diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/beacon/blocks/index.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/beacon/blocks/index.ts
index 760a413c0c4a..4228124e16d0 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/beacon/blocks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/beacon/blocks/index.ts
@@ -208,10 +208,6 @@ export function getBeaconBlockApi({
 
       chain.logger.verbose("Publishing block assembled from locally cached payload", logCtx);
     } else {
-      // Mechanism for blobs & blocks on builder is implemenented separately in a followup deneb-builder PR
-      if (isSignedBlindedBlockContents(signedBlindedBlockOrContents)) {
-        throw Error("exeutionBuilder not yet implemented for deneb+ forks");
-      }
       const executionBuilder = chain.executionBuilder;
       if (!executionBuilder) throw Error("exeutionBuilder required to publish SignedBlindedBeaconBlock");
       signedBlockOrContents = await executionBuilder.submitBlindedBlock(signedBlindedBlockOrContents);