diff --git a/op-service/sources/eth_client.go b/op-service/sources/eth_client.go
index faf10e7803a21..22ace823de29f 100644
--- a/op-service/sources/eth_client.go
+++ b/op-service/sources/eth_client.go
@@ -383,6 +383,19 @@ func (s *EthClient) ReadStorageAt(ctx context.Context, address common.Address, s
 	return common.BytesToHash(value.Bytes()), nil
 }
 
+// GetTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex returns the transaction at the given index in the block with the given hash.
+func (s *EthClient) TxByBlockHashAndIndex(ctx context.Context, blockHash common.Hash, index uint64) (*types.Transaction, error) {
+	var tx *types.Transaction
+	err := s.client.CallContext(ctx, &tx, "eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex", blockHash.Hex(), hexutil.EncodeUint64(index))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch transaction in block %s at index %d: %w", blockHash, index, err)
+	}
+	if tx == nil {
+		return nil, ethereum.NotFound
+	}
+	return tx, nil
+}
+
 func (s *EthClient) Close() {
 	s.client.Close()
 }
diff --git a/op-service/sources/l2_client.go b/op-service/sources/l2_client.go
index 304a94a0a2925..92244deea0ef2 100644
--- a/op-service/sources/l2_client.go
+++ b/op-service/sources/l2_client.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-node/rollup"
@@ -158,12 +159,33 @@ func (s *L2Client) SystemConfigByL2Hash(ctx context.Context, hash common.Hash) (
 		return ref, nil
 	}
 
-	envelope, err := s.PayloadByHash(ctx, hash)
+	header, err := s.InfoByHash(ctx, hash)
 	if err != nil {
 		// w%: wrap to preserve ethereum.NotFound case
-		return eth.SystemConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to determine block-hash of hash %v, could not get payload: %w", hash, err)
+		return eth.SystemConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to determine block-hash of hash %v, could not get header: %w", hash, err)
+	}
+	txs := []hexutil.Bytes{}
+	first_tx, err := s.TxByBlockHashAndIndex(ctx, hash, 0)
+	if err == nil {
+		first_tx_binary, err := first_tx.MarshalBinary()
+		if err != nil {
+			return eth.SystemConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to determine block-hash of hash %v, could not marshal first tx: %w", hash, err)
+		}
+		txs = append(txs, first_tx_binary)
+	} else if err != ethereum.NotFound {
+		// w%: wrap to preserve ethereum.NotFound case
+		return eth.SystemConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to determine block-hash of hash %v, could not get first tx: %w", hash, err)
 	}
-	cfg, err := derive.PayloadToSystemConfig(s.rollupCfg, envelope.ExecutionPayload)
+
+	// PayloadToSystemConfig only needs this fields from the header
+	payload := eth.ExecutionPayload{}
+	payload.BlockNumber = hexutil.Uint64(header.NumberU64())
+	payload.BlockHash = header.Hash()
+	payload.Timestamp = hexutil.Uint64(header.Time())
+	payload.GasLimit = hexutil.Uint64(header.GasLimit())
+	payload.Transactions = txs
+
+	cfg, err := derive.PayloadToSystemConfig(s.rollupCfg, &payload)
 	if err != nil {
 		return eth.SystemConfig{}, err
 	}