diff --git a/eth/handler.go b/eth/handler.go
index f65515166d..f26162024b 100644
--- a/eth/handler.go
+++ b/eth/handler.go
@@ -320,23 +320,12 @@ func newHandler(config *handlerConfig) (*handler, error) {
 	}
 
 	broadcastBlockWithCheck := func(block *types.Block, propagate bool) {
-		// All the block fetcher activities should be disabled
-		// after the transition. Print the warning log.
-		if h.merger.PoSFinalized() {
-			log.Warn("Unexpected validation activity", "hash", block.Hash(), "number", block.Number())
-			return
-		}
-		// Reject all the PoS style headers in the first place. No matter
-		// the chain has finished the transition or not, the PoS headers
-		// should only come from the trusted consensus layer instead of
-		// p2p network.
-		if beacon, ok := h.chain.Engine().(*beacon.Beacon); ok {
-			if beacon.IsPoSHeader(block.Header()) {
-				log.Warn("unexpected post-merge header")
+		if propagate {
+			if !(block.Header().WithdrawalsHash == nil && block.Withdrawals() == nil) &&
+				!(block.Header().EmptyWithdrawalsHash() && block.Withdrawals() != nil && len(block.Withdrawals()) == 0) {
+				log.Error("Propagated block has invalid withdrawals")
 				return
 			}
-		}
-		if propagate {
 			if err := core.IsDataAvailable(h.chain, block); err != nil {
 				log.Error("Propagating block with invalid sidecars", "number", block.Number(), "hash", block.Hash(), "err", err)
 				return