diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/beaconchain/BeaconChainMethods.java b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/beaconchain/BeaconChainMethods.java
index 63ba993db5f..75a4feed619 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/beaconchain/BeaconChainMethods.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/beaconchain/BeaconChainMethods.java
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ public static BeaconChainMethods create(
       final MetadataMessagesFactory metadataMessagesFactory,
       final RpcEncoding rpcEncoding) {
     return new BeaconChainMethods(
-        createStatus(spec, asyncRunner, statusMessageFactory, peerLookup, rpcEncoding),
-        createGoodBye(spec, asyncRunner, metricsSystem, peerLookup, rpcEncoding),
+        createStatus(asyncRunner, statusMessageFactory, peerLookup, rpcEncoding),
+        createGoodBye(asyncRunner, metricsSystem, peerLookup, rpcEncoding),
         createBeaconBlocksByRoot(
             spec, metricsSystem, asyncRunner, recentChainData, peerLookup, rpcEncoding),
         createBeaconBlocksByRange(
@@ -144,11 +144,10 @@ public static BeaconChainMethods create(
             rpcEncoding,
             recentChainData),
         createMetadata(spec, asyncRunner, metadataMessagesFactory, peerLookup, rpcEncoding),
-        createPing(spec, asyncRunner, metadataMessagesFactory, peerLookup, rpcEncoding));
+        createPing(asyncRunner, metadataMessagesFactory, peerLookup, rpcEncoding));
   }
 
   private static Eth2RpcMethod<StatusMessage, StatusMessage> createStatus(
-      final Spec spec,
       final AsyncRunner asyncRunner,
       final StatusMessageFactory statusMessageFactory,
       final PeerLookup peerLookup,
@@ -165,12 +164,10 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<StatusMessage, StatusMessage> createStatus(
         true,
         contextCodec,
         statusHandler,
-        peerLookup,
-        spec.getNetworkingConfig());
+        peerLookup);
   }
 
   private static Eth2RpcMethod<GoodbyeMessage, GoodbyeMessage> createGoodBye(
-      final Spec spec,
       final AsyncRunner asyncRunner,
       final MetricsSystem metricsSystem,
       final PeerLookup peerLookup,
@@ -187,8 +184,7 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<GoodbyeMessage, GoodbyeMessage> createGoodBye(
         false,
         contextCodec,
         goodbyeHandler,
-        peerLookup,
-        spec.getNetworkingConfig());
+        peerLookup);
   }
 
   private static Eth2RpcMethod<BeaconBlocksByRootRequestMessage, SignedBeaconBlock>
@@ -221,8 +217,7 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<GoodbyeMessage, GoodbyeMessage> createGoodBye(
                 expectResponseToRequest,
                 forkDigestContextCodec,
                 beaconBlocksByRootHandler,
-                peerLookup,
-                spec.getNetworkingConfig());
+                peerLookup);
 
     return VersionedEth2RpcMethod.create(
         rpcEncoding, requestType, expectResponseToRequest, List.of(v2Method));
@@ -259,8 +254,7 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<GoodbyeMessage, GoodbyeMessage> createGoodBye(
                 expectResponseToRequest,
                 forkDigestContextCodec,
                 beaconBlocksByRangeHandler,
-                peerLookup,
-                spec.getNetworkingConfig());
+                peerLookup);
 
     return VersionedEth2RpcMethod.create(
         rpcEncoding, requestType, expectResponseToRequest, List.of(v2Method));
@@ -299,8 +293,7 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<GoodbyeMessage, GoodbyeMessage> createGoodBye(
             true,
             forkDigestContextCodec,
             blobSidecarsByRootHandler,
-            peerLookup,
-            spec.getNetworkingConfig()));
+            peerLookup));
   }
 
   private static Optional<Eth2RpcMethod<BlobSidecarsByRangeRequestMessage, BlobSidecar>>
@@ -336,8 +329,7 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<GoodbyeMessage, GoodbyeMessage> createGoodBye(
             true,
             forkDigestContextCodec,
             blobSidecarsByRangeHandler,
-            peerLookup,
-            spec.getNetworkingConfig()));
+            peerLookup));
   }
 
   private static Eth2RpcMethod<EmptyMessage, MetadataMessage> createMetadata(
@@ -369,8 +361,7 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<EmptyMessage, MetadataMessage> createMetadata(
             expectResponse,
             phase0ContextCodec,
             messageHandler,
-            peerLookup,
-            spec.getNetworkingConfig());
+            peerLookup);
 
     if (spec.isMilestoneSupported(SpecMilestone.ALTAIR)) {
       final SszSchema<MetadataMessage> altairMetadataSchema =
@@ -392,8 +383,7 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<EmptyMessage, MetadataMessage> createMetadata(
               expectResponse,
               altairContextCodec,
               messageHandler,
-              peerLookup,
-              spec.getNetworkingConfig());
+              peerLookup);
       return VersionedEth2RpcMethod.create(
           rpcEncoding, requestType, expectResponse, List.of(v2Method, v1Method));
     } else {
@@ -402,7 +392,6 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<EmptyMessage, MetadataMessage> createMetadata(
   }
 
   private static Eth2RpcMethod<PingMessage, PingMessage> createPing(
-      final Spec spec,
       final AsyncRunner asyncRunner,
       final MetadataMessagesFactory metadataMessagesFactory,
       final PeerLookup peerLookup,
@@ -419,8 +408,7 @@ private static Eth2RpcMethod<PingMessage, PingMessage> createPing(
         true,
         contextCodec,
         statusHandler,
-        peerLookup,
-        spec.getNetworkingConfig());
+        peerLookup);
   }
 
   public Collection<RpcMethod<?, ?, ?>> all() {
diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/Eth2IncomingRequestHandler.java b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/Eth2IncomingRequestHandler.java
index 64ae039ce30..1f1e47325eb 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/Eth2IncomingRequestHandler.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/Eth2IncomingRequestHandler.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-import tech.pegasys.teku.infrastructure.async.AsyncRunner;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.infrastructure.ssz.SszData;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.peers.Eth2Peer;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.peers.PeerLookup;
@@ -41,18 +40,15 @@ public class Eth2IncomingRequestHandler<
   private final RpcRequestDecoder<TRequest> requestDecoder;
 
   private final String protocolId;
-  private final AsyncRunner asyncRunner;
   private final AtomicBoolean requestHandled = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
   public Eth2IncomingRequestHandler(
       final String protocolId,
       final RpcResponseEncoder<TResponse, ?> responseEncoder,
       final RpcRequestDecoder<TRequest> requestDecoder,
-      final AsyncRunner asyncRunner,
       final PeerLookup peerLookup,
       final LocalMessageHandler<TRequest, TResponse> localMessageHandler) {
     this.protocolId = protocolId;
-    this.asyncRunner = asyncRunner;
     this.peerLookup = peerLookup;
     this.localMessageHandler = localMessageHandler;
     this.responseEncoder = responseEncoder;
diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/methods/SingleProtocolEth2RpcMethod.java b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/methods/SingleProtocolEth2RpcMethod.java
index f55f021769c..dec4c5f5cd2 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/methods/SingleProtocolEth2RpcMethod.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/methods/SingleProtocolEth2RpcMethod.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.core.RpcResponseEncoder;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.core.encodings.RpcEncoding;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.rpc.core.encodings.context.RpcContextCodec;
-import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.config.NetworkingSpecConfig;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.networking.libp2p.rpc.RpcRequest;
 
 public class SingleProtocolEth2RpcMethod<
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ public class SingleProtocolEth2RpcMethod<
 
   private final LocalMessageHandler<TRequest, TResponse> localMessageHandler;
   private final PeerLookup peerLookup;
-  private final NetworkingSpecConfig networkingConfig;
 
   public SingleProtocolEth2RpcMethod(
       final AsyncRunner asyncRunner,
@@ -56,8 +54,7 @@ public SingleProtocolEth2RpcMethod(
       final boolean expectResponseToRequest,
       final RpcContextCodec<?, TResponse> contextCodec,
       final LocalMessageHandler<TRequest, TResponse> localMessageHandler,
-      final PeerLookup peerLookup,
-      final NetworkingSpecConfig networkingConfig) {
+      final PeerLookup peerLookup) {
     super(encoding, requestType, expectResponseToRequest);
     this.asyncRunner = asyncRunner;
     this.contextCodec = contextCodec;
@@ -66,7 +63,6 @@ public SingleProtocolEth2RpcMethod(
     this.protocolVersion = protocolVersion;
     this.localMessageHandler = localMessageHandler;
     this.peerLookup = peerLookup;
-    this.networkingConfig = networkingConfig;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -86,12 +82,7 @@ public int getProtocolVersion() {
   public Eth2IncomingRequestHandler<TRequest, TResponse> createIncomingRequestHandler(
       final String protocolId) {
     return new Eth2IncomingRequestHandler<>(
-        protocolId,
-        responseEncoder,
-        createRequestDecoder(),
-        asyncRunner,
-        peerLookup,
-        localMessageHandler);
+        protocolId, responseEncoder, createRequestDecoder(), peerLookup, localMessageHandler);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/RpcDecoderTestBase.java b/networking/eth2/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/RpcDecoderTestBase.java
index 30e54675f05..9f526c9c21b 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/RpcDecoderTestBase.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/rpc/core/RpcDecoderTestBase.java
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ public class RpcDecoderTestBase {
               false,
               contextEncoder,
               mock(LocalMessageHandler.class),
-              peerLookup,
-              spec.getNetworkingConfig());
+              peerLookup);
 
   protected List<List<ByteBuf>> testByteBufSlices(final Bytes... bytes) {
     List<List<ByteBuf>> ret = Utils.generateTestSlices(bytes);