diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/integration-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/BlobSidecarsByRootIntegrationTest.java b/networking/eth2/src/integration-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/BlobSidecarsByRootIntegrationTest.java
index 3ed1ccd442a..7eac1c2b46f 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/integration-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/BlobSidecarsByRootIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/integration-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/BlobSidecarsByRootIntegrationTest.java
@@ -59,22 +59,13 @@ public void requestBlobSidecars_shouldFailBeforeDenebMilestone() {
         .hasMessageContaining("BlobSidecarsByRoot method is not supported");
   }
 
-  @TestTemplate
-  public void requestBlobSidecar_shouldFailBeforeDenebMilestone() {
-    assumeThat(specMilestone).isLessThan(SpecMilestone.DENEB);
-    assertThatThrownBy(
-            () -> requestBlobSidecarByRoot(peer, new BlobIdentifier(Bytes32.ZERO, UInt64.ZERO)))
-        .hasRootCauseInstanceOf(UnsupportedOperationException.class)
-        .hasMessageContaining("BlobSidecarsByRoot method is not supported");
-  }
-
   @TestTemplate
   public void requestBlobSidecars_shouldReturnEmptyBlobSidecarsAfterDenebMilestone()
       throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
     assumeThat(specMilestone).isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(DENEB);
-    final Optional<BlobSidecar> blobSidecar =
-        requestBlobSidecarByRoot(peer, new BlobIdentifier(Bytes32.ZERO, UInt64.ZERO));
-    assertThat(blobSidecar).isEmpty();
+    final List<BlobSidecar> blobSidecars =
+        requestBlobSidecarsByRoot(peer, List.of(new BlobIdentifier(Bytes32.ZERO, UInt64.ZERO)));
+    assertThat(blobSidecars).isEmpty();
   }
 
   @TestTemplate
@@ -117,13 +108,4 @@ private List<BlobSidecar> requestBlobSidecarsByRoot(
     assertThat(peer.getOutstandingRequests()).isEqualTo(0);
     return blobSidecars;
   }
-
-  private Optional<BlobSidecar> requestBlobSidecarByRoot(
-      final Eth2Peer peer, final BlobIdentifier blobIdentifier)
-      throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
-    final Optional<BlobSidecar> blobSidecar =
-        waitFor(peer.requestBlobSidecarByRoot(blobIdentifier));
-    assertThat(peer.getOutstandingRequests()).isEqualTo(0);
-    return blobSidecar;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/DefaultEth2Peer.java b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/DefaultEth2Peer.java
index e7623132140..2e6fc8e4279 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/DefaultEth2Peer.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/DefaultEth2Peer.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.beaconchain.BeaconChainMethods;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.beaconchain.methods.BlobSidecarsByRangeListenerValidatingProxy;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.beaconchain.methods.BlobSidecarsByRootListenerValidatingProxy;
-import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.beaconchain.methods.BlobSidecarsByRootValidator;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.beaconchain.methods.BlocksByRangeListenerWrapper;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.beaconchain.methods.MetadataMessagesFactory;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.beaconchain.methods.StatusMessageFactory;
@@ -280,32 +278,6 @@ public SafeFuture<Optional<SignedBeaconBlock>> requestBlockByRoot(final Bytes32
             List.of(blockRoot)));
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public SafeFuture<Optional<BlobSidecar>> requestBlobSidecarByRoot(
-      final BlobIdentifier blobIdentifier) {
-    return rpcMethods
-        .blobSidecarsByRoot()
-        .map(
-            method -> {
-              final List<BlobIdentifier> blobIdentifiers =
-                  Collections.singletonList(blobIdentifier);
-              return requestOptionalItem(
-                      method,
-                      new BlobSidecarsByRootRequestMessage(
-                          blobSidecarsByRootRequestMessageSchema.get(), blobIdentifiers))
-                  .thenPeek(
-                      maybeBlobSidecar ->
-                          maybeBlobSidecar.ifPresent(
-                              blobSidecar -> {
-                                final BlobSidecarsByRootValidator validator =
-                                    new BlobSidecarsByRootValidator(
-                                        this, spec, kzg, blobIdentifiers);
-                                validator.validate(blobSidecar);
-                              }));
-            })
-        .orElse(failWithUnsupportedMethodException("BlobSidecarsByRoot"));
-  }
-
   @Override
   public SafeFuture<Void> requestBlocksByRange(
       final UInt64 startSlot,
diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/Eth2Peer.java b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/Eth2Peer.java
index 4b5a2fe8086..cf3cc86934b 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/Eth2Peer.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/Eth2Peer.java
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ SafeFuture<Void> requestBlobSidecarsByRoot(
 
   SafeFuture<Optional<SignedBeaconBlock>> requestBlockByRoot(Bytes32 blockRoot);
 
-  SafeFuture<Optional<BlobSidecar>> requestBlobSidecarByRoot(BlobIdentifier blobIdentifier);
-
   SafeFuture<MetadataMessage> requestMetadata();
 
   <I extends RpcRequest, O extends SszData> SafeFuture<O> requestSingleItem(
diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/Eth2PeerTest.java b/networking/eth2/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/Eth2PeerTest.java
index 770aa8d7757..65fe3943ec6 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/Eth2PeerTest.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/Eth2PeerTest.java
@@ -200,35 +200,6 @@ public void shouldSendRequest_BlobSidecarsByRoot() {
     assertThat(request.getMaximumResponseChunks()).isEqualTo(3);
   }
 
-  @Test
-  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "FutureReturnValueIgnored"})
-  public void shouldSendRequest_BlobSidecarByRoot() {
-
-    final Eth2RpcMethod<BlobSidecarsByRootRequestMessage, BlobSidecar> blobSidecarsByRootMethod =
-        mock(Eth2RpcMethod.class);
-
-    final RpcStreamController<RpcRequestHandler> rpcStreamController =
-        mock(RpcStreamController.class);
-
-    when(rpcMethods.blobSidecarsByRoot()).thenReturn(Optional.of(blobSidecarsByRootMethod));
-
-    when(peer.sendRequest(any(), any(), any()))
-        .thenReturn(SafeFuture.completedFuture(rpcStreamController));
-
-    final BlobIdentifier blobIdentifier = dataStructureUtil.randomBlobIdentifier();
-
-    peer.requestBlobSidecarByRoot(blobIdentifier);
-
-    final ArgumentCaptor<BlobSidecarsByRootRequestMessage> requestCaptor =
-        ArgumentCaptor.forClass(BlobSidecarsByRootRequestMessage.class);
-
-    verify(delegate, times(1)).sendRequest(any(), requestCaptor.capture(), any());
-
-    final BlobSidecarsByRootRequestMessage request = requestCaptor.getValue();
-
-    assertThat(request.getMaximumResponseChunks()).isEqualTo(1);
-  }
-
   @Test
   @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "FutureReturnValueIgnored"})
   public void shouldNotUpdateRequestWhenWithinDeneb_BlobSidecarsByRange() {
diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/testFixtures/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/RespondingEth2Peer.java b/networking/eth2/src/testFixtures/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/RespondingEth2Peer.java
index 26631ad504e..eb758cc6d4d 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/testFixtures/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/RespondingEth2Peer.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/testFixtures/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/peers/RespondingEth2Peer.java
@@ -275,16 +275,6 @@ public SafeFuture<Optional<SignedBeaconBlock>> requestBlockByRoot(final Bytes32
     return createPendingBlockRequest(handler);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public SafeFuture<Optional<BlobSidecar>> requestBlobSidecarByRoot(
-      final BlobIdentifier blobIdentifier) {
-    final PendingRequestHandler<Optional<BlobSidecar>, BlobSidecar> handler =
-        PendingRequestHandler.createForSingleBlobSidecarRequest(
-            () -> findBlobSidecarByBlobIdentifier(blobIdentifier));
-
-    return createPendingBlobSidecarRequest(handler);
-  }
-
   private <T> SafeFuture<T> createPendingBlockRequest(
       final PendingRequestHandler<T, SignedBeaconBlock> handler) {
     final PendingRequestHandler<T, SignedBeaconBlock> filteredHandler =