diff --git a/src/node/network/block_import/service.rs b/src/node/network/block_import/service.rs
index 1d93dfeb0..c2bb2996b 100644
--- a/src/node/network/block_import/service.rs
+++ b/src/node/network/block_import/service.rs
@@ -188,22 +188,6 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn collect_block(height: u64) -> Option<BlockAndReceipts> {
-    let ingest_dir = "/home/user/personal/evm-blocks";
-    let f = ((height - 1) / 1_000_000) * 1_000_000;
-    let s = ((height - 1) / 1_000) * 1_000;
-    let path = format!("{ingest_dir}/{f}/{s}/{height}.rmp.lz4");
-    if std::path::Path::new(&path).exists() {
-        let file = std::fs::File::open(path).unwrap();
-        let file = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
-        let mut decoder = lz4_flex::frame::FrameDecoder::new(file);
-        let blocks: Vec<BlockAndReceipts> = rmp_serde::from_read(&mut decoder).unwrap();
-        Some(blocks[0].clone())
-    } else {
-        None
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::chainspec::hl::hl_mainnet;