diff --git a/src/buildstream/_artifactcache.py b/src/buildstream/_artifactcache.py
index a531c453c..a32d0ee62 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/_artifactcache.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/_artifactcache.py
@@ -238,58 +238,6 @@ def link_key(self, element, oldkey, newkey):
 
         utils.safe_link(os.path.join(self._basedir, oldref), os.path.join(self._basedir, newref))
 
-    # fetch_missing_blobs():
-    #
-    # Fetch missing blobs from configured remote repositories.
-    #
-    # Args:
-    #     project (Project): The current project
-    #     missing_blobs (list): The Digests of the blobs to fetch
-    #
-    def fetch_missing_blobs(self, project, missing_blobs):
-
-        index_remotes, _ = self.get_remotes(project.name, False)
-        for remote in index_remotes:
-            if not missing_blobs:
-                break
-
-            remote.init()
-
-            # fetch_blobs() will return the blobs that are still missing
-            missing_blobs = self.cas.fetch_blobs(remote, missing_blobs, allow_partial=True)
-
-        if missing_blobs:
-            raise ArtifactError("Blobs not found on configured artifact servers")
-
-    # find_missing_blobs():
-    #
-    # Find missing blobs from configured push remote repositories.
-    #
-    # Args:
-    #     project (Project): The current project
-    #     missing_blobs (list): The Digests of the blobs to check
-    #
-    # Returns:
-    #     (list): The Digests of the blobs missing on at least one push remote
-    #
-    def find_missing_blobs(self, project, missing_blobs):
-        if not missing_blobs:
-            return []
-
-        _, push_remotes = self.get_remotes(project.name, True)
-        remote_missing_blobs_list = []
-
-        for remote in push_remotes:
-            remote.init()
-
-            remote_missing_blobs = self.cas.missing_blobs(missing_blobs, remote=remote)
-
-            for blob in remote_missing_blobs:
-                if blob not in remote_missing_blobs_list:
-                    remote_missing_blobs_list.append(blob)
-
-        return remote_missing_blobs_list
-
     # check_remotes_for_element()
     #
     # Check if the element is available in any of the remotes
diff --git a/src/buildstream/sandbox/_sandboxremote.py b/src/buildstream/sandbox/_sandboxremote.py
index b087e053f..5b4bd0414 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/sandbox/_sandboxremote.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/sandbox/_sandboxremote.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from .. import _signals
 from .._protos.build.bazel.remote.execution.v2 import remote_execution_pb2
 from .._protos.google.rpc import code_pb2
-from .._exceptions import BstError, SandboxError
+from .._exceptions import SandboxError
 from .._protos.google.longrunning import operations_pb2
 
 
@@ -160,9 +160,7 @@ def _execute_action(self, action, flags):
         stdout, stderr = self._get_output()
 
         context = self._get_context()
-        project = self._get_project()
         cascache = context.get_cascache()
-        artifactcache = context.artifactcache
 
         action_digest = cascache.add_object(buffer=action.SerializeToString())
 
@@ -182,15 +180,6 @@ def _execute_action(self, action, flags):
                 except grpc.RpcError as e:
                     raise SandboxError("Failed to determine missing blobs: {}".format(e)) from e
 
-                # Check if any blobs are also missing locally (partial artifact)
-                # and pull them from the artifact cache.
-                try:
-                    local_missing_blobs = cascache.missing_blobs(missing_blobs)
-                    if local_missing_blobs:
-                        artifactcache.fetch_missing_blobs(project, local_missing_blobs)
-                except (grpc.RpcError, BstError) as e:
-                    raise SandboxError("Failed to pull missing blobs from artifact cache: {}".format(e)) from e
-
                 # Add command and action messages to blob list to push
                 missing_blobs.append(action.command_digest)
                 missing_blobs.append(action_digest)