diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
index dcff36247d3..210553c65d9 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/log/v3"
 
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/common"
-	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/common/dbg"
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/common/hexutility"
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/common/length"
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon-lib/kv"
@@ -836,34 +835,6 @@ func ReadRawReceipts(db kv.Tx, blockNum uint64) types.Receipts {
 	return receipts
 }
 
-// ReadReceipts retrieves all the transaction receipts belonging to a block, including
-// its corresponding metadata fields. If it is unable to populate these metadata
-// fields then nil is returned.
-//
-// The current implementation populates these metadata fields by reading the receipts'
-// corresponding block body, so if the block body is not found it will return nil even
-// if the receipt itself is stored.
-func ReadReceipts(db kv.Tx, block *types.Block, senders []common.Address) types.Receipts {
-	if block == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	// We're deriving many fields from the block body, retrieve beside the receipt
-	receipts := ReadRawReceipts(db, block.NumberU64())
-	if receipts == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if len(senders) > 0 {
-		block.SendersToTxs(senders)
-	} else {
-		senders = block.Body().SendersFromTxs()
-	}
-	if err := receipts.DeriveFields(block.Hash(), block.NumberU64(), block.Transactions(), senders); err != nil {
-		log.Error("Failed to derive block receipts fields", "hash", block.Hash(), "number", block.NumberU64(), "err", err, "stack", dbg.Stack())
-		return nil
-	}
-	return receipts
-}
-
 // WriteReceipts stores all the transaction receipts belonging to a block.
 func WriteReceipts(tx kv.Putter, number uint64, receipts types.Receipts) error {
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 1024))
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
index cfa44a1e01a..73df7b067c0 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
@@ -460,99 +460,6 @@ func TestHeadStorage(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Tests that receipts associated with a single block can be stored and retrieved.
-func TestBlockReceiptStorage(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	m := mock.Mock(t)
-	tx, err := m.DB.BeginRw(m.Ctx)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer tx.Rollback()
-	br := m.BlockReader
-	require := require.New(t)
-	ctx := m.Ctx
-
-	// Create a live block since we need metadata to reconstruct the receipt
-	tx1 := types.NewTransaction(1, libcommon.HexToAddress("0x1"), u256.Num1, 1, u256.Num1, nil)
-	tx2 := types.NewTransaction(2, libcommon.HexToAddress("0x2"), u256.Num2, 2, u256.Num2, nil)
-
-	body := &types.Body{Transactions: types.Transactions{tx1, tx2}}
-
-	// Create the two receipts to manage afterwards
-	receipt1 := &types.Receipt{
-		Status:            types.ReceiptStatusFailed,
-		CumulativeGasUsed: 1,
-		Logs: []*types.Log{
-			{Address: libcommon.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x11})},
-			{Address: libcommon.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x01, 0x11})},
-		},
-		TxHash:          tx1.Hash(),
-		ContractAddress: libcommon.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x01, 0x11, 0x11}),
-		GasUsed:         111111,
-	}
-	//receipt1.Bloom = types.CreateBloom(types.Receipts{receipt1})
-
-	receipt2 := &types.Receipt{
-		PostState:         libcommon.Hash{2}.Bytes(),
-		CumulativeGasUsed: 2,
-		Logs: []*types.Log{
-			{Address: libcommon.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x22})},
-			{Address: libcommon.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x02, 0x22})},
-		},
-		TxHash:          tx2.Hash(),
-		ContractAddress: libcommon.BytesToAddress([]byte{0x02, 0x22, 0x22}),
-		GasUsed:         222222,
-	}
-	//receipt2.Bloom = types.CreateBloom(types.Receipts{receipt2})
-	receipts := []*types.Receipt{receipt1, receipt2}
-	header := &types.Header{Number: big.NewInt(1)}
-
-	// Check that no receipt entries are in a pristine database
-	hash := header.Hash() //libcommon.BytesToHash([]byte{0x03, 0x14})
-
-	rawdb.WriteCanonicalHash(tx, header.Hash(), header.Number.Uint64())
-	rawdb.WriteHeader(tx, header)
-	// Insert the body that corresponds to the receipts
-	require.NoError(rawdb.WriteBody(tx, hash, 1, body))
-	require.NoError(rawdb.WriteSenders(tx, hash, 1, body.SendersFromTxs()))
-
-	// Insert the receipt slice into the database and check presence
-	require.NoError(rawdb.WriteReceipts(tx, 1, receipts))
-
-	b, senders, err := br.BlockWithSenders(ctx, tx, hash, 1)
-	require.NoError(err)
-	require.NotNil(b)
-	if rs := rawdb.ReadReceipts(tx, b, senders); len(rs) == 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("no receipts returned")
-	} else {
-		if err := checkReceiptsRLP(rs, receipts); err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err.Error())
-		}
-	}
-	// Delete the body and ensure that the receipts are no longer returned (metadata can't be recomputed)
-	rawdb.DeleteHeader(tx, hash, 1)
-	rawdb.DeleteBody(tx, hash, 1)
-	b, senders, err = br.BlockWithSenders(ctx, tx, hash, 1)
-	require.NoError(err)
-	require.Nil(b)
-	if rs := rawdb.ReadReceipts(tx, b, senders); rs != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("receipts returned when body was deleted: %v", rs)
-	}
-	// Ensure that receipts without metadata can be returned without the block body too
-	if err := checkReceiptsRLP(rawdb.ReadRawReceipts(tx, 1), receipts); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	rawdb.WriteHeader(tx, header)
-	// Sanity check that body alone without the receipt is a full purge
-	require.NoError(rawdb.WriteBody(tx, hash, 1, body))
-	require.NoError(rawdb.TruncateReceipts(tx, 1))
-	b, senders, err = br.BlockWithSenders(ctx, tx, hash, 1)
-	require.NoError(err)
-	require.NotNil(b)
-	if rs := rawdb.ReadReceipts(tx, b, senders); len(rs) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("deleted receipts returned: %v", rs)
-	}
-}
-
 // Tests block storage and retrieval operations with withdrawals.
 func TestBlockWithdrawalsStorage(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()