diff --git a/yarn-project/types/src/l2_block.ts b/yarn-project/types/src/l2_block.ts
index 380cb789c794..8df578bd6d0c 100644
--- a/yarn-project/types/src/l2_block.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/types/src/l2_block.ts
@@ -705,30 +705,24 @@ export class L2Block {
       );
     }
 
-    const newCommitments = this.newCommitments.slice(
-      MAX_NEW_COMMITMENTS_PER_TX * txIndex,
-      MAX_NEW_COMMITMENTS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1),
-    );
-    const newNullifiers = this.newNullifiers.slice(
-      MAX_NEW_NULLIFIERS_PER_TX * txIndex,
-      MAX_NEW_NULLIFIERS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1),
-    );
-    const newPublicDataWrites = this.newPublicDataWrites.slice(
-      MAX_PUBLIC_DATA_UPDATE_REQUESTS_PER_TX * txIndex,
-      MAX_PUBLIC_DATA_UPDATE_REQUESTS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1),
-    );
-    const newL2ToL1Msgs = this.newL2ToL1Msgs.slice(
-      MAX_NEW_L2_TO_L1_MSGS_PER_TX * txIndex,
-      MAX_NEW_L2_TO_L1_MSGS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1),
-    );
-    const newContracts = this.newContracts.slice(
-      MAX_NEW_CONTRACTS_PER_TX * txIndex,
-      MAX_NEW_CONTRACTS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1),
-    );
-    const newContractData = this.newContractData.slice(
-      MAX_NEW_CONTRACTS_PER_TX * txIndex,
-      MAX_NEW_CONTRACTS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1),
-    );
+    const newCommitments = this.newCommitments
+      .slice(MAX_NEW_COMMITMENTS_PER_TX * txIndex, MAX_NEW_COMMITMENTS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1))
+      .filter(x => !x.isZero());
+    const newNullifiers = this.newNullifiers
+      .slice(MAX_NEW_NULLIFIERS_PER_TX * txIndex, MAX_NEW_NULLIFIERS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1))
+      .filter(x => !x.isZero());
+    const newPublicDataWrites = this.newPublicDataWrites
+      .slice(MAX_PUBLIC_DATA_UPDATE_REQUESTS_PER_TX * txIndex, MAX_PUBLIC_DATA_UPDATE_REQUESTS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1))
+      .filter(x => !x.isEmpty());
+    const newL2ToL1Msgs = this.newL2ToL1Msgs
+      .slice(MAX_NEW_L2_TO_L1_MSGS_PER_TX * txIndex, MAX_NEW_L2_TO_L1_MSGS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1))
+      .filter(x => !x.isZero());
+    const newContracts = this.newContracts
+      .slice(MAX_NEW_CONTRACTS_PER_TX * txIndex, MAX_NEW_CONTRACTS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1))
+      .filter(x => !x.isZero());
+    const newContractData = this.newContractData
+      .slice(MAX_NEW_CONTRACTS_PER_TX * txIndex, MAX_NEW_CONTRACTS_PER_TX * (txIndex + 1))
+      .filter(x => !x.isEmpty());
 
     return new L2Tx(
       newCommitments,