diff --git a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage.java b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage.java
index 50d76140761..9cf8ddb3a27 100644
--- a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage.java
+++ b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage.java
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ public RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage(
     this.rocksDBMetricsFactory = rocksDBMetricsFactory;
 
     try {
-      final ColumnFamilyOptions columnFamilyOptions = new ColumnFamilyOptions();
       trimmedSegments = new ArrayList<>(defaultSegments);
       final List<byte[]> existingColumnFamilies =
           RocksDB.listColumnFamilies(new Options(), configuration.getDatabaseDir().toString());
@@ -162,15 +161,6 @@ public RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage(
           trimmedSegments.stream()
               .map(segment -> createColumnDescriptor(segment, configuration))
               .collect(Collectors.toList());
-      columnDescriptors.add(
-          new ColumnFamilyDescriptor(
-              KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.DEFAULT.getId(),
-              columnFamilyOptions
-                  .setTtl(0)
-                  .setCompressionType(CompressionType.LZ4_COMPRESSION)
-                  .setTableFormatConfig(
-                      createBlockBasedTableConfig(
-                          configuration, KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.DEFAULT))));
 
       setGlobalOptions(configuration, stats);
 
@@ -192,7 +182,7 @@ public RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage(
   private ColumnFamilyDescriptor createColumnDescriptor(
       final SegmentIdentifier segment, final RocksDBConfiguration configuration) {
 
-    BlockBasedTableConfig basedTableConfig = createBlockBasedTableConfig(configuration, segment);
+    BlockBasedTableConfig basedTableConfig = createBlockBasedTableConfig(segment, configuration);
 
     final var options =
         new ColumnFamilyOptions()
@@ -219,12 +209,11 @@ private ColumnFamilyDescriptor createColumnDescriptor(
    * Create a Block Base Table configuration for each segment, depending on the configuration in place
    * and the segment itself
    *
-   * @param config RocksDB configuration
    * @param segment The segment related to the column family
+   * @param config RocksDB configuration
    * @return Block Base Table configuration
    */
-  private BlockBasedTableConfig createBlockBasedTableConfig(
-      final RocksDBConfiguration config, final SegmentIdentifier segment) {
+  private BlockBasedTableConfig createBlockBasedTableConfig(final SegmentIdentifier segment, final RocksDBConfiguration config) {
     final LRUCache cache =
         new LRUCache(
             config.isHighSpec() && segment.isEligibleToHighSpecFlag()
diff --git a/plugins/rocksdb/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorageTest.java b/plugins/rocksdb/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorageTest.java
index 5462d239b91..459d85bb1fa 100644
--- a/plugins/rocksdb/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorageTest.java
+++ b/plugins/rocksdb/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorageTest.java
@@ -347,20 +347,22 @@ public enum TestSegment implements SegmentIdentifier {
     BAR(new byte[] {2}),
     EXPERIMENTAL(new byte[] {3}),
 
-    STATIC_DATA(new byte[] {4}, true);
+    STATIC_DATA(new byte[] {4}, true, false);
 
     private final byte[] id;
     private final String nameAsUtf8;
     private final boolean containsStaticData;
+    private final boolean eligibleToHighSpecFlag;
 
     TestSegment(final byte[] id) {
-      this(id, false);
+      this(id, false, false);
     }
 
-    TestSegment(final byte[] id, final boolean containsStaticData) {
+    TestSegment(final byte[] id, final boolean containsStaticData, final boolean eligibleToHighSpecFlag) {
       this.id = id;
       this.nameAsUtf8 = new String(id, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
       this.containsStaticData = containsStaticData;
+      this.eligibleToHighSpecFlag = eligibleToHighSpecFlag;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -377,6 +379,13 @@ public byte[] getId() {
     public boolean containsStaticData() {
       return containsStaticData;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isEligibleToHighSpecFlag() {
+      return eligibleToHighSpecFlag;
+    }
+
+
   }
 
   protected abstract SegmentedKeyValueStorage createSegmentedStore() throws Exception;