diff --git a/core/chain_makers.go b/core/chain_makers.go
index 0ff5a33d13..19f433d7b0 100644
--- a/core/chain_makers.go
+++ b/core/chain_makers.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (b *BlockGen) Difficulty() *big.Int {
 // block.
 func (b *BlockGen) SetParentBeaconRoot(root common.Hash) {
 	b.header.ParentBeaconRoot = &root
-	blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, b.cm, b.cm.config, &b.header.Coinbase)
+	blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, b.cm, &b.header.Coinbase)
 	ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(root, vm.NewEVM(blockContext, b.statedb, b.cm.config, vm.Config{}))
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (b *BlockGen) addTx(bc *BlockChain, vmConfig vm.Config, tx *types.Transacti
 		b.SetCoinbase(common.Address{})
 	}
 	var (
-		blockContext = NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, bc, b.cm.config, &b.header.Coinbase)
+		blockContext = NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, bc, &b.header.Coinbase)
 		evm          = vm.NewEVM(blockContext, b.statedb, b.cm.config, vmConfig)
 	)
 	b.statedb.SetTxContext(tx.Hash(), len(b.txs))
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ func (b *BlockGen) addTx(bc *BlockChain, vmConfig vm.Config, tx *types.Transacti
 // instruction will panic during execution if it attempts to access a block number outside
 // of the range created by GenerateChain.
 func (b *BlockGen) AddTx(tx *types.Transaction) {
-	b.addTx(nil, vm.Config{}, tx)
+	// Wrap the chain config in an empty BlockChain object to satisfy ChainContext.
+	bc := &BlockChain{chainConfig: b.cm.config}
+	b.addTx(bc, vm.Config{}, tx)
 }
 
 // AddTxWithChain adds a transaction to the generated block. If no coinbase has
@@ -323,7 +325,7 @@ func (b *BlockGen) collectRequests(readonly bool) (requests [][]byte) {
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to parse deposit log: %v", err))
 		}
 		// create EVM for system calls
-		blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, b.cm, b.cm.config, &b.header.Coinbase)
+		blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, b.cm, &b.header.Coinbase)
 		evm := vm.NewEVM(blockContext, statedb, b.cm.config, vm.Config{})
 		// EIP-7002
 		ProcessWithdrawalQueue(&requests, evm)
@@ -386,7 +388,7 @@ func GenerateChain(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Block, engine conse
 
 		if config.IsPrague(b.header.Number, b.header.Time) || config.IsVerkle(b.header.Number, b.header.Time) {
 			// EIP-2935
-			blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, cm, cm.config, &b.header.Coinbase)
+			blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, cm, &b.header.Coinbase)
 			blockContext.Random = &common.Hash{} // enable post-merge instruction set
 			evm := vm.NewEVM(blockContext, statedb, cm.config, vm.Config{})
 			ProcessParentBlockHash(b.header.ParentHash, evm)
@@ -493,7 +495,7 @@ func GenerateVerkleChain(config *params.ChainConfig, parent *types.Block, engine
 		// preState := statedb.Copy()
 
 		// EIP-2935 / 7709
-		blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, cm, cm.config, &b.header.Coinbase)
+		blockContext := NewEVMBlockContext(b.header, cm, &b.header.Coinbase)
 		blockContext.Random = &common.Hash{} // enable post-merge instruction set
 		evm := vm.NewEVM(blockContext, statedb, cm.config, vm.Config{})
 		ProcessParentBlockHash(b.header.ParentHash, evm)
diff --git a/core/evm.go b/core/evm.go
index 135672b18f..41b4e6ac58 100644
--- a/core/evm.go
+++ b/core/evm.go
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ type ChainContext interface {
 
 	// GetHeader returns the header corresponding to the hash/number argument pair.
 	GetHeader(common.Hash, uint64) *types.Header
+
+	// Config returns the chain's configuration.
+	Config() *params.ChainConfig
 }
 
 // NewEVMBlockContext creates a new context for use in the EVM.
-func NewEVMBlockContext(header *types.Header, chain ChainContext, config *params.ChainConfig, author *common.Address) vm.BlockContext {
+func NewEVMBlockContext(header *types.Header, chain ChainContext, author *common.Address) vm.BlockContext {
 	var (
 		beneficiary common.Address
 		baseFee     *big.Int
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ func NewEVMBlockContext(header *types.Header, chain ChainContext, config *params
 		baseFee = new(big.Int).Set(header.BaseFee)
 	}
 	if header.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
-		blobBaseFee = eip4844.CalcBlobFee(config, header)
+		blobBaseFee = eip4844.CalcBlobFee(chain.Config(), header)
 	}
 	if header.Difficulty.Sign() == 0 {
 		random = &header.MixDigest
diff --git a/core/state_prefetcher.go b/core/state_prefetcher.go
index f49eb4ce90..805df5ef62 100644
--- a/core/state_prefetcher.go
+++ b/core/state_prefetcher.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (p *statePrefetcher) Prefetch(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateDB, c
 	var (
 		header       = block.Header()
 		gaspool      = new(GasPool).AddGas(block.GasLimit())
-		blockContext = NewEVMBlockContext(header, p.chain, p.config, nil)
+		blockContext = NewEVMBlockContext(header, p.chain, nil)
 		evm          = vm.NewEVM(blockContext, statedb, p.config, cfg)
 		signer       = types.MakeSigner(p.config, header.Number, header.Time)
 	)
diff --git a/core/state_processor.go b/core/state_processor.go
index 0c764aab53..902ff582e8 100644
--- a/core/state_processor.go
+++ b/core/state_processor.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (p *StateProcessor) Process(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateDB, cfg
 	if hooks := cfg.Tracer; hooks != nil {
 		tracingStateDB = state.NewHookedState(statedb, hooks)
 	}
-	context = NewEVMBlockContext(header, p.chain, p.config, nil)
+	context = NewEVMBlockContext(header, p.chain, nil)
 	evm := vm.NewEVM(context, tracingStateDB, p.config, cfg)
 
 	if beaconRoot := block.BeaconRoot(); beaconRoot != nil {
diff --git a/core/verkle_witness_test.go b/core/verkle_witness_test.go
index 88962e80f7..fb57d56850 100644
--- a/core/verkle_witness_test.go
+++ b/core/verkle_witness_test.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func TestProcessParentBlockHash(t *testing.T) {
 			if isVerkle {
 				chainConfig = testVerkleChainConfig
 			}
-			vmContext := NewEVMBlockContext(header, nil, chainConfig, new(common.Address))
+			vmContext := NewEVMBlockContext(header, nil, new(common.Address))
 			evm := vm.NewEVM(vmContext, statedb, chainConfig, vm.Config{})
 			ProcessParentBlockHash(header.ParentHash, evm)
 		}
diff --git a/core/vm/runtime/runtime_test.go b/core/vm/runtime/runtime_test.go
index 6074e9a096..44f5bc8273 100644
--- a/core/vm/runtime/runtime_test.go
+++ b/core/vm/runtime/runtime_test.go
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ func (d *dummyChain) GetHeader(h common.Hash, n uint64) *types.Header {
 	return fakeHeader(n, parentHash)
 }
 
+func (d *dummyChain) Config() *params.ChainConfig {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // TestBlockhash tests the blockhash operation. It's a bit special, since it internally
 // requires access to a chain reader.
 func TestBlockhash(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/eth/api_backend.go b/eth/api_backend.go
index 8e428765b3..52ecd91789 100644
--- a/eth/api_backend.go
+++ b/eth/api_backend.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func (b *EthAPIBackend) GetEVM(ctx context.Context, state *state.StateDB, header
 	if blockCtx != nil {
 		context = *blockCtx
 	} else {
-		context = core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, b.eth.BlockChain(), b.eth.BlockChain().Config(), nil)
+		context = core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, b.eth.BlockChain(), nil)
 	}
 	return vm.NewEVM(context, state, b.ChainConfig(), *vmConfig)
 }
diff --git a/eth/gasestimator/gasestimator.go b/eth/gasestimator/gasestimator.go
index 61db17658e..a6c4718cf4 100644
--- a/eth/gasestimator/gasestimator.go
+++ b/eth/gasestimator/gasestimator.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func execute(ctx context.Context, call *core.Message, opts *Options, gasLimit ui
 func run(ctx context.Context, call *core.Message, opts *Options) (*core.ExecutionResult, error) {
 	// Assemble the call and the call context
 	var (
-		evmContext = core.NewEVMBlockContext(opts.Header, opts.Chain, opts.Config, nil)
+		evmContext = core.NewEVMBlockContext(opts.Header, opts.Chain, nil)
 		dirtyState = opts.State.Copy()
 	)
 	if opts.BlockOverrides != nil {
diff --git a/eth/state_accessor.go b/eth/state_accessor.go
index f9b424efb4..99ed28d96a 100644
--- a/eth/state_accessor.go
+++ b/eth/state_accessor.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (eth *Ethereum) stateAtTransaction(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block,
 		return nil, vm.BlockContext{}, nil, nil, err
 	}
 	// Insert parent beacon block root in the state as per EIP-4788.
-	context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), eth.blockchain, eth.blockchain.Config(), nil)
+	context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), eth.blockchain, nil)
 	evm := vm.NewEVM(context, statedb, eth.blockchain.Config(), vm.Config{})
 	if beaconRoot := block.BeaconRoot(); beaconRoot != nil {
 		core.ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(*beaconRoot, evm)
diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index 582d9869a2..22163030de 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func (api *API) traceChain(start, end *types.Block, config *TraceConfig, closed
 			for task := range taskCh {
 				var (
 					signer   = types.MakeSigner(api.backend.ChainConfig(), task.block.Number(), task.block.Time())
-					blockCtx = core.NewEVMBlockContext(task.block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), api.backend.ChainConfig(), nil)
+					blockCtx = core.NewEVMBlockContext(task.block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
 				)
 				// Trace all the transactions contained within
 				for i, tx := range task.block.Transactions() {
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func (api *API) traceChain(start, end *types.Block, config *TraceConfig, closed
 			}
 			// Insert block's parent beacon block root in the state
 			// as per EIP-4788.
-			context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(next.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), api.backend.ChainConfig(), nil)
+			context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(next.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
 			evm := vm.NewEVM(context, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{})
 			if beaconRoot := next.BeaconRoot(); beaconRoot != nil {
 				core.ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(*beaconRoot, evm)
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ func (api *API) IntermediateRoots(ctx context.Context, hash common.Hash, config
 		roots              []common.Hash
 		signer             = types.MakeSigner(api.backend.ChainConfig(), block.Number(), block.Time())
 		chainConfig        = api.backend.ChainConfig()
-		vmctx              = core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), api.backend.ChainConfig(), nil)
+		vmctx              = core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
 		deleteEmptyObjects = chainConfig.IsEIP158(block.Number())
 	)
 	evm := vm.NewEVM(vmctx, statedb, chainConfig, vm.Config{})
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ func (api *API) traceBlock(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block, config *Trac
 	}
 	defer release()
 
-	blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), api.backend.ChainConfig(), nil)
+	blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
 	evm := vm.NewEVM(blockCtx, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{})
 	if beaconRoot := block.BeaconRoot(); beaconRoot != nil {
 		core.ProcessBeaconBlockRoot(*beaconRoot, evm)
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func (api *API) traceBlockParallel(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block, stat
 				// as the GetHash function of BlockContext is not safe for
 				// concurrent use.
 				// See: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/29114
-				blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), api.backend.ChainConfig(), nil)
+				blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
 				res, err := api.traceTx(ctx, txs[task.index], msg, txctx, blockCtx, task.statedb, config)
 				if err != nil {
 					results[task.index] = &txTraceResult{TxHash: txs[task.index].Hash(), Error: err.Error()}
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ func (api *API) traceBlockParallel(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block, stat
 
 	// Feed the transactions into the tracers and return
 	var failed error
-	blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), api.backend.ChainConfig(), nil)
+	blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
 	evm := vm.NewEVM(blockCtx, statedb, api.backend.ChainConfig(), vm.Config{})
 
 txloop:
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ func (api *API) standardTraceBlockToFile(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block
 		dumps       []string
 		signer      = types.MakeSigner(api.backend.ChainConfig(), block.Number(), block.Time())
 		chainConfig = api.backend.ChainConfig()
-		vmctx       = core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), api.backend.ChainConfig(), nil)
+		vmctx       = core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
 		canon       = true
 	)
 	// Check if there are any overrides: the caller may wish to enable a future
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ func (api *API) TraceCall(ctx context.Context, args ethapi.TransactionArgs, bloc
 	}
 	defer release()
 
-	vmctx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), api.backend.ChainConfig(), nil)
+	vmctx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), api.chainContext(ctx), nil)
 	// Apply the customization rules if required.
 	if config != nil {
 		config.BlockOverrides.Apply(&vmctx)
diff --git a/eth/tracers/api_test.go b/eth/tracers/api_test.go
index ac8a90bd54..95e7739be0 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api_test.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api_test.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (b *testBackend) StateAtTransaction(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block
 	}
 	// Recompute transactions up to the target index.
 	signer := types.MakeSigner(b.chainConfig, block.Number(), block.Time())
-	context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), b.chain, b.chainConfig, nil)
+	context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), b.chain, nil)
 	evm := vm.NewEVM(context, statedb, b.chainConfig, vm.Config{})
 	for idx, tx := range block.Transactions() {
 		if idx == txIndex {
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index 4803eca95e..c0b37c516b 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ func (api *BlockChainAPI) GetBlockReceipts(ctx context.Context, blockNrOrHash rp
 type ChainContextBackend interface {
 	Engine() consensus.Engine
 	HeaderByNumber(context.Context, rpc.BlockNumber) (*types.Header, error)
+	ChainConfig() *params.ChainConfig
 }
 
 // ChainContext is an implementation of core.ChainContext. It's main use-case
@@ -652,8 +653,12 @@ func (context *ChainContext) GetHeader(hash common.Hash, number uint64) *types.H
 	return header
 }
 
+func (context *ChainContext) Config() *params.ChainConfig {
+	return context.b.ChainConfig()
+}
+
 func doCall(ctx context.Context, b Backend, args TransactionArgs, state *state.StateDB, header *types.Header, overrides *override.StateOverride, blockOverrides *override.BlockOverrides, timeout time.Duration, globalGasCap uint64) (*core.ExecutionResult, error) {
-	blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, NewChainContext(ctx, b), b.ChainConfig(), nil)
+	blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, NewChainContext(ctx, b), nil)
 	if blockOverrides != nil {
 		blockOverrides.Apply(&blockCtx)
 	}
@@ -1145,7 +1150,7 @@ func AccessList(ctx context.Context, b Backend, blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrH
 		nonce := hexutil.Uint64(db.GetNonce(args.from()))
 		args.Nonce = &nonce
 	}
-	blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, NewChainContext(ctx, b), b.ChainConfig(), nil)
+	blockCtx := core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, NewChainContext(ctx, b), nil)
 	if err = args.CallDefaults(b.RPCGasCap(), blockCtx.BaseFee, b.ChainConfig().ChainID); err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
index 8a41079e6a..f00022e3de 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ func (b testBackend) GetEVM(ctx context.Context, state *state.StateDB, header *t
 	if vmConfig == nil {
 		vmConfig = b.chain.GetVMConfig()
 	}
-	context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, b.chain, b.chain.Config(), nil)
+	context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, b.chain, nil)
 	if blockContext != nil {
 		context = *blockContext
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/simulate.go b/internal/ethapi/simulate.go
index c5364c62e9..d364b80485 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/simulate.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/simulate.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (sim *simulator) processBlock(ctx context.Context, block *simBlock, header,
 		}
 		header.ExcessBlobGas = &excess
 	}
-	blockContext := core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, sim.newSimulatedChainContext(ctx, headers), sim.chainConfig, nil)
+	blockContext := core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, sim.newSimulatedChainContext(ctx, headers), nil)
 	if block.BlockOverrides.BlobBaseFee != nil {
 		blockContext.BlobBaseFee = block.BlockOverrides.BlobBaseFee.ToInt()
 	}
@@ -413,3 +413,7 @@ func (b *simBackend) HeaderByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.BlockNumber)
 	}
 	return nil, errors.New("header not found")
 }
+
+func (b *simBackend) ChainConfig() *params.ChainConfig {
+	return b.b.ChainConfig()
+}
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index ef7829b009..b39b3a53c0 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (miner *Miner) makeEnv(parent *types.Header, header *types.Header, coinbase
 		coinbase: coinbase,
 		header:   header,
 		witness:  state.Witness(),
-		evm:      vm.NewEVM(core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, miner.chain, miner.chainConfig, &coinbase), state, miner.chainConfig, vm.Config{}),
+		evm:      vm.NewEVM(core.NewEVMBlockContext(header, miner.chain, &coinbase), state, miner.chainConfig, vm.Config{}),
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/state_test.go b/tests/state_test.go
index 434c4a406e..da4b8ef79d 100644
--- a/tests/state_test.go
+++ b/tests/state_test.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func runBenchmark(b *testing.B, t *StateTest) {
 
 			// Prepare the EVM.
 			txContext := core.NewEVMTxContext(msg)
-			context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), nil, config, &t.json.Env.Coinbase)
+			context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), nil, &t.json.Env.Coinbase)
 			context.GetHash = vmTestBlockHash
 			context.BaseFee = baseFee
 			evm := vm.NewEVM(context, state.StateDB, config, vmconfig)
diff --git a/tests/state_test_util.go b/tests/state_test_util.go
index 0ee5805c17..fe7522b2c5 100644
--- a/tests/state_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/state_test_util.go
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func (t *StateTest) RunNoVerify(subtest StateSubtest, vmconfig vm.Config, snapsh
 	}
 
 	// Prepare the EVM.
-	context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), nil, config, &t.json.Env.Coinbase)
+	context := core.NewEVMBlockContext(block.Header(), nil, &t.json.Env.Coinbase)
 	context.GetHash = vmTestBlockHash
 	context.BaseFee = baseFee
 	context.Random = nil