diff --git a/core/state/sync.go b/core/state/sync.go
index 734961d9c..cc7d01a21 100644
--- a/core/state/sync.go
+++ b/core/state/sync.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // NewStateSync create a new state trie download scheduler.
-func NewStateSync(root common.Hash, database ethdb.KeyValueReader, bloom *trie.SyncBloom, onLeaf func(paths [][]byte, leaf []byte) error) *trie.Sync {
+func NewStateSync(root common.Hash, database ethdb.KeyValueReader, onLeaf func(paths [][]byte, leaf []byte) error) *trie.Sync {
 	// Register the storage slot callback if the external callback is specified.
 	var onSlot func(paths [][]byte, hexpath []byte, leaf []byte, parent common.Hash) error
 	if onLeaf != nil {
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ func NewStateSync(root common.Hash, database ethdb.KeyValueReader, bloom *trie.S
 		syncer.AddCodeEntry(common.BytesToHash(obj.CodeHash), hexpath, parent)
 		return nil
 	}
-	syncer = trie.NewSync(root, database, onAccount, bloom)
+	syncer = trie.NewSync(root, database, onAccount)
 	return syncer
 }
diff --git a/core/state/sync_test.go b/core/state/sync_test.go
index beb8fcfd9..007590c76 100644
--- a/core/state/sync_test.go
+++ b/core/state/sync_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb/memorydb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ func checkStateConsistency(db ethdb.Database, root common.Hash) error {
 // Tests that an empty state is not scheduled for syncing.
 func TestEmptyStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 	empty := common.HexToHash("56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421")
-	sync := NewStateSync(empty, rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), trie.NewSyncBloom(1, memorydb.New()), nil)
+	sync := NewStateSync(empty, rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), nil)
 	if nodes, paths, codes := sync.Missing(1); len(nodes) != 0 || len(paths) != 0 || len(codes) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf(" content requested for empty state: %v, %v, %v", nodes, paths, codes)
 	}
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ func testIterativeStateSync(t *testing.T, count int, commit bool, bypath bool) {
 
 	// Create a destination state and sync with the scheduler
 	dstDb := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
-	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, trie.NewSyncBloom(1, dstDb), nil)
+	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, nil)
 
 	nodes, paths, codes := sched.Missing(count)
 	var (
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ func TestIterativeDelayedStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create a destination state and sync with the scheduler
 	dstDb := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
-	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, trie.NewSyncBloom(1, dstDb), nil)
+	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, nil)
 
 	nodes, _, codes := sched.Missing(0)
 	queue := append(append([]common.Hash{}, nodes...), codes...)
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ func testIterativeRandomStateSync(t *testing.T, count int) {
 
 	// Create a destination state and sync with the scheduler
 	dstDb := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
-	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, trie.NewSyncBloom(1, dstDb), nil)
+	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, nil)
 
 	queue := make(map[common.Hash]struct{})
 	nodes, _, codes := sched.Missing(count)
@@ -348,7 +347,7 @@ func TestIterativeRandomDelayedStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create a destination state and sync with the scheduler
 	dstDb := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
-	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, trie.NewSyncBloom(1, dstDb), nil)
+	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, nil)
 
 	queue := make(map[common.Hash]struct{})
 	nodes, _, codes := sched.Missing(0)
@@ -415,7 +414,7 @@ func TestIncompleteStateSync(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create a destination state and sync with the scheduler
 	dstDb := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
-	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, trie.NewSyncBloom(1, dstDb), nil)
+	sched := NewStateSync(srcRoot, dstDb, nil)
 
 	var added []common.Hash
 
diff --git a/eth/downloader/downloader.go b/eth/downloader/downloader.go
index 6b262b5ec..28ad18b81 100644
--- a/eth/downloader/downloader.go
+++ b/eth/downloader/downloader.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -101,8 +100,7 @@ type Downloader struct {
 	queue      *queue   // Scheduler for selecting the hashes to download
 	peers      *peerSet // Set of active peers from which download can proceed
 
-	stateDB    ethdb.Database  // Database to state sync into (and deduplicate via)
-	stateBloom *trie.SyncBloom // Bloom filter for snap trie node and contract code existence checks
+	stateDB ethdb.Database // Database to state sync into (and deduplicate via)
 
 	// Statistics
 	syncStatsChainOrigin uint64       // Origin block number where syncing started at
@@ -203,13 +201,12 @@ type BlockChain interface {
 }
 
 // New creates a new downloader to fetch hashes and blocks from remote peers.
-func New(checkpoint uint64, stateDb ethdb.Database, stateBloom *trie.SyncBloom, mux *event.TypeMux, chain BlockChain, lightchain LightChain, dropPeer peerDropFn) *Downloader {
+func New(checkpoint uint64, stateDb ethdb.Database, mux *event.TypeMux, chain BlockChain, lightchain LightChain, dropPeer peerDropFn) *Downloader {
 	if lightchain == nil {
 		lightchain = chain
 	}
 	dl := &Downloader{
 		stateDB:        stateDb,
-		stateBloom:     stateBloom,
 		mux:            mux,
 		checkpoint:     checkpoint,
 		queue:          newQueue(blockCacheMaxItems, blockCacheInitialItems),
@@ -365,12 +362,6 @@ func (d *Downloader) synchronise(id string, hash common.Hash, td *big.Int, mode
 	if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&d.notified, 0, 1) {
 		log.Info("Block synchronisation started")
 	}
-	// If we are already full syncing, but have a snap-sync bloom filter laying
-	// around, make sure it doesn't use memory any more. This is a special case
-	// when the user attempts to snap sync a new empty network.
-	if mode == FullSync && d.stateBloom != nil {
-		d.stateBloom.Close()
-	}
 	// If snap sync was requested, create the snap scheduler and switch to snap
 	// sync mode. Long term we could drop snap sync or merge the two together,
 	// but until snap becomes prevalent, we should support both. TODO(karalabe).
@@ -612,9 +603,6 @@ func (d *Downloader) Terminate() {
 	default:
 		close(d.quitCh)
 	}
-	if d.stateBloom != nil {
-		d.stateBloom.Close()
-	}
 	d.quitLock.Unlock()
 
 	// Cancel any pending download requests
@@ -1599,15 +1587,6 @@ func (d *Downloader) commitPivotBlock(result *fetchResult) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	atomic.StoreInt32(&d.committed, 1)
-
-	// If we had a bloom filter for the state sync, deallocate it now. Note, we only
-	// deallocate internally, but keep the empty wrapper. This ensures that if we do
-	// a rollback after committing the pivot and restarting snap sync, we don't end
-	// up using a nil bloom. Empty bloom is fine, it just returns that it does not
-	// have the info we need, so reach down to the database instead.
-	if d.stateBloom != nil {
-		d.stateBloom.Close()
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/eth/downloader/downloader_test.go b/eth/downloader/downloader_test.go
index f62a5d028..3e78a0bb7 100644
--- a/eth/downloader/downloader_test.go
+++ b/eth/downloader/downloader_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func newTester() *downloadTester {
 		chain:   chain,
 		peers:   make(map[string]*downloadTesterPeer),
 	}
-	tester.downloader = New(0, db, trie.NewSyncBloom(1, db), new(event.TypeMux), tester.chain, nil, tester.dropPeer)
+	tester.downloader = New(0, db, new(event.TypeMux), tester.chain, nil, tester.dropPeer)
 	return tester
 }
 
diff --git a/eth/handler.go b/eth/handler.go
index 26a90495b..55ca869c7 100644
--- a/eth/handler.go
+++ b/eth/handler.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ type handler struct {
 	maxPeers int
 
 	downloader   *downloader.Downloader
-	stateBloom   *trie.SyncBloom
 	blockFetcher *fetcher.BlockFetcher
 	txFetcher    *fetcher.TxFetcher
 	peers        *peerSet
@@ -176,14 +174,7 @@ func newHandler(config *handlerConfig) (*handler, error) {
 	// Construct the downloader (long sync) and its backing state bloom if snap
 	// sync is requested. The downloader is responsible for deallocating the state
 	// bloom when it's done.
-	// Note: we don't enable it if snap-sync is performed, since it's very heavy
-	// and the heal-portion of the snap sync is much lighter than snap. What we particularly
-	// want to avoid, is a 90%-finished (but restarted) snap-sync to begin
-	// indexing the entire trie
-	if atomic.LoadUint32(&h.snapSync) == 1 && atomic.LoadUint32(&h.snapSync) == 0 {
-		h.stateBloom = trie.NewSyncBloom(config.BloomCache, config.Database)
-	}
-	h.downloader = downloader.New(h.checkpointNumber, config.Database, h.stateBloom, h.eventMux, h.chain, nil, h.removePeer)
+	h.downloader = downloader.New(h.checkpointNumber, config.Database, h.eventMux, h.chain, nil, h.removePeer)
 
 	// Construct the fetcher (short sync)
 	validator := func(header *types.Header) error {
diff --git a/eth/handler_eth.go b/eth/handler_eth.go
index 335558249..bfe95e8c4 100644
--- a/eth/handler_eth.go
+++ b/eth/handler_eth.go
@@ -27,16 +27,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/protocols/eth"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
 
 // ethHandler implements the eth.Backend interface to handle the various network
 // packets that are sent as replies or broadcasts.
 type ethHandler handler
 
-func (h *ethHandler) Chain() *core.BlockChain     { return h.chain }
-func (h *ethHandler) StateBloom() *trie.SyncBloom { return h.stateBloom }
-func (h *ethHandler) TxPool() eth.TxPool          { return h.txpool }
+func (h *ethHandler) Chain() *core.BlockChain { return h.chain }
+func (h *ethHandler) TxPool() eth.TxPool      { return h.txpool }
 
 // RunPeer is invoked when a peer joins on the `eth` protocol.
 func (h *ethHandler) RunPeer(peer *eth.Peer, hand eth.Handler) error {
diff --git a/eth/handler_eth_test.go b/eth/handler_eth_test.go
index 311fbac9c..b826ed7a9 100644
--- a/eth/handler_eth_test.go
+++ b/eth/handler_eth_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
 
 // testEthHandler is a mock event handler to listen for inbound network requests
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ type testEthHandler struct {
 }
 
 func (h *testEthHandler) Chain() *core.BlockChain              { panic("no backing chain") }
-func (h *testEthHandler) StateBloom() *trie.SyncBloom          { panic("no backing state bloom") }
 func (h *testEthHandler) TxPool() eth.TxPool                   { panic("no backing tx pool") }
 func (h *testEthHandler) AcceptTxs() bool                      { return true }
 func (h *testEthHandler) RunPeer(*eth.Peer, eth.Handler) error { panic("not used in tests") }
diff --git a/eth/protocols/eth/handler.go b/eth/protocols/eth/handler.go
index 44fa18c4b..6e0fc4a37 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/eth/handler.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/eth/handler.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enr"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -69,9 +68,6 @@ type Backend interface {
 	// Chain retrieves the blockchain object to serve data.
 	Chain() *core.BlockChain
 
-	// StateBloom retrieves the bloom filter - if any - for state trie nodes.
-	StateBloom() *trie.SyncBloom
-
 	// TxPool retrieves the transaction pool object to serve data.
 	TxPool() TxPool
 
diff --git a/eth/protocols/eth/handler_test.go b/eth/protocols/eth/handler_test.go
index 66f013409..5192f043d 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/eth/handler_test.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/eth/handler_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -91,9 +90,8 @@ func (b *testBackend) close() {
 	b.chain.Stop()
 }
 
-func (b *testBackend) Chain() *core.BlockChain     { return b.chain }
-func (b *testBackend) StateBloom() *trie.SyncBloom { return nil }
-func (b *testBackend) TxPool() TxPool              { return b.txpool }
+func (b *testBackend) Chain() *core.BlockChain { return b.chain }
+func (b *testBackend) TxPool() TxPool          { return b.txpool }
 
 func (b *testBackend) RunPeer(peer *Peer, handler Handler) error {
 	// Normally the backend would do peer mainentance and handshakes. All that
diff --git a/eth/protocols/eth/handlers.go b/eth/protocols/eth/handlers.go
index 0ed8a8eba..503e572a8 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/eth/handlers.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/eth/handlers.go
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ func handleGetNodeData66(backend Backend, msg Decoder, peer *Peer) error {
 	if err := msg.Decode(&query); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: message %v: %v", errDecode, msg, err)
 	}
-	response := ServiceGetNodeDataQuery(backend.Chain(), backend.StateBloom(), query.GetNodeDataPacket)
+	response := ServiceGetNodeDataQuery(backend.Chain(), query.GetNodeDataPacket)
 	return peer.ReplyNodeData(query.RequestId, response)
 }
 
 // ServiceGetNodeDataQuery assembles the response to a node data query. It is
 // exposed to allow external packages to test protocol behavior.
-func ServiceGetNodeDataQuery(chain *core.BlockChain, bloom *trie.SyncBloom, query GetNodeDataPacket) [][]byte {
+func ServiceGetNodeDataQuery(chain *core.BlockChain, query GetNodeDataPacket) [][]byte {
 	// Gather state data until the fetch or network limits is reached
 	var (
 		bytes int
@@ -182,10 +182,6 @@ func ServiceGetNodeDataQuery(chain *core.BlockChain, bloom *trie.SyncBloom, quer
 			break
 		}
 		// Retrieve the requested state entry
-		if bloom != nil && !bloom.Contains(hash[:]) {
-			// Only lookup the trie node if there's chance that we actually have it
-			continue
-		}
 		entry, err := chain.TrieNode(hash)
 		if len(entry) == 0 || err != nil {
 			// Read the contract code with prefix only to save unnecessary lookups.
diff --git a/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go b/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
index df364b183..be8644a5a 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ func (s *Syncer) Sync(root common.Hash, cancel chan struct{}) error {
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	s.root = root
 	s.healer = &healTask{
-		scheduler: state.NewStateSync(root, s.db, nil, s.onHealState),
+		scheduler: state.NewStateSync(root, s.db, s.onHealState),
 		trieTasks: make(map[common.Hash]trie.SyncPath),
 		codeTasks: make(map[common.Hash]struct{}),
 	}
diff --git a/les/client_handler.go b/les/client_handler.go
index db5eb8a64..e416f92e2 100644
--- a/les/client_handler.go
+++ b/les/client_handler.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func newClientHandler(ulcServers []string, ulcFraction int, checkpoint *params.T
 		height = (checkpoint.SectionIndex+1)*params.CHTFrequency - 1
 	}
 	handler.fetcher = newLightFetcher(backend.blockchain, backend.engine, backend.peers, handler.ulc, backend.chainDb, backend.reqDist, handler.synchronise)
-	handler.downloader = downloader.New(height, backend.chainDb, nil, backend.eventMux, nil, backend.blockchain, handler.removePeer)
+	handler.downloader = downloader.New(height, backend.chainDb, backend.eventMux, nil, backend.blockchain, handler.removePeer)
 	handler.backend.peers.subscribe((*downloaderPeerNotify)(handler))
 	return handler
 }
diff --git a/les/downloader/downloader.go b/les/downloader/downloader.go
index 722077a5f..448a94192 100644
--- a/les/downloader/downloader.go
+++ b/les/downloader/downloader.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -97,8 +96,7 @@ type Downloader struct {
 	queue      *queue   // Scheduler for selecting the hashes to download
 	peers      *peerSet // Set of active peers from which download can proceed
 
-	stateDB    ethdb.Database  // Database to state sync into (and deduplicate via)
-	stateBloom *trie.SyncBloom // Bloom filter for fast trie node and contract code existence checks
+	stateDB ethdb.Database // Database to state sync into (and deduplicate via)
 
 	// Statistics
 	syncStatsChainOrigin uint64 // Origin block number where syncing started at
@@ -207,13 +205,12 @@ type BlockChain interface {
 }
 
 // New creates a new downloader to fetch hashes and blocks from remote peers.
-func New(checkpoint uint64, stateDb ethdb.Database, stateBloom *trie.SyncBloom, mux *event.TypeMux, chain BlockChain, lightchain LightChain, dropPeer peerDropFn) *Downloader {
+func New(checkpoint uint64, stateDb ethdb.Database, mux *event.TypeMux, chain BlockChain, lightchain LightChain, dropPeer peerDropFn) *Downloader {
 	if lightchain == nil {
 		lightchain = chain
 	}
 	dl := &Downloader{
 		stateDB:        stateDb,
-		stateBloom:     stateBloom,
 		mux:            mux,
 		checkpoint:     checkpoint,
 		queue:          newQueue(blockCacheMaxItems, blockCacheInitialItems),
@@ -367,12 +364,6 @@ func (d *Downloader) synchronise(id string, hash common.Hash, td *big.Int, mode
 	if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&d.notified, 0, 1) {
 		log.Info("Block synchronisation started")
 	}
-	// If we are already full syncing, but have a fast-sync bloom filter laying
-	// around, make sure it doesn't use memory any more. This is a special case
-	// when the user attempts to fast sync a new empty network.
-	if mode == FullSync && d.stateBloom != nil {
-		d.stateBloom.Close()
-	}
 	// If snap sync was requested, create the snap scheduler and switch to fast
 	// sync mode. Long term we could drop fast sync or merge the two together,
 	// but until snap becomes prevalent, we should support both. TODO(karalabe).
@@ -628,9 +619,6 @@ func (d *Downloader) Terminate() {
 	default:
 		close(d.quitCh)
 	}
-	if d.stateBloom != nil {
-		d.stateBloom.Close()
-	}
 	d.quitLock.Unlock()
 
 	// Cancel any pending download requests
@@ -1930,15 +1918,6 @@ func (d *Downloader) commitPivotBlock(result *fetchResult) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	atomic.StoreInt32(&d.committed, 1)
-
-	// If we had a bloom filter for the state sync, deallocate it now. Note, we only
-	// deallocate internally, but keep the empty wrapper. This ensures that if we do
-	// a rollback after committing the pivot and restarting fast sync, we don't end
-	// up using a nil bloom. Empty bloom is fine, it just returns that it does not
-	// have the info we need, so reach down to the database instead.
-	if d.stateBloom != nil {
-		d.stateBloom.Close()
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/les/downloader/downloader_test.go b/les/downloader/downloader_test.go
index 8736de39d..69bdb90ed 100644
--- a/les/downloader/downloader_test.go
+++ b/les/downloader/downloader_test.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func newTester() *downloadTester {
 	tester.stateDb = rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
 	tester.stateDb.Put(testGenesis.Root().Bytes(), []byte{0x00})
 
-	tester.downloader = New(0, tester.stateDb, trie.NewSyncBloom(1, tester.stateDb), new(event.TypeMux), tester, nil, tester.dropPeer)
+	tester.downloader = New(0, tester.stateDb, new(event.TypeMux), tester, nil, tester.dropPeer)
 	return tester
 }
 
diff --git a/les/downloader/statesync.go b/les/downloader/statesync.go
index bc396fffb..2b3278822 100644
--- a/les/downloader/statesync.go
+++ b/les/downloader/statesync.go
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func newStateSync(d *Downloader, root common.Hash) *stateSync {
 	return &stateSync{
 		d:         d,
 		root:      root,
-		sched:     state.NewStateSync(root, d.stateDB, d.stateBloom, nil),
+		sched:     state.NewStateSync(root, d.stateDB, nil),
 		keccak:    sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256().(crypto.KeccakState),
 		trieTasks: make(map[common.Hash]*trieTask),
 		codeTasks: make(map[common.Hash]*codeTask),
diff --git a/trie/sync.go b/trie/sync.go
index 3a6076ff8..d6e435f93 100644
--- a/trie/sync.go
+++ b/trie/sync.go
@@ -128,11 +128,10 @@ type Sync struct {
 	codeReqs map[common.Hash]*request // Pending requests pertaining to a code hash
 	queue    *prque.Prque             // Priority queue with the pending requests
 	fetches  map[int]int              // Number of active fetches per trie node depth
-	bloom    *SyncBloom               // Bloom filter for fast state existence checks
 }
 
 // NewSync creates a new trie data download scheduler.
-func NewSync(root common.Hash, database ethdb.KeyValueReader, callback LeafCallback, bloom *SyncBloom) *Sync {
+func NewSync(root common.Hash, database ethdb.KeyValueReader, callback LeafCallback) *Sync {
 	ts := &Sync{
 		database: database,
 		membatch: newSyncMemBatch(),
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ func NewSync(root common.Hash, database ethdb.KeyValueReader, callback LeafCallb
 		codeReqs: make(map[common.Hash]*request),
 		queue:    prque.New(nil),
 		fetches:  make(map[int]int),
-		bloom:    bloom,
 	}
 	ts.AddSubTrie(root, nil, common.Hash{}, callback)
 	return ts
@@ -155,16 +153,11 @@ func (s *Sync) AddSubTrie(root common.Hash, path []byte, parent common.Hash, cal
 	if s.membatch.hasNode(root) {
 		return
 	}
-	if s.bloom == nil || s.bloom.Contains(root[:]) {
-		// Bloom filter says this might be a duplicate, double check.
-		// If database says yes, then at least the trie node is present
-		// and we hold the assumption that it's NOT legacy contract code.
-		blob := rawdb.ReadTrieNode(s.database, root)
-		if len(blob) > 0 {
-			return
-		}
-		// False positive, bump fault meter
-		bloomFaultMeter.Mark(1)
+	// If database says this is a duplicate, then at least the trie node is
+	// present, and we hold the assumption that it's NOT legacy contract code.
+	blob := rawdb.ReadTrieNode(s.database, root)
+	if len(blob) > 0 {
+		return
 	}
 	// Assemble the new sub-trie sync request
 	req := &request{
@@ -195,18 +188,13 @@ func (s *Sync) AddCodeEntry(hash common.Hash, path []byte, parent common.Hash) {
 	if s.membatch.hasCode(hash) {
 		return
 	}
-	if s.bloom == nil || s.bloom.Contains(hash[:]) {
-		// Bloom filter says this might be a duplicate, double check.
-		// If database says yes, the blob is present for sure.
-		// Note we only check the existence with new code scheme, fast
-		// sync is expected to run with a fresh new node. Even there
-		// exists the code with legacy format, fetch and store with
-		// new scheme anyway.
-		if blob := rawdb.ReadCodeWithPrefix(s.database, hash); len(blob) > 0 {
-			return
-		}
-		// False positive, bump fault meter
-		bloomFaultMeter.Mark(1)
+	// If database says duplicate, the blob is present for sure.
+	// Note we only check the existence with new code scheme, fast
+	// sync is expected to run with a fresh new node. Even there
+	// exists the code with legacy format, fetch and store with
+	// new scheme anyway.
+	if blob := rawdb.ReadCodeWithPrefix(s.database, hash); len(blob) > 0 {
+		return
 	}
 	// Assemble the new sub-trie sync request
 	req := &request{
@@ -313,15 +301,9 @@ func (s *Sync) Commit(dbw ethdb.Batch) error {
 	// Dump the membatch into a database dbw
 	for key, value := range s.membatch.nodes {
 		rawdb.WriteTrieNode(dbw, key, value)
-		if s.bloom != nil {
-			s.bloom.Add(key[:])
-		}
 	}
 	for key, value := range s.membatch.codes {
 		rawdb.WriteCode(dbw, key, value)
-		if s.bloom != nil {
-			s.bloom.Add(key[:])
-		}
 	}
 	// Drop the membatch data and return
 	s.membatch = newSyncMemBatch()
@@ -417,15 +399,10 @@ func (s *Sync) children(req *request, object node) ([]*request, error) {
 			if s.membatch.hasNode(hash) {
 				continue
 			}
-			if s.bloom == nil || s.bloom.Contains(node) {
-				// Bloom filter says this might be a duplicate, double check.
-				// If database says yes, then at least the trie node is present
-				// and we hold the assumption that it's NOT legacy contract code.
-				if blob := rawdb.ReadTrieNode(s.database, hash); len(blob) > 0 {
-					continue
-				}
-				// False positive, bump fault meter
-				bloomFaultMeter.Mark(1)
+			// If database says duplicate, then at least the trie node is present
+			// and we hold the assumption that it's NOT legacy contract code.
+			if blob := rawdb.ReadTrieNode(s.database, hash); len(blob) > 0 {
+				continue
 			}
 			// Locally unknown node, schedule for retrieval
 			requests = append(requests, &request{
diff --git a/trie/sync_bloom.go b/trie/sync_bloom.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 91e5e6711..000000000
--- a/trie/sync_bloom.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package trie
-
-import (
-	"encoding/binary"
-	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
-	bloomfilter "github.com/holiman/bloomfilter/v2"
-)
-
-var (
-	bloomAddMeter   = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("trie/bloom/add", nil)
-	bloomLoadMeter  = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("trie/bloom/load", nil)
-	bloomTestMeter  = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("trie/bloom/test", nil)
-	bloomMissMeter  = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("trie/bloom/miss", nil)
-	bloomFaultMeter = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("trie/bloom/fault", nil)
-	bloomErrorGauge = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("trie/bloom/error", nil)
-)
-
-// SyncBloom is a bloom filter used during fast sync to quickly decide if a trie
-// node or contract code already exists on disk or not. It self populates from the
-// provided disk database on creation in a background thread and will only start
-// returning live results once that's finished.
-type SyncBloom struct {
-	bloom   *bloomfilter.Filter
-	inited  uint32
-	closer  sync.Once
-	closed  uint32
-	pend    sync.WaitGroup
-	closeCh chan struct{}
-}
-
-// NewSyncBloom creates a new bloom filter of the given size (in megabytes) and
-// initializes it from the database. The bloom is hard coded to use 3 filters.
-func NewSyncBloom(memory uint64, database ethdb.Iteratee) *SyncBloom {
-	// Create the bloom filter to track known trie nodes
-	bloom, err := bloomfilter.New(memory*1024*1024*8, 4)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to create bloom: %v", err))
-	}
-	log.Info("Allocated fast sync bloom", "size", common.StorageSize(memory*1024*1024))
-
-	// Assemble the fast sync bloom and init it from previous sessions
-	b := &SyncBloom{
-		bloom:   bloom,
-		closeCh: make(chan struct{}),
-	}
-	b.pend.Add(2)
-	go func() {
-		defer b.pend.Done()
-		b.init(database)
-	}()
-	go func() {
-		defer b.pend.Done()
-		b.meter()
-	}()
-	return b
-}
-
-// init iterates over the database, pushing every trie hash into the bloom filter.
-func (b *SyncBloom) init(database ethdb.Iteratee) {
-	// Iterate over the database, but restart every now and again to avoid holding
-	// a persistent snapshot since fast sync can push a ton of data concurrently,
-	// bloating the disk.
-	//
-	// Note, this is fine, because everything inserted into leveldb by fast sync is
-	// also pushed into the bloom directly, so we're not missing anything when the
-	// iterator is swapped out for a new one.
-	it := database.NewIterator(nil, nil)
-
-	var (
-		start = time.Now()
-		swap  = time.Now()
-	)
-	for it.Next() && atomic.LoadUint32(&b.closed) == 0 {
-		// If the database entry is a trie node, add it to the bloom
-		key := it.Key()
-		if len(key) == common.HashLength {
-			b.bloom.AddHash(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(key))
-			bloomLoadMeter.Mark(1)
-		} else if ok, hash := rawdb.IsCodeKey(key); ok {
-			// If the database entry is a contract code, add it to the bloom
-			b.bloom.AddHash(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(hash))
-			bloomLoadMeter.Mark(1)
-		}
-		// If enough time elapsed since the last iterator swap, restart
-		if time.Since(swap) > 8*time.Second {
-			key := common.CopyBytes(it.Key())
-
-			it.Release()
-			it = database.NewIterator(nil, key)
-
-			log.Info("Initializing state bloom", "items", b.bloom.N(), "errorrate", b.bloom.FalsePosititveProbability(), "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
-			swap = time.Now()
-		}
-	}
-	it.Release()
-
-	// Mark the bloom filter inited and return
-	log.Info("Initialized state bloom", "items", b.bloom.N(), "errorrate", b.bloom.FalsePosititveProbability(), "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(start)))
-	atomic.StoreUint32(&b.inited, 1)
-}
-
-// meter periodically recalculates the false positive error rate of the bloom
-// filter and reports it in a metric.
-func (b *SyncBloom) meter() {
-	// check every second
-	tick := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
-	defer tick.Stop()
-
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-tick.C:
-			// Report the current error ration. No floats, lame, scale it up.
-			bloomErrorGauge.Update(int64(b.bloom.FalsePosititveProbability() * 100000))
-		case <-b.closeCh:
-			return
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// Close terminates any background initializer still running and releases all the
-// memory allocated for the bloom.
-func (b *SyncBloom) Close() error {
-	b.closer.Do(func() {
-		// Ensure the initializer is stopped
-		atomic.StoreUint32(&b.closed, 1)
-		close(b.closeCh)
-		b.pend.Wait()
-
-		// Wipe the bloom, but mark it "uninited" just in case someone attempts an access
-		log.Info("Deallocated state bloom", "items", b.bloom.N(), "errorrate", b.bloom.FalsePosititveProbability())
-
-		atomic.StoreUint32(&b.inited, 0)
-		b.bloom = nil
-	})
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Add inserts a new trie node hash into the bloom filter.
-func (b *SyncBloom) Add(hash []byte) {
-	if atomic.LoadUint32(&b.closed) == 1 {
-		return
-	}
-	b.bloom.AddHash(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(hash))
-	bloomAddMeter.Mark(1)
-}
-
-// Contains tests if the bloom filter contains the given hash:
-//   - false: the bloom definitely does not contain hash
-//   - true:  the bloom maybe contains hash
-//
-// While the bloom is being initialized, any query will return true.
-func (b *SyncBloom) Contains(hash []byte) bool {
-	bloomTestMeter.Mark(1)
-	if atomic.LoadUint32(&b.inited) == 0 {
-		// We didn't load all the trie nodes from the previous run of Geth yet. As
-		// such, we can't say for sure if a hash is not present for anything. Until
-		// the init is done, we're faking "possible presence" for everything.
-		return true
-	}
-	// Bloom initialized, check the real one and report any successful misses
-	maybe := b.bloom.ContainsHash(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(hash))
-	if !maybe {
-		bloomMissMeter.Mark(1)
-	}
-	return maybe
-}
diff --git a/trie/sync_test.go b/trie/sync_test.go
index cb3283875..970730b67 100644
--- a/trie/sync_test.go
+++ b/trie/sync_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestEmptySync(t *testing.T) {
 	emptyB, _ := New(emptyRoot, dbB)
 
 	for i, trie := range []*Trie{emptyA, emptyB} {
-		sync := NewSync(trie.Hash(), memorydb.New(), nil, NewSyncBloom(1, memorydb.New()))
+		sync := NewSync(trie.Hash(), memorydb.New(), nil)
 		if nodes, paths, codes := sync.Missing(1); len(nodes) != 0 || len(paths) != 0 || len(codes) != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: content requested for empty trie: %v, %v, %v", i, nodes, paths, codes)
 		}
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func testIterativeSync(t *testing.T, count int, bypath bool) {
 	// Create a destination trie and sync with the scheduler
 	diskdb := memorydb.New()
 	triedb := NewDatabase(diskdb)
-	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil, NewSyncBloom(1, diskdb))
+	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil)
 
 	nodes, paths, codes := sched.Missing(count)
 	var (
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func TestIterativeDelayedSync(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a destination trie and sync with the scheduler
 	diskdb := memorydb.New()
 	triedb := NewDatabase(diskdb)
-	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil, NewSyncBloom(1, diskdb))
+	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil)
 
 	nodes, _, codes := sched.Missing(10000)
 	queue := append(append([]common.Hash{}, nodes...), codes...)
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func testIterativeRandomSync(t *testing.T, count int) {
 	// Create a destination trie and sync with the scheduler
 	diskdb := memorydb.New()
 	triedb := NewDatabase(diskdb)
-	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil, NewSyncBloom(1, diskdb))
+	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil)
 
 	queue := make(map[common.Hash]struct{})
 	nodes, _, codes := sched.Missing(count)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func TestIterativeRandomDelayedSync(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a destination trie and sync with the scheduler
 	diskdb := memorydb.New()
 	triedb := NewDatabase(diskdb)
-	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil, NewSyncBloom(1, diskdb))
+	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil)
 
 	queue := make(map[common.Hash]struct{})
 	nodes, _, codes := sched.Missing(10000)
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func TestDuplicateAvoidanceSync(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a destination trie and sync with the scheduler
 	diskdb := memorydb.New()
 	triedb := NewDatabase(diskdb)
-	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil, NewSyncBloom(1, diskdb))
+	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil)
 
 	nodes, _, codes := sched.Missing(0)
 	queue := append(append([]common.Hash{}, nodes...), codes...)
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func TestIncompleteSync(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a destination trie and sync with the scheduler
 	diskdb := memorydb.New()
 	triedb := NewDatabase(diskdb)
-	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil, NewSyncBloom(1, diskdb))
+	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil)
 
 	var added []common.Hash
 
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ func TestSyncOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a destination trie and sync with the scheduler, tracking the requests
 	diskdb := memorydb.New()
 	triedb := NewDatabase(diskdb)
-	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil, NewSyncBloom(1, diskdb))
+	sched := NewSync(srcTrie.Hash(), diskdb, nil)
 
 	nodes, paths, _ := sched.Missing(1)
 	queue := append([]common.Hash{}, nodes...)