diff --git a/crates/sp-domains-fraud-proof/src/fraud_proof.rs b/crates/sp-domains-fraud-proof/src/fraud_proof.rs
index 9242d52e1b..1a71d6ec59 100644
--- a/crates/sp-domains-fraud-proof/src/fraud_proof.rs
+++ b/crates/sp-domains-fraud-proof/src/fraud_proof.rs
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ pub enum ExecutionPhase {
     InitializeBlock,
     /// Executes some extrinsic.
     ApplyExtrinsic {
-        proof_of_inclusion: StorageProof,
+        extrinsic_proof: StorageProof,
         mismatch_index: u32,
-        extrinsic: Vec<u8>,
     },
     /// Executes the `finalize_block` hook.
     FinalizeBlock,
@@ -143,9 +142,8 @@ impl ExecutionPhase {
                 new_header.encode()
             }
             ExecutionPhase::ApplyExtrinsic {
-                proof_of_inclusion,
+                extrinsic_proof: proof_of_inclusion,
                 mismatch_index,
-                extrinsic,
             } => {
                 // There is a trace root of the `initialize_block` in the head of the trace so we
                 // need to minus one to get the correct `extrinsic_index`
@@ -154,15 +152,13 @@ impl ExecutionPhase {
                     StorageProofVerifier::<DomainHeader::Hashing>::enumerated_storage_key(
                         extrinsic_index,
                     );
-                if !StorageProofVerifier::<DomainHeader::Hashing>::verify_storage_proof(
-                    proof_of_inclusion.clone(),
+
+                StorageProofVerifier::<DomainHeader::Hashing>::get_bare_value(
                     &bad_receipt.domain_block_extrinsic_root,
-                    extrinsic.clone(),
+                    proof_of_inclusion.clone(),
                     storage_key,
-                ) {
-                    return Err(VerificationError::InvalidApplyExtrinsicCallData);
-                }
-                extrinsic.clone()
+                )
+                .map_err(|_| VerificationError::InvalidApplyExtrinsicCallData)?
             }
             ExecutionPhase::FinalizeBlock => Vec::new(),
         })
diff --git a/crates/sp-domains/src/proof_provider_and_verifier.rs b/crates/sp-domains/src/proof_provider_and_verifier.rs
index 1986fb9db0..c48c9630c4 100644
--- a/crates/sp-domains/src/proof_provider_and_verifier.rs
+++ b/crates/sp-domains/src/proof_provider_and_verifier.rs
@@ -53,23 +53,6 @@ impl<H: Hasher> StorageProofVerifier<H> {
         Ok(val)
     }
 
-    /// Verifies the given storage proof and checks the expected_value matches the extracted value from the proof.
-    pub fn verify_storage_proof(
-        proof: StorageProof,
-        root: &H::Out,
-        expected_value: Vec<u8>,
-        storage_key: StorageKey,
-    ) -> bool
-    where
-        H: Hasher,
-    {
-        if let Ok(got_data) = StorageProofVerifier::<H>::get_bare_value(root, proof, storage_key) {
-            expected_value == got_data
-        } else {
-            false
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Constructs the storage key from a given enumerated index.
     pub fn enumerated_storage_key(index: u32) -> StorageKey {
         StorageKey(Compact(index).encode())
diff --git a/crates/sp-domains/src/valued_trie.rs b/crates/sp-domains/src/valued_trie.rs
index fb0af3f6df..9096c322d3 100644
--- a/crates/sp-domains/src/valued_trie.rs
+++ b/crates/sp-domains/src/valued_trie.rs
@@ -303,35 +303,36 @@ mod test {
                 )
                 .unwrap();
 
-            assert!(StorageProofVerifier::<BlakeTwo256>::verify_storage_proof(
-                storage_proof.clone(),
-                &root,
-                ext.clone(),
-                storage_key.clone(),
-            ));
+            assert_eq!(
+                StorageProofVerifier::<BlakeTwo256>::get_bare_value(
+                    &root,
+                    storage_proof.clone(),
+                    storage_key.clone(),
+                )
+                .unwrap(),
+                ext.clone()
+            );
 
-            // Verifying the proof with a wrong root/ext/index will fail
-            assert!(!StorageProofVerifier::<BlakeTwo256>::verify_storage_proof(
-                storage_proof.clone(),
+            // Verifying the proof with a wrong root/key will fail
+            assert!(StorageProofVerifier::<BlakeTwo256>::get_bare_value(
                 &H256::random(),
-                ext.clone(),
-                storage_key.clone(),
-            ));
-
-            assert!(!StorageProofVerifier::<BlakeTwo256>::verify_storage_proof(
                 storage_proof.clone(),
-                &root,
-                vec![i as u8; ext.len()],
-                storage_key,
-            ));
+                storage_key.clone(),
+            )
+            .is_err());
 
             let storage_key = StorageKey(Compact(i as u32 + 1).encode());
-            assert!(!StorageProofVerifier::<BlakeTwo256>::verify_storage_proof(
-                storage_proof,
+            let result = StorageProofVerifier::<BlakeTwo256>::get_bare_value(
                 &root,
-                ext,
+                storage_proof,
                 storage_key,
-            ));
+            );
+
+            // there is a possibility that wrong key ends up being a different leaf in the merkle tree
+            // but the data that key holds is neither valid extrinsic nor the the one we expect.
+            if let Ok(data) = result {
+                assert_ne!(data, ext.clone())
+            }
         }
 
         // fails to generate storage key for unknown index
diff --git a/domains/client/domain-operator/src/fraud_proof.rs b/domains/client/domain-operator/src/fraud_proof.rs
index 38434b014e..ea75c0ef5f 100644
--- a/domains/client/domain-operator/src/fraud_proof.rs
+++ b/domains/client/domain-operator/src/fraud_proof.rs
@@ -418,9 +418,8 @@ where
             )
             .ok_or(FraudProofError::FailToGenerateProofOfInclusion)?;
             ExecutionPhase::ApplyExtrinsic {
-                proof_of_inclusion,
+                extrinsic_proof: proof_of_inclusion,
                 mismatch_index: trace_mismatch_index,
-                extrinsic: target_extrinsic.clone(),
             }
         };