diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/backfill_sync/mod.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/backfill_sync/mod.rs
index 5037cf4860..70d6573264 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/backfill_sync/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/backfill_sync/mod.rs
@@ -330,9 +330,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BackFillSync<T> {
                 return Ok(());
             }
             debug!(batch_epoch = %batch_id, error = ?err, "Batch download failed");
-            // TODO(das): Is it necessary for the batch to track failed peers? Can we make this
-            // mechanism compatible with PeerDAS and before PeerDAS?
-            match batch.download_failed(None) {
+            match batch.download_failed() {
                 Err(e) => self.fail_sync(BackFillError::BatchInvalidState(batch_id, e.0)),
                 Ok(BatchOperationOutcome::Failed { blacklist: _ }) => self.fail_sync(match err {
                     RpcResponseError::RpcError(_)
@@ -956,7 +954,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BackFillSync<T> {
                             return self.fail_sync(BackFillError::BatchInvalidState(batch_id, e.0));
                         }
 
-                        match batch.download_failed(None) {
+                        match batch.download_failed() {
                             Err(e) => {
                                 self.fail_sync(BackFillError::BatchInvalidState(batch_id, e.0))?
                             }
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/batch.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/batch.rs
index 5267ba56ba..8834c74c08 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/batch.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/batch.rs
@@ -305,17 +305,9 @@ impl<E: EthSpec, B: BatchConfig> BatchInfo<E, B> {
     /// The `peer` parameter, when set to None, does not increment the failed attempts of
     /// this batch and register the peer, rather attempts a re-download.
     #[must_use = "Batch may have failed"]
-    pub fn download_failed(
-        &mut self,
-        peer: Option<PeerId>,
-    ) -> Result<BatchOperationOutcome, WrongState> {
+    pub fn download_failed(&mut self) -> Result<BatchOperationOutcome, WrongState> {
         match self.state.poison() {
             BatchState::Downloading(_request_id) => {
-                // register the attempt and check if the batch can be tried again
-                if let Some(peer) = peer {
-                    self.failed_peers.insert(peer);
-                }
-
                 self.failed_download_attempts += 1;
 
                 self.state =
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/chain.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/chain.rs
index 17bce62a7c..921d134c68 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/chain.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/chain.rs
@@ -902,11 +902,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> SyncingChain<T> {
                 %request_id,
                 "Batch download error"
             );
-            if let BatchOperationOutcome::Failed { blacklist } =
-                // TODO(das): Is it necessary for the batch to track failed peers? Can we make this
-                // mechanism compatible with PeerDAS and before PeerDAS?
-                batch.download_failed(None)?
-            {
+            if let BatchOperationOutcome::Failed { blacklist } = batch.download_failed()? {
                 return Err(RemoveChain::ChainFailed {
                     blacklist,
                     failing_batch: batch_id,
@@ -966,7 +962,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> SyncingChain<T> {
                         warn!(%batch_id, error = ?e, "batch_id" = %batch_id, %batch, "Could not send batch request");
                         // register the failed download and check if the batch can be retried
                         batch.start_downloading(1)?; // fake request_id = 1 is not relevant
-                        match batch.download_failed(None)? {
+                        match batch.download_failed()? {
                             BatchOperationOutcome::Failed { blacklist } => {
                                 return Err(RemoveChain::ChainFailed {
                                     blacklist,