From e88e8e70bf8ee217d26206f2fd7b2b3c4df54cde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derek Cofausper <256792747+decofe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:21:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(engine): remove unused MultiProofMessage::EmptyProof
 variant (#22909)

Co-authored-by: YK <46377366+yongkangc@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs      | 10 ----------
 .../tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs     |  4 +---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
index 11440ab17c..f90563526b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
@@ -47,16 +47,6 @@ pub enum MultiProofMessage {
     PrefetchProofs(MultiProofTargetsV2),
     /// New state update from transaction execution with its source
     StateUpdate(Source, EvmState),
-    /// State update that can be applied to the sparse trie without any new proofs.
-    ///
-    /// It can be the case when all accounts and storage slots from the state update were already
-    /// fetched and revealed.
-    EmptyProof {
-        /// The index of this proof in the sequence of state updates
-        sequence_number: u64,
-        /// The state update that was used to calculate the proof
-        state: HashedPostState,
-    },
     /// Pre-hashed state update from BAL conversion that can be applied directly without proofs.
     HashedStateUpdate(HashedPostState),
     /// Block Access List (EIP-7928; BAL) containing complete state changes for the block.
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs
index e961ee6d41..913c33bccc 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs
@@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ where
                 MultiProofMessage::FinishedStateUpdates => {
                     SparseTrieTaskMessage::FinishedStateUpdates
                 }
-                MultiProofMessage::EmptyProof { .. } | MultiProofMessage::BlockAccessList(_) => {
-                    continue
-                }
+                MultiProofMessage::BlockAccessList(_) => continue,
                 MultiProofMessage::HashedStateUpdate(state) => {
                     SparseTrieTaskMessage::HashedState(state)
                 }