diff --git a/silkworm/execution/local_state.cpp b/silkworm/execution/local_state.cpp
index 3fb04dafcc..6f7b4857d4 100644
--- a/silkworm/execution/local_state.cpp
+++ b/silkworm/execution/local_state.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ std::optional<Account> LocalState::read_account(const evmc::address& address) co
             return std::move(result->value);
         }
     } else {
-        // historical request on *txn_id timestamp
+        // TODO(canepat) historical AccountsDomainGetAsOfQuery on *txn_id timestamp
     }
     return std::nullopt;
 }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ByteView LocalState::read_code(const evmc::address& address, const evmc::bytes32
             return result->value;
         }
     } else {
-        // historical request on *txn_id timestamp
+        // TODO(canepat) historical CodeDomainGetAsOfQuery on *txn_id timestamp
     }
     return ByteView{};
 }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ evmc::bytes32 LocalState::read_storage(
             return result->value;
         }
     } else {
-        // historical request on *txn_id timestamp
+        // TODO(canepat) historical StorageDomainGetAsOfQuery on *txn_id timestamp
     }
     return {};
 }
@@ -112,48 +112,4 @@ std::optional<evmc::bytes32> LocalState::canonical_hash(BlockNum block_num) cons
     return data_model().read_canonical_header_hash(block_num);
 }
 
-void LocalState::update_account(
-    const evmc::address& address,
-    std::optional<Account> initial,
-    std::optional<Account> current) {
-    /* should be managed request on Latest(txn_id == nullopt) and historical (txn_id != nullopt) */
-
-    Step current_step = Step::from_txn_id(*txn_id_);
-    if (current) {
-        AccountsDomainPutQuery query{tx_, data_store_.state_db().accounts_domain()};
-        query.exec(address, *current, *txn_id_, initial, current_step);
-    } else {
-        AccountsDomainDeleteQuery query{tx_, data_store_.state_db().accounts_domain()};
-        query.exec(address, *txn_id_, initial, current_step);
-    }
-}
-
-void LocalState::update_account_code(
-    const evmc::address& address,
-    uint64_t /*incarnation*/,
-    const evmc::bytes32& /*code_hash*/,
-    ByteView code) {
-    /* should be managed request on Latest(txn_id == nullopt) and historical (txn_id != nullopt) */
-
-    Step current_step = Step::from_txn_id(*txn_id_);
-    CodeDomainPutQuery query{tx_, data_store_.state_db().code_domain()};
-    std::optional<ByteView> initial_code = read_code(address, evmc::bytes32{});
-    if (initial_code && initial_code->empty())
-        initial_code = std::nullopt;
-    query.exec(address, code, *txn_id_, initial_code, current_step);
-}
-
-void LocalState::update_storage(
-    const evmc::address& address,
-    uint64_t /*incarnation*/,
-    const evmc::bytes32& location,
-    const evmc::bytes32& initial,
-    const evmc::bytes32& current) {
-    /* should be managed request on Latest(txn_id == nullopt) and historical (txn_id != nullopt) */
-
-    Step current_step = Step::from_txn_id(*txn_id_);
-    StorageDomainPutQuery query{tx_, data_store_.state_db().storage_domain()};
-    query.exec({address, location}, current, *txn_id_, initial, current_step);
-}
-
 }  // namespace silkworm::execution
diff --git a/silkworm/execution/local_state.hpp b/silkworm/execution/local_state.hpp
index 7933deedf3..0e6fe43be3 100644
--- a/silkworm/execution/local_state.hpp
+++ b/silkworm/execution/local_state.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class LocalState : public State {
         db::DataStoreRef data_store)
         : txn_id_{txn_id},
           data_store_{std::move(data_store)},
-          tx_{data_store_.chaindata.access_rw().start_rw_tx()} {}
+          tx_{data_store_.chaindata.access_ro().start_ro_tx()} {}
 
     std::optional<Account> read_account(const evmc::address& address) const noexcept override;
 
@@ -73,22 +73,22 @@ class LocalState : public State {
     void begin_block(BlockNum /*block_num*/, size_t /*updated_accounts_count*/) override {}
 
     void update_account(
-        const evmc::address& address,
-        std::optional<Account> initial,
-        std::optional<Account> current) override;
+        const evmc::address& /*address*/,
+        std::optional<Account> /*initial*/,
+        std::optional<Account> /*current*/) override {}
 
     void update_account_code(
-        const evmc::address& address,
-        uint64_t incarnation,
-        const evmc::bytes32& code_hash,
-        ByteView code) override;
+        const evmc::address& /*address*/,
+        uint64_t /*incarnation*/,
+        const evmc::bytes32& /*code_hash*/,
+        ByteView /*code*/) override {}
 
     void update_storage(
-        const evmc::address& address,
-        uint64_t incarnation,
-        const evmc::bytes32& location,
-        const evmc::bytes32& initial,
-        const evmc::bytes32& current) override;
+        const evmc::address& /*address*/,
+        uint64_t /*incarnation*/,
+        const evmc::bytes32& /*location*/,
+        const evmc::bytes32& /*initial*/,
+        const evmc::bytes32& /*current*/) override {}
 
     void unwind_state_changes(BlockNum /*block_num*/) override {}
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class LocalState : public State {
 
     std::optional<TxnId> txn_id_;
     db::DataStoreRef data_store_;
-    mutable datastore::kvdb::RWTxnManaged tx_;
+    mutable datastore::kvdb::ROTxnManaged tx_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace silkworm::execution