diff --git a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/privacy/FlexiblePrivacyAcceptanceTestBase.java b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/privacy/FlexiblePrivacyAcceptanceTestBase.java
index 6b56a5955f3..4f084328f2e 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/privacy/FlexiblePrivacyAcceptanceTestBase.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/privacy/FlexiblePrivacyAcceptanceTestBase.java
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ protected PrivateTransactionReceipt buildExpectedAddMemberTransactionReceipt(
     output.append("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020");
     // Length of the array (with padded zeros to the left)
     output.append(Quantity.longToPaddedHex(members.length, 32).substring(2));
-    // Offset of the elements of the array
-    output.append(Quantity.longToPaddedHex(members.length, members.length * 32).substring(2));
     // TODO continue here
     // Each member enclave key converted from Base64 to bytes
     for (final String member : members) {
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/privacy/FlexibleUtil.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/privacy/FlexibleUtil.java
index f16869ddfc2..19026d9376e 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/privacy/FlexibleUtil.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/privacy/FlexibleUtil.java
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ public static List<String> decodeList(final Bytes rlpEncodedList) {
     return getParticipantsFromMungedParticipants(mungedParticipants, lengthOfList);
   }
 
-  @VisibleForTesting
-  public static List<String> getParticipantsFromMungedParticipants(
+  private static List<String> getParticipantsFromMungedParticipants(
       final Bytes mungedParticipants, final int numberOfParticipants) {
     final List<String> participants = new ArrayList<>();
     // The participant value is enclosed in the closest multiple of 32 (for instance, 91 would be