diff --git a/specs/deneb/fork-choice.md b/specs/deneb/fork-choice.md
index 1390b3d4e..4636b42a1 100644
--- a/specs/deneb/fork-choice.md
+++ b/specs/deneb/fork-choice.md
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 - [Introduction](#introduction)
 - [Containers](#containers)
 - [Helpers](#helpers)
-    - [`validate_blobs`](#validate_blobs)
     - [`is_data_available`](#is_data_available)
 - [Updated fork-choice handlers](#updated-fork-choice-handlers)
   - [`on_block`](#on_block)
@@ -24,19 +23,10 @@ This is the modification of the fork choice accompanying the Deneb upgrade.
 
 ## Helpers
 
-#### `validate_blobs`
-
-```python
-def validate_blobs(expected_kzg_commitments: Sequence[KZGCommitment],
-                   blobs: Sequence[Blob],
-                   proofs: Sequence[KZGProof]) -> None:
-    assert verify_blob_kzg_proof_batch(blobs, expected_kzg_commitments, proofs)
-```
-
 #### `is_data_available`
 
 The implementation of `is_data_available` will become more sophisticated during later scaling upgrades.
-Initially, verification requires every verifying actor to retrieve all matching `Blob`s and `KZGProof`s, and validate them with `validate_blobs`.
+Initially, verification requires every verifying actor to retrieve all matching `Blob`s and `KZGProof`s, and validate them with `verify_blob_kzg_proof_batch`.
 
 The block MUST NOT be considered valid until all valid `Blob`s have been downloaded. Blocks that have been previously validated as available SHOULD be considered available even if the associated `Blob`s have subsequently been pruned.
 
@@ -52,7 +42,7 @@ def is_data_available(beacon_block_root: Root, blob_kzg_commitments: Sequence[KZ
     if isinstance(blobs, str) or isinstance(proofs, str):
         return True
 
-    validate_blobs(blob_kzg_commitments, blobs, proofs)
+    assert verify_blob_kzg_proof_batch(blobs, blob_kzg_commitments, proofs)
     return True
 ```
 
diff --git a/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md b/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md
index 3c6f3c88a..f7c962e46 100644
--- a/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md
+++ b/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Requests blob sidecars in the slot range `[start_slot, start_slot + count)`, lea
 
 The response is unsigned, i.e. `BlobSidecarsByRange`, as the signature of the beacon block proposer may not be available beyond the initial distribution via gossip.
 
-Before consuming the next response chunk, the response reader SHOULD verify the blob sidecar is well-formatted and correct w.r.t. the expected KZG commitments through `validate_blobs`.
+Before consuming the next response chunk, the response reader SHOULD verify the blob sidecar is well-formatted and correct w.r.t. the expected KZG commitments through `verify_blob_kzg_proof_batch`.
 
 `BlobSidecarsByRange` is primarily used to sync blobs that may have been missed on gossip and to sync within the `MIN_EPOCHS_FOR_BLOB_SIDECARS_REQUESTS` window.
 
diff --git a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/deneb/unittests/fork_choice/__init__.py b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/deneb/unittests/fork_choice/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/deneb/unittests/fork_choice/test_validate_blobs.py b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/deneb/unittests/fork_choice/test_validate_blobs.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d7bd53e5..000000000
--- a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/deneb/unittests/fork_choice/test_validate_blobs.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-from eth2spec.test.helpers.state import (
-    state_transition_and_sign_block,
-)
-from eth2spec.test.helpers.block import (
-    build_empty_block_for_next_slot
-)
-from eth2spec.test.context import (
-    spec_state_test,
-    with_deneb_and_later,
-)
-from eth2spec.test.helpers.execution_payload import (
-    compute_el_block_hash,
-)
-from eth2spec.test.helpers.sharding import (
-    get_sample_opaque_tx,
-)
-
-
-def _run_validate_blobs(spec, state, blob_count):
-    block = build_empty_block_for_next_slot(spec, state)
-    opaque_tx, blobs, blob_kzg_commitments, kzg_proofs = get_sample_opaque_tx(spec, blob_count=blob_count)
-    block.body.blob_kzg_commitments = blob_kzg_commitments
-    block.body.execution_payload.transactions = [opaque_tx]
-    block.body.execution_payload.block_hash = compute_el_block_hash(spec, block.body.execution_payload)
-    state_transition_and_sign_block(spec, state, block)
-
-    blob_sidecars = spec.get_blob_sidecars(block, blobs, kzg_proofs)
-    blobs = [sidecar.blob for sidecar in blob_sidecars]
-    kzg_proofs = [sidecar.kzg_proof for sidecar in blob_sidecars]
-    spec.validate_blobs(blob_kzg_commitments, blobs, kzg_proofs)
-
-
-@with_deneb_and_later
-@spec_state_test
-def test_validate_blobs_zero_blobs(spec, state):
-    _run_validate_blobs(spec, state, blob_count=0)
-
-
-@with_deneb_and_later
-@spec_state_test
-def test_validate_blobs_one_blob(spec, state):
-    _run_validate_blobs(spec, state, blob_count=1)
-
-
-@with_deneb_and_later
-@spec_state_test
-def test_validate_blobs_two_blobs(spec, state):
-    _run_validate_blobs(spec, state, blob_count=2)
-
-
-@with_deneb_and_later
-@spec_state_test
-def test_validate_blobs_max_blobs(spec, state):
-    _run_validate_blobs(spec, state, blob_count=spec.MAX_BLOBS_PER_BLOCK)