diff --git a/core/state/journal.go b/core/state/journal.go
index 0995e7bdb2de0..ac37c220401b0 100644
--- a/core/state/journal.go
+++ b/core/state/journal.go
@@ -160,10 +160,6 @@ func (j *journal) JournalLog(txHash common.Hash) {
 	j.append(addLogChange{txhash: txHash})
 }
 
-func (j *journal) JournalAddPreimage(hash common.Hash) {
-	j.append(addPreimageChange{hash: hash})
-}
-
 func (j *journal) JournalCreate(addr common.Address) {
 	j.append(createObjectChange{account: &addr})
 }
@@ -263,9 +259,6 @@ type (
 	addLogChange struct {
 		txhash common.Hash
 	}
-	addPreimageChange struct {
-		hash common.Hash
-	}
 	touchChange struct {
 		account *common.Address
 	}
@@ -454,20 +447,6 @@ func (ch addLogChange) copy() journalEntry {
 	}
 }
 
-func (ch addPreimageChange) revert(s *StateDB) {
-	delete(s.preimages, ch.hash)
-}
-
-func (ch addPreimageChange) dirtied() *common.Address {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ch addPreimageChange) copy() journalEntry {
-	return addPreimageChange{
-		hash: ch.hash,
-	}
-}
-
 func (ch accessListAddAccountChange) revert(s *StateDB) {
 	/*
 		One important invariant here, is that whenever a (addr, slot) is added, if the
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 419c8bf00fab3..75bcefea77d8c 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ func (s *StateDB) Logs() []*types.Log {
 // AddPreimage records a SHA3 preimage seen by the VM.
 func (s *StateDB) AddPreimage(hash common.Hash, preimage []byte) {
 	if _, ok := s.preimages[hash]; !ok {
-		s.journal.JournalAddPreimage(hash)
 		s.preimages[hash] = slices.Clone(preimage)
 	}
 }