diff --git a/src/ethereum/prague/fork.py b/src/ethereum/prague/fork.py
index d39183a9c0..aa3a4d7938 100644
--- a/src/ethereum/prague/fork.py
+++ b/src/ethereum/prague/fork.py
@@ -890,7 +890,8 @@ def process_general_purpose_requests(
     """
     # Requests are to be in ascending order of request type
     requests_from_execution: List[Bytes] = []
-    requests_from_execution.append(DEPOSIT_REQUEST_TYPE + deposit_requests)
+    if len(deposit_requests) > 0:
+        requests_from_execution.append(DEPOSIT_REQUEST_TYPE + deposit_requests)
 
     system_withdrawal_tx_output = process_system_transaction(
         WITHDRAWAL_REQUEST_PREDEPLOY_ADDRESS,
@@ -907,9 +908,10 @@ def process_general_purpose_requests(
         excess_blob_gas,
     )
 
-    requests_from_execution.append(
-        WITHDRAWAL_REQUEST_TYPE + system_withdrawal_tx_output.return_data
-    )
+    if len(system_withdrawal_tx_output.return_data) > 0:
+        requests_from_execution.append(
+            WITHDRAWAL_REQUEST_TYPE + system_withdrawal_tx_output.return_data
+        )
 
     system_consolidation_tx_output = process_system_transaction(
         CONSOLIDATION_REQUEST_PREDEPLOY_ADDRESS,
@@ -926,9 +928,11 @@ def process_general_purpose_requests(
         excess_blob_gas,
     )
 
-    requests_from_execution.append(
-        CONSOLIDATION_REQUEST_TYPE + system_consolidation_tx_output.return_data
-    )
+    if len(system_consolidation_tx_output.return_data) > 0:
+        requests_from_execution.append(
+            CONSOLIDATION_REQUEST_TYPE
+            + system_consolidation_tx_output.return_data
+        )
 
     return requests_from_execution
 
diff --git a/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/t8n_types.py b/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/t8n_types.py
index 724df86f94..4b1231c07d 100644
--- a/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/t8n_types.py
+++ b/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/t8n_types.py
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ def to_json(self) -> Any:
             data["requestsHash"] = encode_to_hex(self.requests_hash)
             # T8N doesn't consider the request type byte to be part of the
             # request
-            data["requests"] = [
-                encode_to_hex(req[1:]) for req in self.requests
-            ]
+            data["requests"] = [encode_to_hex(req) for req in self.requests]
 
         return data