diff --git a/beacon-chain/node/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/node/BUILD.bazel
index bff6d8c61..5c80fffaa 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/node/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/node/BUILD.bazel
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ go_library(
         "//beacon-chain/db/slasherkv:go_default_library",
         "//beacon-chain/deterministic-genesis:go_default_library",
         "//beacon-chain/execution:go_default_library",
-        "//beacon-chain/forkchoice:go_default_library",
         "//beacon-chain/forkchoice/doubly-linked-tree:go_default_library",
         "//beacon-chain/forkchoice/protoarray:go_default_library",
         "//beacon-chain/gateway:go_default_library",
diff --git a/beacon-chain/node/node.go b/beacon-chain/node/node.go
index 3e39d978f..0609905c5 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/node/node.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/node/node.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v3/beacon-chain/db/slasherkv"
 	interopcoldstart "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v3/beacon-chain/deterministic-genesis"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v3/beacon-chain/execution"
-	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v3/beacon-chain/forkchoice"
 	doublylinkedtree "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v3/beacon-chain/forkchoice/doubly-linked-tree"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v3/beacon-chain/forkchoice/protoarray"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v3/beacon-chain/gateway"
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ type BeaconNode struct {
 	stateFeed               *event.Feed
 	blockFeed               *event.Feed
 	opFeed                  *event.Feed
-	forkChoiceStore         forkchoice.ForkChoicer
 	stateGen                *stategen.State
 	collector               *bcnodeCollector
 	slasherBlockHeadersFeed *event.Feed
@@ -229,9 +227,6 @@ func New(cliCtx *cli.Context, opts ...Option) (*BeaconNode, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	log.Debugln("Starting Fork Choice")
-	beacon.startForkChoice()
-
 	log.Debugln("Registering Blockchain Service")
 	if err := beacon.registerBlockchainService(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -355,14 +350,6 @@ func (b *BeaconNode) Close() {
 	close(b.stop)
 }
 
-func (b *BeaconNode) startForkChoice() {
-	if !features.Get().DisableForkchoiceDoublyLinkedTree {
-		b.forkChoiceStore = doublylinkedtree.New()
-	} else {
-		b.forkChoiceStore = protoarray.New()
-	}
-}
-
 func (b *BeaconNode) startDB(cliCtx *cli.Context, depositAddress string) error {
 	baseDir := cliCtx.String(cmd.DataDirFlag.Name)
 	dbPath := filepath.Join(baseDir, kv.BeaconNodeDbDirName)
@@ -609,13 +596,19 @@ func (b *BeaconNode) registerBlockchainService() error {
 		blockchain.WithSlashingPool(b.slashingsPool),
 		blockchain.WithP2PBroadcaster(b.fetchP2P()),
 		blockchain.WithStateNotifier(b),
-		blockchain.WithForkChoiceStore(b.forkChoiceStore),
 		blockchain.WithAttestationService(attService),
 		blockchain.WithStateGen(b.stateGen),
 		blockchain.WithSlasherAttestationsFeed(b.slasherAttestationsFeed),
 		blockchain.WithFinalizedStateAtStartUp(b.finalizedStateAtStartUp),
 		blockchain.WithProposerIdsCache(b.proposerIdsCache),
 	)
+
+	if features.Get().DisableForkchoiceDoublyLinkedTree {
+		opts = append(opts, blockchain.WithForkChoiceStore(protoarray.New()))
+	} else {
+		opts = append(opts, blockchain.WithForkChoiceStore(doublylinkedtree.New()))
+	}
+
 	blockchainService, err := blockchain.NewService(b.ctx, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not register blockchain service")
@@ -843,7 +836,7 @@ func (b *BeaconNode) registerRPCService() error {
 	return b.services.RegisterService(rpcService)
 }
 
-func (b *BeaconNode) registerPrometheusService(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
+func (b *BeaconNode) registerPrometheusService(_ *cli.Context) error {
 	var additionalHandlers []prometheus.Handler
 	var p *p2p.Service
 	if err := b.services.FetchService(&p); err != nil {