diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst
index 5f7c68daaa..22cb199229 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/quickstart.rst
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ to interact with the Ethereum blockchain. Try getting all the information about
      'size': 622,
      'stateRoot': HexBytes('0x1f5e460eb84dc0606ab74189dbcfe617300549f8f4778c3c9081c119b5b5d1c1'),
      'timestamp': 0,
-     'totalDifficulty': 1,
      'transactions': [],
      'transactionsRoot': HexBytes('0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421'),
      'uncles': []}
diff --git a/docs/web3.eth.rst b/docs/web3.eth.rst
index bdea4e20ea..465a6440f1 100644
--- a/docs/web3.eth.rst
+++ b/docs/web3.eth.rst
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ The following methods are available on the ``web3.eth`` namespace.
             'size': 650,
             'stateRoot': '0x96dbad955b166f5119793815c36f11ffa909859bbfeb64b735cca37cbf10bef1',
             'timestamp': 1470173578,
-            'totalDifficulty': 44010101827705409388,
             'transactions': ['0xc55e2b90168af6972193c1f86fa4d7d7b31a29c156665d15b9cd48618b5177ef'],
             'transactionsRoot': '0xb31f174d27b99cdae8e746bd138a01ce60d8dd7b224f7c60845914def05ecc58',
             'uncles': [],
@@ -416,7 +415,6 @@ The following methods are available on the ``web3.eth`` namespace.
           'sha3Uncles': '0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347',
           'size': None, 'stateRoot': '0x8ce2b1bf8e25a06a8ca34c647ff5fd0fa48ac725cc07f657ae1645ab8ef68c91',
           'timestamp': '0x55c6a972',
-          'totalDifficulty': '0xce4c4f0a0b810b',
           'transactions': [],
           'transactionsRoot': '0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421',
           'uncles': []
diff --git a/newsfragments/3502.removal.rst b/newsfragments/3502.removal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e34e2bddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/3502.removal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+remove ``totalDifficulty`` field
diff --git a/tests/core/eth-module/test_block_api.py b/tests/core/eth-module/test_block_api.py
index e295953181..25790d68ef 100644
--- a/tests/core/eth-module/test_block_api.py
+++ b/tests/core/eth-module/test_block_api.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ def test_get_block_formatters_with_null_values(w3, request_mocker):
         "difficulty": None,
         "receiptsRoot": None,
         "stateRoot": None,
-        "totalDifficulty": None,
         "transactionsRoot": None,
         "transactions": [],
         "withdrawalsRoot": None,
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ def test_get_block_formatters_with_pre_formatted_values(w3, request_mocker):
         "stateRoot": (
             "0xfeed54faf6bb151112970b460118ed790197d69df7fcdd79801d120851723c88"
         ),
-        "totalDifficulty": "0x9bf9a3",
         "transactionsRoot": (
             "0xafeedbeef5f30efc9baf28e49271302e9b569cfa1e8e9d9512360eb8e7c667a7"
         ),
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@ def test_get_block_formatters_with_pre_formatted_values(w3, request_mocker):
         "difficulty": int(unformatted_values_block["difficulty"], 16),
         "receiptsRoot": HexBytes(unformatted_values_block["receiptsRoot"]),
         "stateRoot": HexBytes(unformatted_values_block["stateRoot"]),
-        "totalDifficulty": int(unformatted_values_block["totalDifficulty"], 16),
         "transactionsRoot": HexBytes(unformatted_values_block["transactionsRoot"]),
         "transactions": [
             HexBytes(unformatted_values_block["transactions"][0]),
diff --git a/web3/_utils/method_formatters.py b/web3/_utils/method_formatters.py
index 5fef242614..898ef097d3 100644
--- a/web3/_utils/method_formatters.py
+++ b/web3/_utils/method_formatters.py
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ def storage_key_to_hexstr(value: Union[bytes, int, str]) -> HexStr:
     "difficulty": to_integer_if_hex,
     "receiptsRoot": apply_formatter_if(is_not_null, to_hexbytes(32)),
     "stateRoot": apply_formatter_if(is_not_null, to_hexbytes(32)),
-    "totalDifficulty": to_integer_if_hex,
     "transactions": apply_one_of_formatters(
         (
             (
diff --git a/web3/providers/eth_tester/middleware.py b/web3/providers/eth_tester/middleware.py
index 72ab204076..426648c077 100644
--- a/web3/providers/eth_tester/middleware.py
+++ b/web3/providers/eth_tester/middleware.py
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ def is_hexstr(value: Any) -> bool:
     "logs_bloom": "logsBloom",
     "state_root": "stateRoot",
     "receipts_root": "receiptsRoot",
-    "total_difficulty": "totalDifficulty",
     "extra_data": "extraData",
     "gas_used": "gasUsed",
     "base_fee_per_gas": "baseFeePerGas",
diff --git a/web3/types.py b/web3/types.py
index 7b2a227e23..8a2fa141b5 100644
--- a/web3/types.py
+++ b/web3/types.py
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ class BlockData(TypedDict, total=False):
     size: int
     stateRoot: HexBytes
     timestamp: Timestamp
-    totalDifficulty: int
     transactions: Union[Sequence[HexBytes], Sequence[TxData]]
     transactionsRoot: HexBytes
     uncles: Sequence[HexBytes]
@@ -428,7 +427,6 @@ class Uncle(TypedDict):
     size: int
     stateRoot: HexBytes
     timestamp: Timestamp
-    totalDifficulty: HexStr
     transactions: Sequence[HexBytes]
     transactionsRoot: HexBytes
     uncles: Sequence[HexBytes]