diff --git a/core/types/block.go b/core/types/block.go
index 8c136ef8a445..0706f5283814 100644
--- a/core/types/block.go
+++ b/core/types/block.go
@@ -281,8 +281,7 @@ func NewBlockWithWithdrawals(header *Header, txs []*Transaction, uncles []*Heade
 	return b.WithWithdrawals(withdrawals)
 }
 
-// CopyHeader creates a deep copy of a block header.
-func CopyHeader(h *Header) *Header {
+func copyHeader(h *Header) *Header {
 	cpy := *h
 	if cpy.Difficulty = new(big.Int); h.Difficulty != nil {
 		cpy.Difficulty.Set(h.Difficulty)
@@ -313,9 +312,6 @@ func CopyHeader(h *Header) *Header {
 		cpy.ParentBeaconRoot = new(common.Hash)
 		*cpy.ParentBeaconRoot = *h.ParentBeaconRoot
 	}
-	if h.extra != nil {
-		cpy.extra = h.extra
-	}
 	return &cpy
 }
 
diff --git a/core/types/block.libevm.go b/core/types/block.libevm.go
index 7ec55d708199..4d8f26cf0279 100644
--- a/core/types/block.libevm.go
+++ b/core/types/block.libevm.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type HeaderHooks interface {
 	UnmarshalJSON(*Header, []byte) error //nolint:govet
 	EncodeRLP(*Header, io.Writer) error
 	DecodeRLP(*Header, *rlp.Stream) error
+	Copy(*Header) *Header
 }
 
 // hooks returns the Header's registered HeaderHooks, if any, otherwise a
@@ -109,6 +110,15 @@ func (*NOOPHeaderHooks) DecodeRLP(h *Header, s *rlp.Stream) error {
 	return s.Decode((*withoutMethods)(h))
 }
 
+func (n *NOOPHeaderHooks) Copy(h *Header) *Header {
+	return copyHeader(h)
+}
+
+// CopyHeader creates a deep copy of a block header.
+func CopyHeader(h *Header) *Header {
+	return h.hooks().Copy(h)
+}
+
 // BlockHooks are required for all types registered with [RegisterExtras] for
 // [Block] payloads.
 type BlockHooks interface {
diff --git a/core/types/block.libevm_test.go b/core/types/block.libevm_test.go
index 5bb9ae6c4424..a011e9d7c459 100644
--- a/core/types/block.libevm_test.go
+++ b/core/types/block.libevm_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func (hh *stubHeaderHooks) DecodeRLP(h *Header, s *rlp.Stream) error {
 	return hh.errDecode
 }
 
+func (hh *stubHeaderHooks) Copy(*Header) *Header {
+	return nil
+}
+
 type stubBlockHooks struct {
 	suffix                        []byte
 	gotRawRLPToDecode             []byte