diff --git a/baseapp/txexecutor.go b/baseapp/txexecutor.go
index 64263ee08a8c..22f98d6cfb45 100644
--- a/baseapp/txexecutor.go
+++ b/baseapp/txexecutor.go
@@ -87,65 +87,9 @@ func DefaultTxExecutor(_ context.Context,
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func DefaultSTMTxExecutor(
-	stores []types.StoreKey,
-	workers int,
-	txDecoder sdk.TxDecoder,
-) TxExecutor {
-	index := make(map[types.StoreKey]int, len(stores))
-	for i, k := range stores {
-		index[k] = i
-	}
-	return func(
-		ctx context.Context,
-		txs [][]byte,
-		ms types.MultiStore,
-		deliverTxWithMultiStore func(int, sdk.Tx, types.MultiStore, map[string]any) *abci.ExecTxResult,
-		patcher TxResponsePatcher,
-	) ([]*abci.ExecTxResult, error) {
-		blockSize := len(txs)
-		if blockSize == 0 {
-			return nil, nil
-		}
-		results := make([]*abci.ExecTxResult, blockSize)
-		incarnationCache := make([]atomic.Pointer[map[string]any], blockSize)
-		for i := 0; i < blockSize; i++ {
-			m := make(map[string]any)
-			incarnationCache[i].Store(&m)
-		}
-
-		if err := blockstm.ExecuteBlock(
-			ctx,
-			blockSize,
-			index,
-			stmMultiStoreWrapper{ms},
-			workers,
-			func(txn blockstm.TxnIndex, ms blockstm.MultiStore) {
-				var cache map[string]any
-				// only one of the concurrent incarnations gets the cache if there are any, otherwise execute without
-				// cache, concurrent incarnations should be rare.
-				v := incarnationCache[txn].Swap(nil)
-				if v != nil {
-					cache = *v
-				}
-				results[txn] = deliverTxWithMultiStore(int(txn), nil, msWrapper{ms}, cache)
-
-				if v != nil {
-					incarnationCache[txn].Store(v)
-				}
-			},
-		); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		return patcher.Patch(results), nil
-	}
-}
-
 func STMTxExecutor(
 	stores []types.StoreKey,
 	workers int,
-	estimate bool,
 	txDecoder sdk.TxDecoder,
 	preEstimates func(txs [][]byte, workers int, txDecoder sdk.TxDecoder, ms types.MultiStore) ([]sdk.Tx, []blockstm.MultiLocations),
 ) TxExecutor {
@@ -175,7 +119,7 @@ func STMTxExecutor(
 			estimates []blockstm.MultiLocations
 			memTxs    []sdk.Tx
 		)
-		if estimate {
+		if preEstimates != nil {
 			// pre-estimation
 			memTxs, estimates = preEstimates(txs, workers, txDecoder, ms)
 		}
diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 4d21aca4a114..0218a74affe5 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func (c Config) ValidateBasic() error {
 			"cannot enable state sync snapshots with '%s' pruning setting", pruningtypes.PruningOptionEverything,
 		)
 	}
-	var blockExecutors = []string{BlockExecutorSequential, BlockExecutorBlockSTM}
+	blockExecutors := []string{BlockExecutorSequential, BlockExecutorBlockSTM}
 	if c.BlockSTM.Executor != "" && !strings.StringInSlice(c.BlockSTM.Executor, blockExecutors) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid block executor type %s, available types: %v", c.BlockSTM.Executor, blockExecutors)
 	}