diff --git a/consensus/clique/clique.go b/consensus/clique/clique.go
index d217afadc1b..e23af09b8b6 100644
--- a/consensus/clique/clique.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/clique.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/common/debug"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/consensus"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/consensus/misc"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/core/state"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/core/types"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/core/types/accounts"
@@ -380,13 +379,6 @@ func (c *Clique) Finalize(config *chain.Config, header *types.Header, state *sta
 ) (types.Transactions, types.Receipts, error) {
 	// No block rewards in PoA, so the state remains as is and uncles are dropped
 	header.UncleHash = types.CalcUncleHash(nil)
-	if config.IsCancun(header.Time) {
-		if parent := chain.GetHeaderByHash(header.ParentHash); parent != nil {
-			header.SetExcessDataGas(misc.CalcExcessDataGas(parent.ExcessDataGas, misc.CountBlobs(txs)))
-		} else {
-			header.SetExcessDataGas(new(big.Int))
-		}
-	}
 	return txs, r, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/consensus/clique/verifier.go b/consensus/clique/verifier.go
index 702b18a6790..4ce939c4003 100644
--- a/consensus/clique/verifier.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/verifier.go
@@ -130,13 +130,8 @@ func (c *Clique) verifyCascadingFields(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header
 		// Verify the header's EIP-1559 attributes.
 		return err
 	}
-	if !chain.Config().IsCancun(header.Time) {
-		if header.ExcessDataGas != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessDataGas before fork: have %v, expected 'nil'", header.ExcessDataGas)
-		}
-	} else if err := misc.VerifyEip4844Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
-		// Verify the header's EIP-4844 attributes.
-		return err
+	if header.ExcessDataGas != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessDataGas before fork: have %v, expected 'nil'", header.ExcessDataGas)
 	}
 
 	// Retrieve the snapshot needed to verify this header and cache it
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
index e2620f0095b..c7dfc46bc0b 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
@@ -239,13 +239,8 @@ func VerifyHeaderBasics(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header, parent *types
 		// Verify the header's EIP-1559 attributes.
 		return err
 	}
-	if !chain.Config().IsCancun(header.Time) {
-		if header.ExcessDataGas != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessDataGas before fork: have %v, expected 'nil'", header.ExcessDataGas)
-		}
-	} else if err := misc.VerifyEip4844Header(chain.Config(), parent, header); err != nil {
-		// Verify the header's EIP-4844 attributes.
-		return err
+	if header.ExcessDataGas != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid excessDataGas before fork: have %v, expected 'nil'", header.ExcessDataGas)
 	}
 
 	// Verify that the block number is parent's +1
@@ -569,13 +564,6 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) Finalize(config *chain.Config, header *types.Header, state
 ) (types.Transactions, types.Receipts, error) {
 	// Accumulate any block and uncle rewards and commit the final state root
 	accumulateRewards(config, state, header, uncles)
-	if config.IsCancun(header.Time) {
-		if parent := chain.GetHeaderByHash(header.ParentHash); parent != nil {
-			header.SetExcessDataGas(misc.CalcExcessDataGas(parent.ExcessDataGas, misc.CountBlobs(txs)))
-		} else {
-			header.SetExcessDataGas(new(big.Int))
-		}
-	}
 	return txs, r, nil
 }