diff --git a/beacon-chain/blockchain/execution_engine_epbs.go b/beacon-chain/blockchain/execution_engine_epbs.go
index 034583549a11..bedde8ffab2f 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/blockchain/execution_engine_epbs.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/blockchain/execution_engine_epbs.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (s *Service) notifyForkchoiceUpdateEPBS(ctx context.Context, blockhash [32]
 		FinalizedBlockHash: finalizedHash[:],
 	}
 	if attributes == nil {
-		attributes = payloadattribute.EmptyWithVersion(version.Deneb)
+		attributes = payloadattribute.EmptyWithVersion(version.EPBS)
 	}
 	payloadID, lastValidHash, err := s.cfg.ExecutionEngineCaller.ForkchoiceUpdated(ctx, fcs, attributes)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/consensus-types/payload-attribute/types.go b/consensus-types/payload-attribute/types.go
index 6b1356f7d34c..44413eea3988 100644
--- a/consensus-types/payload-attribute/types.go
+++ b/consensus-types/payload-attribute/types.go
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ func New(i interface{}) (Attributer, error) {
 
 // EmptyWithVersion returns an empty payload attribute with the given version.
 func EmptyWithVersion(ver int) Attributer {
-	if ver == version.EPBS {
-		return &data{
-			version: version.Deneb,
-		}
-	}
 	return &data{
 		version: ver,
 	}