diff --git a/internal/consensus/byzantine_test.go b/internal/consensus/byzantine_test.go
index 20143b1f4..055eef770 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/byzantine_test.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/byzantine_test.go
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ func TestByzantinePrevoteEquivocation(t *testing.T) {
 		proposerAddr := lazyNodeState.privValidatorPubKey.Address()
 
 		block, err := lazyNodeState.blockExec.CreateProposalBlock(
-			ctx, lazyNodeState.Height, lazyNodeState.state, commit, proposerAddr, votes,
-		)
+			ctx, lazyNodeState.Height, lazyNodeState.state, commit, proposerAddr)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		blockParts, err := block.MakePartSet(types.BlockPartSizeBytes)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/consensus/state.go b/internal/consensus/state.go
index 9f5778287..3e1f9511d 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/state.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/state.go
@@ -1363,7 +1363,6 @@ func (cs *State) createProposalBlock(ctx context.Context) (block *types.Block, e
 	}
 
 	var commit *types.Commit
-	var votes []*types.Vote
 	switch {
 	case cs.Height == cs.state.InitialHeight:
 		// We're creating a proposal for the first block.
@@ -1373,7 +1372,6 @@ func (cs *State) createProposalBlock(ctx context.Context) (block *types.Block, e
 	case cs.LastCommit.HasTwoThirdsMajority():
 		// Make the commit from LastCommit
 		commit = cs.LastCommit.MakeCommit()
-		votes = cs.LastCommit.GetVotes()
 
 	default: // This shouldn't happen.
 		cs.logger.Error("propose step; cannot propose anything without commit for the previous block")
@@ -1389,7 +1387,7 @@ func (cs *State) createProposalBlock(ctx context.Context) (block *types.Block, e
 
 	proposerAddr := cs.privValidatorPubKey.Address()
 
-	return cs.blockExec.CreateProposalBlock(ctx, cs.Height, cs.state, commit, proposerAddr, votes)
+	return cs.blockExec.CreateProposalBlock(ctx, cs.Height, cs.state, commit, proposerAddr)
 }
 
 // Enter: `timeoutPropose` after entering Propose.
diff --git a/internal/state/execution.go b/internal/state/execution.go
index ce18f7ed0..c913b48a4 100644
--- a/internal/state/execution.go
+++ b/internal/state/execution.go
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ func (blockExec *BlockExecutor) CreateProposalBlock(
 	state State,
 	commit *types.Commit,
 	proposerAddr []byte,
-	votes []*types.Vote,
 ) (*types.Block, error) {
 
 	maxBytes := state.ConsensusParams.Block.MaxBytes
diff --git a/internal/state/execution_test.go b/internal/state/execution_test.go
index 282c5f10d..2443e17f5 100644
--- a/internal/state/execution_test.go
+++ b/internal/state/execution_test.go
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ func TestEmptyPrepareProposal(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	pa, _ := state.Validators.GetByIndex(0)
 	commit := makeValidCommit(ctx, t, height, types.BlockID{}, state.Validators, privVals)
-	_, err = blockExec.CreateProposalBlock(ctx, height, state, commit, pa, nil)
+	_, err = blockExec.CreateProposalBlock(ctx, height, state, commit, pa)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
diff --git a/node/node_test.go b/node/node_test.go
index eeeb01008..698e8d70a 100644
--- a/node/node_test.go
+++ b/node/node_test.go
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ func TestCreateProposalBlock(t *testing.T) {
 		height,
 		state, commit,
 		proposerAddr,
-		nil,
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -420,7 +419,6 @@ func TestMaxTxsProposalBlockSize(t *testing.T) {
 		height,
 		state, commit,
 		proposerAddr,
-		nil,
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -535,7 +533,6 @@ func TestMaxProposalBlockSize(t *testing.T) {
 		math.MaxInt64,
 		state, commit,
 		proposerAddr,
-		nil,
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	partSet, err := block.MakePartSet(types.BlockPartSizeBytes)