diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java
index c6eeb8b3a04e..894291393d45 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.unstable.SynchronizerOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.components.BesuComponent;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.config.CheckpointConfigOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.config.GenesisConfigFile;
@@ -1092,13 +1091,7 @@ private Optional<SnapProtocolManager> createSnapProtocolManager(
       final EthPeers ethPeers,
       final EthMessages snapMessages) {
     return Optional.of(
-        new SnapProtocolManager(
-            peerValidators,
-            ethPeers,
-            snapMessages,
-            protocolContext,
-            // TODO: revisit this as part of #6157
-            () -> SynchronizerOptions.create().isSnapsyncFlatDbHealingEnabled()));
+        new SnapProtocolManager(peerValidators, ethPeers, snapMessages, protocolContext));
   }
 
   WorldStateArchive createWorldStateArchive(
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/BonsaiWorldStateProvider.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/BonsaiWorldStateProvider.java
index fb545df0594d..fd8e8dd274da 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/BonsaiWorldStateProvider.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/BonsaiWorldStateProvider.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.cache.CachedMerkleTrieLoader;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.cache.CachedWorldStorageManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.storage.BonsaiWorldStateKeyValueStorage;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.storage.flat.FullFlatDbStrategy;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.trielog.TrieLogManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.worldview.BonsaiWorldState;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.worldview.BonsaiWorldStateUpdateAccumulator;
@@ -349,6 +350,11 @@ public void resetArchiveStateTo(final BlockHeader blockHeader) {
         blockHeader, persistedState.getWorldStateRootHash(), persistedState);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isFullFlat() {
+    return worldStateStorage.getFlatDbStrategy() instanceof FullFlatDbStrategy;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public <U> Optional<U> getAccountProof(
       final BlockHeader blockHeader,
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/trielog/TrieLogManager.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/trielog/TrieLogManager.java
index 7ebcfd932e87..5102b7a0b90e 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/trielog/TrieLogManager.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/trielog/TrieLogManager.java
@@ -28,14 +28,15 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.trielogs.TrieLogFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.trielogs.TrieLogProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.util.Subscribers;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.LongStream;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 public class TrieLogManager {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TrieLogManager.class);
   public static final long LOG_RANGE_LIMIT = 1000; // restrict trielog range queries to 1k logs
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/FlatWorldStateArchive.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/FlatWorldStateArchive.java
index dcbf0d5c76b8..40227e0eec3d 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/FlatWorldStateArchive.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/FlatWorldStateArchive.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate;
 
-
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.cache.CachedWorldStorageManager;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/WorldStateArchive.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/WorldStateArchive.java
index 8c334939bc95..edab8184eb5f 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/WorldStateArchive.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/worldstate/WorldStateArchive.java
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ <U> Optional<U> getAccountProof(
       final List<UInt256> accountStorageKeys,
       final Function<Optional<WorldStateProof>, ? extends Optional<U>> mapper);
 
-  default boolean isFlatArchive() {
-    return this instanceof FlatWorldStateArchive;
+  default Optional<FlatWorldStateArchive> isFlatArchive() {
+    return Optional.of(this)
+        .filter(FlatWorldStateArchive.class::isInstance)
+        .map(FlatWorldStateArchive.class::cast);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapProtocolManager.java b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapProtocolManager.java
index da138c782a35..3a63d3626efe 100644
--- a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapProtocolManager.java
+++ b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapProtocolManager.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -53,12 +52,11 @@ public SnapProtocolManager(
       final List<PeerValidator> peerValidators,
       final EthPeers ethPeers,
       final EthMessages snapMessages,
-      final ProtocolContext protocolContext,
-      final Supplier<Boolean> isEnabled) {
+      final ProtocolContext protocolContext) {
     this.ethPeers = ethPeers;
     this.snapMessages = snapMessages;
     this.supportedCapabilities = calculateCapabilities();
-    new SnapServer(snapMessages, protocolContext, isEnabled.get());
+    new SnapServer(snapMessages, protocolContext);
   }
 
   private List<Capability> calculateCapabilities() {
diff --git a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapServer.java b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapServer.java
index 6d5afa5ec10c..22118166913c 100644
--- a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapServer.java
+++ b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapServer.java
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.wire.MessageData;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.proof.WorldStateProofProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.rlp.BytesValueRLPOutput;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.CompactEncoding;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.BonsaiWorldStateProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.cache.CachedWorldStorageManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.storage.BonsaiWorldStateKeyValueStorage;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.CompactEncoding;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.FlatWorldStateArchive;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateArchive;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuEvents;
 
@@ -84,36 +85,34 @@ class SnapServer implements BesuEvents.InitialSyncCompletionListener {
   private final EthMessages snapMessages;
   private final Function<Optional<Hash>, Optional<BonsaiWorldStateKeyValueStorage>>
       worldStateStorageProvider;
-  private boolean isEnabled = true;
 
-  SnapServer(
-      final EthMessages snapMessages,
-      final ProtocolContext protocolContext,
-      final boolean isEnabled) {
+  SnapServer(final EthMessages snapMessages, final ProtocolContext protocolContext) {
     this(
         snapMessages,
         rootHash ->
             ((BonsaiWorldStateProvider) protocolContext.getWorldStateArchive())
                 .getCachedWorldStorageManager()
                 .flatMap(storageManager -> storageManager.getStorageByRootHash(rootHash)));
-    this.isEnabled = isEnabled;
-    var archive = protocolContext.getWorldStateArchive();
-    if (isEnabled && archive.isFlatArchive()) {
-      var cachedStorageManager = ((FlatWorldStateArchive) archive).getCachedWorldStorageManager();
-      var blockchain = protocolContext.getBlockchain();
-
-      // prime state-root-to-blockhash cache
-      primeWorldStateArchive(cachedStorageManager, blockchain);
-
-      // subscribe to initial sync completed events to start/stop snap server:
-      protocolContext
-          .getSynchronizer()
-          .filter(z -> z instanceof DefaultSynchronizer)
-          .map(DefaultSynchronizer.class::cast)
-          .ifPresentOrElse(
-              z -> this.listenerId.set(z.subscribeInitialSync(this)),
-              () -> LOGGER.warn("SnapServer created without reference to sync status"));
-    }
+    Optional.of(protocolContext.getWorldStateArchive())
+        .flatMap(WorldStateArchive::isFlatArchive)
+        .filter(FlatWorldStateArchive::isFullFlat)
+        .ifPresent(
+            flatArchive -> {
+              var cachedStorageManager = flatArchive.getCachedWorldStorageManager();
+              var blockchain = protocolContext.getBlockchain();
+
+              // prime state-root-to-blockhash cache
+              primeWorldStateArchive(cachedStorageManager, blockchain);
+
+              // subscribe to initial sync completed events to start/stop snap server:
+              protocolContext
+                  .getSynchronizer()
+                  .filter(z -> z instanceof DefaultSynchronizer)
+                  .map(DefaultSynchronizer.class::cast)
+                  .ifPresentOrElse(
+                      z -> this.listenerId.set(z.subscribeInitialSync(this)),
+                      () -> LOGGER.warn("SnapServer created without reference to sync status"));
+            });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapServerTest.java b/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapServerTest.java
index a3eef1894a5d..462a93acd9e8 100644
--- a/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapServerTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/snap/SnapServerTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.snap.SnapServer.HASH_LAST;
+import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_CONFIG;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
@@ -37,9 +38,9 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.rlp.BytesValueRLPOutput;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.rlp.RLP;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueStorageProvider;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.storage.BonsaiWorldStateKeyValueStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.CompactEncoding;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.MerkleTrie;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.bonsai.storage.BonsaiWorldStateKeyValueStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.patricia.SimpleMerklePatriciaTrie;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.patricia.StoredMerklePatriciaTrie;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.StateTrieAccountValue;
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
-import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_CONFIG;
 import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;
 import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes32;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;