diff --git a/src/lib_dal_node/daemon.ml b/src/lib_dal_node/daemon.ml
index 35c741f7b5ddd1f3a8dfe1e967a354ce1cf790c8..ff734e0cadcfc024b087c3ec77908a4263eb907b 100644
--- a/src/lib_dal_node/daemon.ml
+++ b/src/lib_dal_node/daemon.ml
@@ -517,8 +517,6 @@ let run ?(disable_shard_validation = false) ~ignore_pkhs ~data_dir ~config_file
       ~level:head_level
   in
 
-  (* Set proto number of slots hook. *)
-  Value_size_hooks.set_number_of_slots proto_parameters.number_of_slots ;
   let* profile_ctxt =
     let+ profile_ctxt = build_profile_context config in
     Profile_manager.resolve_profile
diff --git a/src/lib_dal_node/value_size_hooks.ml b/src/lib_dal_node/value_size_hooks.ml
index 193423817d8f2609f86929a21f9fc954f3a67a66..dc7a9cc5c6a3f1627825953822d67ae46b0d98c1 100644
--- a/src/lib_dal_node/value_size_hooks.ml
+++ b/src/lib_dal_node/value_size_hooks.ml
@@ -22,21 +22,3 @@ let share_size () =
   match !share_size_ref with
   | None -> Stdlib.failwith "Store.share_size: value not initialized"
   | Some size -> size
-
-(* Same idea as for [share_size]. *)
-let number_of_slots_ref = ref None
-
-let set_number_of_slots n =
-  match !number_of_slots_ref with
-  | None -> number_of_slots_ref := Some n
-  | Some previous_number ->
-      if Int.equal n previous_number then ()
-      else
-        Stdlib.failwith
-          "Store.set_number_of_slots: new share size incompatible with current \
-           store"
-
-let number_of_slots () =
-  match !number_of_slots_ref with
-  | None -> Stdlib.failwith "Store.number_of_slots: value not initialized"
-  | Some n -> n
diff --git a/src/lib_dal_node/value_size_hooks.mli b/src/lib_dal_node/value_size_hooks.mli
index f58df6a670395f6f640a070d690fd099fbeb3418..ab86dd6b7fb57e595bf7afe41b8aaac897299afc 100644
--- a/src/lib_dal_node/value_size_hooks.mli
+++ b/src/lib_dal_node/value_size_hooks.mli
@@ -35,12 +35,3 @@ val set_share_size : int -> unit
 (** Get the share size. It fails if {!set_share_size} has not been called
     before. *)
 val share_size : unit -> int
-
-(** [set_number_of_slots n] sets the number of slots to be used by the store. It
-    fails if the size was already set to a different value. This function must
-    be called once, before the [layout] function of the KVS instance is used. *)
-val set_number_of_slots : int -> unit
-
-(** Get the number of slots size. It fails if {!set_number_of_slots} has not
-    been called before. *)
-val number_of_slots : unit -> int