diff --git a/specs/merge/fork-choice.md b/specs/merge/fork-choice.md
index 3f0c67200..dec273853 100644
--- a/specs/merge/fork-choice.md
+++ b/specs/merge/fork-choice.md
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ class PowBlock(Container):
     block_hash: Hash32
     parent_hash: Hash32
     total_difficulty: uint256
-    difficulty: uint256
 ```
 
 ### `get_pow_block`