diff --git a/beacon_chain/gossip_processing/gossip_validation.nim b/beacon_chain/gossip_processing/gossip_validation.nim
index 4388246d3..169b591e7 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/gossip_processing/gossip_validation.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/gossip_processing/gossip_validation.nim
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ proc validateBlobSidecar*(
 # https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.3.0/specs/bellatrix/p2p-interface.md#beacon_block
 proc validateBeaconBlock*(
     dag: ChainDAGRef, quarantine: ref Quarantine,
-    signed_beacon_block: ForkySignedBeaconBlock,
+    signed_beacon_block: phase0.SignedBeaconBlock | altair.SignedBeaconBlock | bellatrix.SignedBeaconBlock | capella.SignedBeaconBlock | deneb.SignedBeaconBlock,
     wallTime: BeaconTime, flags: UpdateFlags): Result[void, ValidationError] =
   # In general, checks are ordered from cheap to expensive. Especially, crypto
   # verification could be quite a bit more expensive than the rest. This is an
@@ -652,6 +652,13 @@ proc validateBeaconBlock*(
 
   ok()
 
+proc validateBeaconBlock*(
+    dag: ChainDAGRef, quarantine: ref Quarantine,
+    signed_beacon_block: electra.SignedBeaconBlock,
+    wallTime: BeaconTime, flags: UpdateFlags): Result[void, ValidationError] =
+  debugComment "it's sometimes not"
+  ok()
+
 # https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.4.0-beta.1/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md#beacon_attestation_subnet_id
 # https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.4.0-beta.5/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md#beacon_aggregate_and_proof
 proc validateAttestation*(