diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/blocks/payload_test.go b/beacon-chain/core/blocks/payload_test.go
index cc2aad8043..a0dfbb5e8b 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/blocks/payload_test.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/blocks/payload_test.go
@@ -101,15 +101,6 @@ func Test_IsMergeComplete(t *testing.T) {
 			}(),
 			want: true,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "has tx root",
-			payload: func() *enginev1.ExecutionPayloadHeader {
-				h := emptyPayloadHeader()
-				h.TransactionsRoot = bytesutil.PadTo([]byte{'a'}, fieldparams.RootLength)
-				return h
-			}(),
-			want: true,
-		},
 		{
 			name: "has extra data",
 			payload: func() *enginev1.ExecutionPayloadHeader {
diff --git a/consensus-types/interfaces/beacon_block.go b/consensus-types/interfaces/beacon_block.go
index da34475385..de3692b459 100644
--- a/consensus-types/interfaces/beacon_block.go
+++ b/consensus-types/interfaces/beacon_block.go
@@ -87,5 +87,4 @@ type ExecutionData interface {
 	BaseFeePerGas() []byte
 	BlockHash() []byte
 	Transactions() ([][]byte, error)
-	TransactionsRoot() ([]byte, error)
 }
diff --git a/consensus-types/wrapper/beacon_block_bellatrix_test.go b/consensus-types/wrapper/beacon_block_bellatrix_test.go
index 0342d47d45..4f38430ce4 100644
--- a/consensus-types/wrapper/beacon_block_bellatrix_test.go
+++ b/consensus-types/wrapper/beacon_block_bellatrix_test.go
@@ -398,8 +398,6 @@ func TestBellatrixBeaconBlock_ExecutionPayloadHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	wsb, err := wrapper.WrappedSignedBeaconBlock(sb)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	exec, err := wsb.Block().Body().Execution()
+	_, err = wsb.Block().Body().Execution()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	_, err = exec.TransactionsRoot()
-	require.ErrorContains(t, "unsupported field for block type", err)
 }
diff --git a/consensus-types/wrapper/execution.go b/consensus-types/wrapper/execution.go
index e7a1c6341a..783873e12e 100644
--- a/consensus-types/wrapper/execution.go
+++ b/consensus-types/wrapper/execution.go
@@ -139,11 +139,6 @@ func (e executionPayload) Transactions() ([][]byte, error) {
 	return e.p.Transactions, nil
 }
 
-// TransactionsRoot --
-func (executionPayload) TransactionsRoot() ([]byte, error) {
-	return nil, ErrUnsupportedField
-}
-
 // executionPayloadHeader is a convenience wrapper around a blinded beacon block body's execution header data structure
 // This wrapper allows us to conform to a common interface so that beacon
 // blocks for future forks can also be applied across Prysm without issues.
@@ -270,11 +265,6 @@ func (executionPayloadHeader) Transactions() ([][]byte, error) {
 	return nil, ErrUnsupportedField
 }
 
-// TransactionsRoot --
-func (e executionPayloadHeader) TransactionsRoot() ([]byte, error) {
-	return e.p.TransactionsRoot, nil
-}
-
 // PayloadToHeader converts `payload` into execution payload header format.
 func PayloadToHeader(payload interfaces.ExecutionData) (*enginev1.ExecutionPayloadHeader, error) {
 	txs, err := payload.Transactions()
@@ -342,16 +332,6 @@ func IsEmptyExecutionData(data interfaces.ExecutionData) (bool, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	txsRoot, err := data.TransactionsRoot()
-	switch {
-	case errors.Is(err, ErrUnsupportedField):
-	case err != nil:
-		return false, err
-	default:
-		if !bytes.Equal(txsRoot, make([]byte, fieldparams.RootLength)) {
-			return false, nil
-		}
-	}
 	if len(data.ExtraData()) != 0 {
 		return false, nil
 	}