Remove redundant check (#15844)

* Remove redundant check

* changelog

* fix gazelle

beacon-chain/node/BUILD.bazel

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ go_library(
         "//config/params:go_default_library",
         "//consensus-types/primitives:go_default_library",
         "//container/slice:go_default_library",
-        "//encoding/bytesutil:go_default_library",
         "//genesis:go_default_library",
         "//monitoring/prometheus:go_default_library",
         "//monitoring/tracing:go_default_library",

beacon-chain/node/node.go

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/OffchainLabs/prysm/v6/config/params"
 	"github.com/OffchainLabs/prysm/v6/consensus-types/primitives"
 	"github.com/OffchainLabs/prysm/v6/container/slice"
-	"github.com/OffchainLabs/prysm/v6/encoding/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/OffchainLabs/prysm/v6/genesis"
 	"github.com/OffchainLabs/prysm/v6/monitoring/prometheus"
 	"github.com/OffchainLabs/prysm/v6/runtime"
@@ -598,22 +597,7 @@ func (b *BeaconNode) startStateGen(ctx context.Context, bfs coverage.AvailableBl
 		return err
 	}
 
-	r := bytesutil.ToBytes32(cp.Root)
-	// Consider edge case where finalized root are zeros instead of genesis root hash.
-	if r == params.BeaconConfig().ZeroHash {
-		genesisBlock, err := b.db.GenesisBlock(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if genesisBlock != nil && !genesisBlock.IsNil() {
-			r, err = genesisBlock.Block().HashTreeRoot()
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	b.finalizedStateAtStartUp, err = sg.StateByRoot(ctx, r)
+	b.finalizedStateAtStartUp, err = sg.StateByRoot(ctx, [32]byte(cp.Root))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

changelog/potuz_redundant_check.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Ignored
+
+- Remove redundant check for genesis root at startup.