diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs
index 0dd02d89685..5883bcaa873 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs
@@ -2897,7 +2897,8 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BeaconChain<T> {
         let mut fork_choice = self.canonical_head.fork_choice_write_lock();
 
         // Do not import a block that doesn't descend from the finalized root.
-        let signed_block = check_block_is_finalized_checkpoint_or_descendant(self, &fork_choice, signed_block)?;
+        let signed_block =
+            check_block_is_finalized_checkpoint_or_descendant(self, &fork_choice, signed_block)?;
         let block = signed_block.message();
 
         // Register the new block with the fork choice service.
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification.rs
index dee1d96862c..269fc5aae3b 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/block_verification.rs
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> GossipVerifiedBlock<T> {
         // Do not process a block that doesn't descend from the finalized root.
         //
         // We check this *before* we load the parent so that we can return a more detailed error.
-        let block =check_block_is_finalized_checkpoint_or_descendant(
+        let block = check_block_is_finalized_checkpoint_or_descendant(
             chain,
             &chain.canonical_head.fork_choice_write_lock(),
             block,
@@ -1647,10 +1647,13 @@ fn check_block_against_finalized_slot<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
 /// ## Warning
 ///
 /// Taking a lock on the `chain.canonical_head.fork_choice` might cause a deadlock here.
-pub fn check_block_is_finalized_checkpoint_or_descendant<T: BeaconChainTypes, B: IntoBlockWrapper<T::EthSpec>>(
+pub fn check_block_is_finalized_checkpoint_or_descendant<
+    T: BeaconChainTypes,
+    B: IntoBlockWrapper<T::EthSpec>,
+>(
     chain: &BeaconChain<T>,
     fork_choice: &BeaconForkChoice<T>,
-    block: &Arc<SignedBeaconBlock<T::EthSpec>>,
+    block: B,
 ) -> Result<B, BlockError<T::EthSpec>> {
     if fork_choice.is_finalized_checkpoint_or_descendant(block.parent_root()) {
         Ok(block)
diff --git a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/lib.rs b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/lib.rs
index f7bf6e8e43c..f07fa793290 100644
--- a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ use tokio::{
 };
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::WatchStream;
 use tree_hash::TreeHash;
-use types::{Withdrawals};
 use types::consts::eip4844::BLOB_TX_TYPE;
 use types::transaction::{AccessTuple, BlobTransaction, EcdsaSignature, SignedBlobTransaction};
+use types::Withdrawals;
 use types::{
+    blobs_sidecar::{Blobs, KzgCommitments},
     BlindedPayload, BlockType, ChainSpec, Epoch, ExecutionBlockHash, ExecutionPayload,
     ExecutionPayloadCapella, ExecutionPayloadEip4844, ExecutionPayloadMerge, ForkName,
-    blobs_sidecar::{Blobs, KzgCommitments},
 };
 use types::{AbstractExecPayload, BeaconStateError, ExecPayload, VersionedHash};
 use types::{