diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context.rs
index cd10cf237d..beeba9e9b8 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context.rs
@@ -560,7 +560,8 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> SyncNetworkContext<T> {
 
     /// Check whether a batch for this epoch (and only this epoch) should request just blocks or
     /// blocks and blobs.
-    pub fn batch_type(&self, #[cfg(not(test))] epoch: types::Epoch) -> ByRangeRequestType {
+    #[allow(unused)]
+    pub fn batch_type(&self, epoch: types::Epoch) -> ByRangeRequestType {
         if super::backfill_sync::BACKFILL_EPOCHS_PER_BATCH * super::range_sync::EPOCHS_PER_BATCH
             != 1
         {