diff --git a/crates/blockifier/src/execution/contract_class.rs b/crates/blockifier/src/execution/contract_class.rs
index e65cd08787..a50887f603 100644
--- a/crates/blockifier/src/execution/contract_class.rs
+++ b/crates/blockifier/src/execution/contract_class.rs
@@ -285,18 +285,6 @@ impl ContractClassV1 {
 
         Ok(contract_class)
     }
-
-    /// Returns an empty contract class for testing purposes.
-    #[cfg(any(feature = "testing", test))]
-    pub fn empty_for_testing() -> Self {
-        Self(Arc::new(ContractClassV1Inner {
-            program: Default::default(),
-            entry_points_by_type: Default::default(),
-            hints: Default::default(),
-            compiler_version: Default::default(),
-            bytecode_segment_lengths: NestedIntList::Leaf(0),
-        }))
-    }
 }
 
 /// Returns the estimated VM resources required for computing Casm hash (for Cairo 1 contracts).
diff --git a/crates/blockifier/src/test_utils/struct_impls.rs b/crates/blockifier/src/test_utils/struct_impls.rs
index 2f37bc4be1..827a8fe479 100644
--- a/crates/blockifier/src/test_utils/struct_impls.rs
+++ b/crates/blockifier/src/test_utils/struct_impls.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use crate::bouncer::{BouncerConfig, BouncerWeights, BuiltinCount};
 use crate::context::{BlockContext, ChainInfo, FeeTokenAddresses, TransactionContext};
 use crate::execution::call_info::{CallExecution, CallInfo, Retdata};
 use crate::execution::common_hints::ExecutionMode;
-use crate::execution::contract_class::{ContractClassV0, ContractClassV1};
 use crate::execution::entry_point::{
     CallEntryPoint,
     EntryPointExecutionContext,
@@ -223,20 +222,6 @@ pub trait LoadContractFromFile: serde::de::DeserializeOwned {
 impl LoadContractFromFile for CasmContractClass {}
 impl LoadContractFromFile for DeprecatedContractClass {}
 
-impl ContractClassV0 {
-    pub fn from_file(contract_path: &str) -> Self {
-        let raw_contract_class = get_raw_contract_class(contract_path);
-        Self::try_from_json_string(&raw_contract_class).unwrap()
-    }
-}
-
-impl ContractClassV1 {
-    pub fn from_file(contract_path: &str) -> Self {
-        let raw_contract_class = get_raw_contract_class(contract_path);
-        Self::try_from_json_string(&raw_contract_class).unwrap()
-    }
-}
-
 impl BouncerWeights {
     pub fn create_for_testing(builtin_count: BuiltinCount) -> Self {
         Self { builtin_count, ..Self::empty() }
diff --git a/crates/native_blockifier/src/py_test_utils.rs b/crates/native_blockifier/src/py_test_utils.rs
index 297e927968..6cae66fa3f 100644
--- a/crates/native_blockifier/src/py_test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/native_blockifier/src/py_test_utils.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use blockifier::execution::contract_class::ContractClassV0;
 use blockifier::state::cached_state::CachedState;
 use blockifier::test_utils::dict_state_reader::DictStateReader;
+use blockifier::test_utils::struct_impls::LoadContractFromFile;
 use starknet_api::class_hash;
+use starknet_api::deprecated_contract_class::ContractClass;
 
 pub const TOKEN_FOR_TESTING_CLASS_HASH: &str = "0x30";
 // This package is run within the StarkWare repository build directory.
@@ -12,9 +14,9 @@ pub const TOKEN_FOR_TESTING_CONTRACT_PATH: &str =
      starknet/core/test_contract/token_for_testing.json";
 
 pub fn create_py_test_state() -> CachedState<DictStateReader> {
-    let class_hash_to_class = HashMap::from([(
-        class_hash!(TOKEN_FOR_TESTING_CLASS_HASH),
-        ContractClassV0::from_file(TOKEN_FOR_TESTING_CONTRACT_PATH).into(),
-    )]);
+    let contract_class: ContractClassV0 =
+        ContractClass::from_file(TOKEN_FOR_TESTING_CONTRACT_PATH).try_into().unwrap();
+    let class_hash_to_class =
+        HashMap::from([(class_hash!(TOKEN_FOR_TESTING_CLASS_HASH), contract_class.into())]);
     CachedState::from(DictStateReader { class_hash_to_class, ..Default::default() })
 }