diff --git a/beacon-chain/blockchain/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/blockchain/BUILD.bazel
index 411b374d01c..12035a65b41 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/blockchain/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/blockchain/BUILD.bazel
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ go_library(
         "@com_github_prometheus_client_golang//prometheus:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_prometheus_client_golang//prometheus/promauto:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_prysmaticlabs_ethereumapis//eth/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
-        "@com_github_prysmaticlabs_go_ssz//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_sirupsen_logrus//:go_default_library",
         "@io_opencensus_go//trace:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block_helpers.go b/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block_helpers.go
index 6f1c172e618..0a0175c632a 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block_helpers.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block_helpers.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	ethpb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/ethereumapis/eth/v1alpha1"
-	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/go-ssz"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/core/helpers"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/db/filters"
 	stateTrie "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/state"
@@ -480,7 +479,7 @@ func (s *Service) fillInForkChoiceMissingBlocks(ctx context.Context, blk *ethpb.
 	// Lower slots should be at the end of the list.
 	for i := len(pendingNodes) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		b := pendingNodes[i]
-		r, err := ssz.HashTreeRoot(b)
+		r, err := stateutil.BlockRoot(b)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}