diff --git a/block/raw.go b/block/raw.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fd1bbdf6..000000000
--- a/block/raw.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2018 The VeChainThor developers
-
-// Distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 software license, see the accompanying
-// file LICENSE or <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>
-
-package block
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
-	"github.com/vechain/thor/tx"
-)
-
-// Raw allows to partially decode components of a block.
-type Raw []byte
-
-// DecodeHeader decode only the header.
-func (r Raw) DecodeHeader() (*Header, error) {
-	content, _, err := rlp.SplitList(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var header Header
-	if err := rlp.Decode(bytes.NewReader(content), &header); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &header, nil
-}
-
-// DecodeBody decode only the body.
-func (r Raw) DecodeBody() (*Body, error) {
-	content, _, err := rlp.SplitList(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	_, _, rest, err := rlp.Split(content)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	var txs tx.Transactions
-	if err := rlp.Decode(bytes.NewReader(rest), &txs); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &Body{txs}, nil
-}