diff --git a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
index 3ee6b5d2102..93dd23a5c86 100644
--- a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
+++ b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
@@ -936,27 +936,6 @@ bool BlockManager::FindUndoPos(BlockValidationState& state, int nFile, FlatFileP
     return true;
 }
 
-bool BlockManager::WriteBlockToDisk(const CBlock& block, FlatFilePos& pos) const
-{
-    // Open history file to append
-    AutoFile fileout{OpenBlockFile(pos)};
-    if (fileout.IsNull()) {
-        LogError("%s: OpenBlockFile failed\n", __func__);
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    // Write index header
-    unsigned int nSize = GetSerializeSize(TX_WITH_WITNESS(block));
-    fileout << GetParams().MessageStart() << nSize;
-
-    // Write block
-    long fileOutPos = fileout.tell();
-    pos.nPos = (unsigned int)fileOutPos;
-    fileout << TX_WITH_WITNESS(block);
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool BlockManager::WriteUndoDataForBlock(const CBlockUndo& blockundo, BlockValidationState& state, CBlockIndex& block)
 {
     AssertLockHeld(::cs_main);
@@ -1117,16 +1096,30 @@ FlatFilePos BlockManager::SaveBlockToDisk(const CBlock& block, int nHeight)
     // Account for the 4 magic message start bytes + the 4 length bytes (8 bytes total,
     // defined as BLOCK_SERIALIZATION_HEADER_SIZE)
     nBlockSize += static_cast<unsigned int>(BLOCK_SERIALIZATION_HEADER_SIZE);
-    FlatFilePos blockPos{FindNextBlockPos(nBlockSize, nHeight, block.GetBlockTime())};
-    if (blockPos.IsNull()) {
+    FlatFilePos pos{FindNextBlockPos(nBlockSize, nHeight, block.GetBlockTime())};
+    if (pos.IsNull()) {
         LogError("%s: FindNextBlockPos failed\n", __func__);
         return FlatFilePos();
     }
-    if (!WriteBlockToDisk(block, blockPos)) {
+
+    // Open history file to append
+    AutoFile fileout{OpenBlockFile(pos)};
+    if (fileout.IsNull()) {
+        LogError("%s: OpenBlockFile failed\n", __func__);
         m_opts.notifications.fatalError(_("Failed to write block."));
         return FlatFilePos();
     }
-    return blockPos;
+
+    // Write index header
+    unsigned int nSize = GetSerializeSize(TX_WITH_WITNESS(block));
+    fileout << GetParams().MessageStart() << nSize;
+
+    // Write block
+    long fileOutPos = fileout.tell();
+    pos.nPos = (unsigned int)fileOutPos;
+    fileout << TX_WITH_WITNESS(block);
+
+    return pos;
 }
 
 static auto InitBlocksdirXorKey(const BlockManager::Options& opts)
diff --git a/src/node/blockstorage.h b/src/node/blockstorage.h
index 339282227cb..545d65a8032 100644
--- a/src/node/blockstorage.h
+++ b/src/node/blockstorage.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static const unsigned int UNDOFILE_CHUNK_SIZE = 0x100000; // 1 MiB
 /** The maximum size of a blk?????.dat file (since 0.8) */
 static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCKFILE_SIZE = 0x8000000; // 128 MiB
 
-/** Size of header written by WriteBlockToDisk before a serialized CBlock */
+/** Size of header written by SaveBlockToDisk before a serialized CBlock */
 static constexpr size_t BLOCK_SERIALIZATION_HEADER_SIZE = std::tuple_size_v<MessageStartChars> + sizeof(unsigned int);
 
 // Because validation code takes pointers to the map's CBlockIndex objects, if
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ private:
      * blockfile info, and checks if there is enough disk space to save the block.
      *
      * The nAddSize argument passed to this function should include not just the size of the serialized CBlock, but also the size of
-     * separator fields which are written before it by WriteBlockToDisk (BLOCK_SERIALIZATION_HEADER_SIZE).
+     * separator fields (BLOCK_SERIALIZATION_HEADER_SIZE).
      */
     [[nodiscard]] FlatFilePos FindNextBlockPos(unsigned int nAddSize, unsigned int nHeight, uint64_t nTime);
     [[nodiscard]] bool FlushChainstateBlockFile(int tip_height);
@@ -169,14 +169,6 @@ private:
 
     AutoFile OpenUndoFile(const FlatFilePos& pos, bool fReadOnly = false) const;
 
-    /**
-     * Write a block to disk. The pos argument passed to this function is modified by this call. Before this call, it should
-     * point to an unused file location where separator fields will be written, followed by the serialized CBlock data.
-     * After this call, it will point to the beginning of the serialized CBlock data, after the separator fields
-     * (BLOCK_SERIALIZATION_HEADER_SIZE)
-     */
-    bool WriteBlockToDisk(const CBlock& block, FlatFilePos& pos) const;
-
     /* Calculate the block/rev files to delete based on height specified by user with RPC command pruneblockchain */
     void FindFilesToPruneManual(
         std::set<int>& setFilesToPrune,
@@ -346,8 +338,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @param[in]  block        the block being processed
      * @param[in]  nHeight      the height of the block
-     * @param[in]  pos          the position of the serialized CBlock on disk. This is the position returned
-     *                          by WriteBlockToDisk pointing at the CBlock, not the separator fields before it
+     * @param[in]  pos          the position of the serialized CBlock on disk
      */
     void UpdateBlockInfo(const CBlock& block, unsigned int nHeight, const FlatFilePos& pos);