diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/archiveStore/utils/archiveBlocks.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/archiveStore/utils/archiveBlocks.ts
index f6b86ac9606f..355e14967c16 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/archiveStore/utils/archiveBlocks.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/archiveStore/utils/archiveBlocks.ts
@@ -299,55 +299,45 @@ async function migrateBlobSidecarsFromHotToColdDb(
   return migratedWrappedBlobSidecars;
 }
 
-// TODO: This function can be simplified further by reducing layers of promises in a loop
 async function migrateDataColumnSidecarsFromHotToColdDb(
   config: ChainForkConfig,
   db: IBeaconDb,
   blocks: BlockRootSlot[],
   currentEpoch: Epoch
 ): Promise<number> {
-  let migratedWrappedDataColumns = 0;
+  // Only Fulu and newer blocks and within the retention window
+  const withinRetentionWindow = (slot: Slot) =>
+    config.getForkSeq(slot) >= ForkSeq.fulu &&
+    computeEpochAtSlot(slot) >= currentEpoch - config.MIN_EPOCHS_FOR_DATA_COLUMN_SIDECARS_REQUESTS;
+  let migratedDataColumnsCount = 0;
+
   for (let i = 0; i < blocks.length; i += BLOB_SIDECAR_BATCH_SIZE) {
     const toIdx = Math.min(i + BLOB_SIDECAR_BATCH_SIZE, blocks.length);
     const canonicalBlocks = blocks.slice(i, toIdx);
-
-    // processCanonicalBlocks
-    if (canonicalBlocks.length === 0) break;
     const promises = [];
 
-    // load Buffer instead of ssz deserialized to improve performance
     for (const block of canonicalBlocks) {
-      const blockSlot = block.slot;
-      const blockEpoch = computeEpochAtSlot(blockSlot);
-
-      if (
-        config.getForkSeq(blockSlot) < ForkSeq.fulu ||
-        // if block is out of ${config.MIN_EPOCHS_FOR_DATA_COLUMN_SIDECARS_REQUESTS}, skip this step
-        blockEpoch < currentEpoch - config.MIN_EPOCHS_FOR_DATA_COLUMN_SIDECARS_REQUESTS
-      ) {
-        continue;
-      }
+      if (!withinRetentionWindow(block.slot)) continue;
 
-      const dataColumnSidecarBytes = await db.dataColumnSidecar.valuesBinary(block.root);
-      if (!dataColumnSidecarBytes) {
+      const dataColumnSidecars = await db.dataColumnSidecar.valuesBinary(block.root);
+      if (!dataColumnSidecars || dataColumnSidecars.length === 0) {
         throw Error(`No dataColumnSidecars found for slot ${block.slot} root ${toHex(block.root)}`);
       }
+
       promises.push(
         db.dataColumnSidecarArchive.putManyBinary(
           block.slot,
-          dataColumnSidecarBytes.map((p) => ({key: p.id, value: p.value}))
+          dataColumnSidecars.map(({id, value}) => ({id, value}))
         )
       );
-      migratedWrappedDataColumns += dataColumnSidecarBytes.length;
+      migratedDataColumnsCount += dataColumnSidecars.length;
     }
 
     promises.push(db.dataColumnSidecar.deleteMany(canonicalBlocks.map((block) => block.root)));
 
-    // put to blockArchive db and delete block db
     await Promise.all(promises);
   }
-
-  return migratedWrappedDataColumns;
+  return migratedDataColumnsCount;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/test/unit/chain/archiveStore/blockArchiver.test.ts b/packages/beacon-node/test/unit/chain/archiveStore/blockArchiver.test.ts
index 0a6427de3034..339a3578e4f1 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/test/unit/chain/archiveStore/blockArchiver.test.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/test/unit/chain/archiveStore/blockArchiver.test.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ describe("block archiver task", () => {
     for (const block of canonicalBlocks) {
       expect(dbStub.dataColumnSidecarArchive.putManyBinary).toHaveBeenCalledWith(block.slot, [
         {
-          key: 0,
+          id: 0,
           value: dataColumnBytes,
         },
       ]);
diff --git a/packages/db/src/abstractPrefixedRepository.ts b/packages/db/src/abstractPrefixedRepository.ts
index 84abda31878a..1f41e113a17f 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/abstractPrefixedRepository.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/abstractPrefixedRepository.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import {Type} from "@chainsafe/ssz";
 import {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
 import {BUCKET_LENGTH} from "./const.js";
-import {KeyValue} from "./controller/index.js";
 import {Db, DbReqOpts, FilterOptions} from "./controller/interface.js";
 import {encodeKey} from "./util.js";
 
 type Id = Uint8Array | string | number | bigint;
 
+export interface IdValue<I, V> {
+  id: I;
+  value: V;
+}
+
 /**
  * Repository is a high level kv storage
  * This abstract repository is designed in a way to store items with different prefixed
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ export abstract class PrefixedRepository<P, I extends Id, T> {
   }
 
   async putMany(prefix: P, items: T[]): Promise<void> {
-    const batch: KeyValue<Uint8Array, Uint8Array>[] = [];
+    const batch = [];
     for (const item of items) {
       const id = this.getId(item);
       const key = this.wrapKey(this.encodeKeyRaw(prefix, id));
@@ -114,10 +118,10 @@ export abstract class PrefixedRepository<P, I extends Id, T> {
     await this.db.put(key, bytes, this.dbReqOpts);
   }
 
-  async putManyBinary(prefix: P, items: KeyValue<I, Uint8Array>[]): Promise<void> {
-    const batch: KeyValue<Uint8Array, Uint8Array>[] = [];
-    for (const {key, value} of items) {
-      batch.push({key: this.wrapKey(this.encodeKeyRaw(prefix, key)), value: value});
+  async putManyBinary(prefix: P, items: IdValue<I, Uint8Array>[]): Promise<void> {
+    const batch = [];
+    for (const {id, value} of items) {
+      batch.push({key: this.wrapKey(this.encodeKeyRaw(prefix, id)), value: value});
     }
     await this.db.batchPut(batch, this.dbReqOpts);
   }