diff --git a/consensus/fork_choice/src/fork_choice.rs b/consensus/fork_choice/src/fork_choice.rs
index b075a23ddd..eac9820de3 100644
--- a/consensus/fork_choice/src/fork_choice.rs
+++ b/consensus/fork_choice/src/fork_choice.rs
@@ -281,19 +281,6 @@ impl<'a, E: EthSpec> From<IndexedAttestationRef<'a, E>> for QueuedAttestation {
     }
 }
 
-/// Used for queuing payload attestations (PTC votes) from the current slot.
-/// Payload attestations have different dequeue timing than regular attestations:
-/// gossiped payload attestations need an extra slot of delay (slot + 1 < current_slot).
-#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Encode, Decode)]
-pub struct QueuedPayloadAttestation {
-    slot: Slot,
-    /// Resolved PTC committee positions (not validator indices).
-    ptc_indices: Vec<usize>,
-    block_root: Hash256,
-    payload_present: bool,
-    blob_data_available: bool,
-}
-
 /// Returns all values in `self.queued_attestations` that have a slot that is earlier than the
 /// current slot. Also removes those values from `self.queued_attestations`.
 fn dequeue_attestations(
@@ -450,6 +437,7 @@ where
             execution_status,
             execution_payload_parent_hash,
             execution_payload_block_hash,
+            anchor_block.message().proposer_index(),
             spec,
         )?;
 
@@ -462,7 +450,7 @@ where
                 head_hash: None,
                 justified_hash: None,
                 finalized_hash: None,
-                // These will be updated during the next call to `Self::get_head`.
+                // This will be updated during the next call to `Self::get_head`.
                 head_root: Hash256::zero(),
             },
             _phantom: PhantomData,
diff --git a/consensus/fork_choice/src/lib.rs b/consensus/fork_choice/src/lib.rs
index 70f1dbc215..8f479125b7 100644
--- a/consensus/fork_choice/src/lib.rs
+++ b/consensus/fork_choice/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ mod metrics;
 pub use crate::fork_choice::{
     AttestationFromBlock, Error, ForkChoice, ForkChoiceView, ForkchoiceUpdateParameters,
     InvalidAttestation, InvalidBlock, PayloadVerificationStatus, PersistedForkChoice,
-    PersistedForkChoiceV28, PersistedForkChoiceV29, QueuedAttestation, QueuedPayloadAttestation,
-    ResetPayloadStatuses,
+    PersistedForkChoiceV28, PersistedForkChoiceV29, QueuedAttestation, ResetPayloadStatuses,
 };
 pub use fork_choice_store::ForkChoiceStore;
 pub use proto_array::{
diff --git a/consensus/proto_array/src/fork_choice_test_definition.rs b/consensus/proto_array/src/fork_choice_test_definition.rs
index 34d7f2e48e..ff9d70bad5 100644
--- a/consensus/proto_array/src/fork_choice_test_definition.rs
+++ b/consensus/proto_array/src/fork_choice_test_definition.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ impl ForkChoiceTestDefinition {
             ExecutionStatus::Optimistic(ExecutionBlockHash::zero()),
             self.execution_payload_parent_hash,
             self.execution_payload_block_hash,
+            0,
             &spec,
         )
         .expect("should create fork choice struct");
diff --git a/consensus/proto_array/src/proto_array_fork_choice.rs b/consensus/proto_array/src/proto_array_fork_choice.rs
index cb467f2531..71a5a46f8c 100644
--- a/consensus/proto_array/src/proto_array_fork_choice.rs
+++ b/consensus/proto_array/src/proto_array_fork_choice.rs
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ impl ProtoArrayForkChoice {
         execution_status: ExecutionStatus,
         execution_payload_parent_hash: Option<ExecutionBlockHash>,
         execution_payload_block_hash: Option<ExecutionBlockHash>,
+        proposer_index: u64,
         spec: &ChainSpec,
     ) -> Result<Self, String> {
         let mut proto_array = ProtoArray {
@@ -505,7 +506,7 @@ impl ProtoArrayForkChoice {
             unrealized_finalized_checkpoint: Some(finalized_checkpoint),
             execution_payload_parent_hash,
             execution_payload_block_hash,
-            proposer_index: Some(0),
+            proposer_index: Some(proposer_index),
         };
 
         proto_array
@@ -1317,6 +1318,7 @@ mod test_compute_deltas {
             execution_status,
             None,
             None,
+            0,
             &spec,
         )
         .unwrap();
@@ -1471,6 +1473,7 @@ mod test_compute_deltas {
             execution_status,
             None,
             None,
+            0,
             &spec,
         )
         .unwrap();