diff --git a/crates/sui-core/src/authority.rs b/crates/sui-core/src/authority.rs
index 9a7b6c341e524..a5edfeb32a048 100644
--- a/crates/sui-core/src/authority.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-core/src/authority.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ use tap::{TapFallible, TapOptional};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot, RwLock};
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
-use tracing::{debug, error, info, instrument, warn, Instrument};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, instrument, warn};
 
 use self::authority_store::ExecutionLockWriteGuard;
 use self::authority_store_pruner::AuthorityStorePruningMetrics;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ use sui_types::digests::TransactionEventsDigest;
 use sui_types::dynamic_field::{DynamicFieldInfo, DynamicFieldName};
 use sui_types::effects::{
     InputSharedObject, SignedTransactionEffects, TransactionEffects, TransactionEffectsAPI,
-    TransactionEvents, VerifiedCertifiedTransactionEffects, VerifiedSignedTransactionEffects,
+    TransactionEvents, VerifiedSignedTransactionEffects,
 };
 use sui_types::error::{ExecutionError, UserInputError};
 use sui_types::event::{Event, EventID};
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ use sui_types::{
     committee::Committee,
     crypto::AuthoritySignature,
     error::{SuiError, SuiResult},
-    fp_ensure,
     object::{Object, ObjectRead},
     transaction::*,
     SUI_SYSTEM_ADDRESS,
@@ -239,7 +238,6 @@ pub struct AuthorityMetrics {
     execute_certificate_latency_shared_object: Histogram,
     await_transaction_latency: Histogram,
 
-    execute_certificate_with_effects_latency: Histogram,
     internal_execution_latency: Histogram,
     execution_load_input_objects_latency: Histogram,
     prepare_certificate_latency: Histogram,
@@ -459,13 +457,6 @@ impl AuthorityMetrics {
                 registry,
             )
             .unwrap(),
-            execute_certificate_with_effects_latency: register_histogram_with_registry!(
-                "authority_state_execute_certificate_with_effects_latency",
-                "Latency of executing certificates with effects, including waiting for inputs",
-                LATENCY_SEC_BUCKETS.to_vec(),
-                registry,
-            )
-            .unwrap(),
             internal_execution_latency: register_histogram_with_registry!(
                 "authority_state_internal_execution_latency",
                 "Latency of actual certificate executions",
@@ -1117,81 +1108,6 @@ impl AuthorityState {
             .inc();
     }
 
-    /// Executes a transaction that's known to have correct effects.
-    /// For such transaction, we don't have to wait for consensus to set shared object
-    /// locks because we already know the shared object versions based on the effects.
-    /// This function can be called by a fullnode only.
-    // TODO: This function is no longer needed. Remove it and cleanup all the
-    // related functions.
-    #[instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
-    pub async fn fullnode_execute_certificate_with_effects(
-        &self,
-        transaction: &VerifiedExecutableTransaction,
-        // NOTE: the caller of this must promise to wait until it
-        // knows for sure this tx is finalized, namely, it has seen a
-        // CertifiedTransactionEffects or at least f+1 identifical effects
-        // digests matching this TransactionEffectsEnvelope, before calling
-        // this function, in order to prevent a byzantine validator from
-        // giving us incorrect effects.
-        effects: &VerifiedCertifiedTransactionEffects,
-        epoch_store: &Arc<AuthorityPerEpochStore>,
-    ) -> SuiResult {
-        assert!(self.is_fullnode(epoch_store));
-        // NOTE: the fullnode can change epoch during local execution. It should not cause
-        // data inconsistency, but can be problematic for certain tests.
-        // The check below mitigates the issue, but it is not a fundamental solution to
-        // avoid race between local execution and reconfiguration.
-        if self.epoch_store.load().epoch() != epoch_store.epoch() {
-            return Err(SuiError::EpochEnded(epoch_store.epoch()));
-        }
-        let _metrics_guard = self
-            .metrics
-            .execute_certificate_with_effects_latency
-            .start_timer();
-        let digest = *transaction.digest();
-        debug!("execute_certificate_with_effects");
-        fp_ensure!(
-            *effects.data().transaction_digest() == digest,
-            SuiError::ErrorWhileProcessingCertificate {
-                err: "effects/tx digest mismatch".to_string()
-            }
-        );
-
-        if transaction.contains_shared_object() {
-            epoch_store
-                .acquire_shared_locks_from_effects(
-                    transaction,
-                    effects.data(),
-                    self.get_object_cache_reader().as_ref(),
-                )
-                .await?;
-        }
-
-        let expected_effects_digest = effects.digest();
-
-        self.transaction_manager
-            .enqueue(vec![transaction.clone()], epoch_store);
-
-        let observed_effects = self
-            .get_transaction_cache_reader()
-            .notify_read_executed_effects(&[digest])
-            .instrument(tracing::debug_span!(
-                "notify_read_effects_in_execute_certificate_with_effects"
-            ))
-            .await?
-            .pop()
-            .expect("notify_read_effects should return exactly 1 element");
-
-        let observed_effects_digest = observed_effects.digest();
-        if &observed_effects_digest != expected_effects_digest {
-            panic!(
-                "Locally executed effects do not match canonical effects! expected_effects_digest={:?} observed_effects_digest={:?} expected_effects={:?} observed_effects={:?} input_objects={:?}",
-                expected_effects_digest, observed_effects_digest, effects.data(), observed_effects, transaction.data().transaction_data().input_objects()
-            );
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     /// Executes a certificate for its effects.
     #[instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
     pub async fn execute_certificate(
diff --git a/crates/sui-types/src/error.rs b/crates/sui-types/src/error.rs
index 7d97c8ffa7509..f89e948aef12a 100644
--- a/crates/sui-types/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-types/src/error.rs
@@ -412,8 +412,9 @@ pub enum SuiError {
     },
     #[error("Signatures in a certificate must form a quorum")]
     CertificateRequiresQuorum,
-    #[error("Transaction certificate processing failed: {err}")]
-    ErrorWhileProcessingCertificate { err: String },
+    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+    #[error("DEPRECATED")]
+    DEPRECATED_ErrorWhileProcessingCertificate,
     #[error(
         "Failed to get a quorum of signed effects when processing transaction: {effects_map:?}"
     )]