diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_hashstate.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_hashstate.go
index c43bd6dd32f26c6a26fd07f0347148d141ba8d95..c8c21305046bba07be556fe1d30d6ed5323c4c5e 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_hashstate.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_hashstate.go
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ func unwindHashStateStageImpl(u *UnwindState, s *StageState, stateDB ethdb.Datab
 }
 
 func promoteHashedStateCleanly(s *StageState, db ethdb.Database, datadir string, quit <-chan struct{}) error {
-	toStateStageData := func(k []byte) []byte {
-		return append([]byte{0xFF}, k...)
-	}
-
 	err := etl.Transform(
 		db,
 		dbutils.PlainStateBucket,
@@ -88,10 +84,6 @@ func promoteHashedStateCleanly(s *StageState, db ethdb.Database, datadir string,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	toCodeStageData := func(k []byte) []byte {
-		return append([]byte{0xCD}, k...)
-	}
-
 	return etl.Transform(
 		db,
 		dbutils.PlainContractCodeBucket,