diff --git a/cmd/utils/cmd.go b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
index 58d72f32baa04ff626bab5362815ebda9dfbae8a..f23aa5775b4e68b4b36fdeff8da2e971c7db880d 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
@@ -272,13 +272,13 @@ func ImportPreimages(db *ethdb.LDBDatabase, fn string) error {
 		// Accumulate the preimages and flush when enough ws gathered
 		preimages[crypto.Keccak256Hash(blob)] = common.CopyBytes(blob)
 		if len(preimages) > 1024 {
-			rawdb.WritePreimages(db, 0, preimages)
+			rawdb.WritePreimages(db, preimages)
 			preimages = make(map[common.Hash][]byte)
 		}
 	}
 	// Flush the last batch preimage data
 	if len(preimages) > 0 {
-		rawdb.WritePreimages(db, 0, preimages)
+		rawdb.WritePreimages(db, preimages)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index f4a818f4c05419fd54868ceb70c82b2924745dc3..1b0c26ae255bab16ee32ec324a8a99f32a04bf94 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 		}
 		// Write the positional metadata for transaction/receipt lookups and preimages
 		rawdb.WriteTxLookupEntries(batch, block)
-		rawdb.WritePreimages(batch, block.NumberU64(), state.Preimages())
+		rawdb.WritePreimages(batch, state.Preimages())
 
 		status = CanonStatTy
 	} else {
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go
index 514328e87b7e2532f5fb1f0c66692a8c069b4668..3b6e6548d381b5b184c44c2b8fe46eafdb603aff 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_metadata.go
@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@ func ReadPreimage(db DatabaseReader, hash common.Hash) []byte {
 	return data
 }
 
-// WritePreimages writes the provided set of preimages to the database. `number` is the
-// current block number, and is used for debug messages only.
-func WritePreimages(db DatabaseWriter, number uint64, preimages map[common.Hash][]byte) {
+// WritePreimages writes the provided set of preimages to the database.
+func WritePreimages(db DatabaseWriter, preimages map[common.Hash][]byte) {
 	for hash, preimage := range preimages {
 		if err := db.Put(preimageKey(hash), preimage); err != nil {
 			log.Crit("Failed to store trie preimage", "err", err)
diff --git a/core/rawdb/schema.go b/core/rawdb/schema.go
index ef597ef309f6faaa5ba7c269d07ef13b5575a247..8a9921ef40d2ba11e04f7ec0fcda20bb7d702b74 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/schema.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/schema.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var (
 	// headBlockKey tracks the latest know full block's hash.
 	headBlockKey = []byte("LastBlock")
 
-	// headFastBlockKey tracks the latest known incomplete block's hash duirng fast sync.
+	// headFastBlockKey tracks the latest known incomplete block's hash during fast sync.
 	headFastBlockKey = []byte("LastFast")
 
 	// fastTrieProgressKey tracks the number of trie entries imported during fast sync.