && str[0] == '0' && (str[1] == 'x' || str[1] == 'X')
+}