diff --git a/docker/assets/grafana/dashboards/analytics_dashboard.json b/docker/assets/grafana/dashboards/analytics_dashboard.json
index 89e7f2a20..0722db138 100644
--- a/docker/assets/grafana/dashboards/analytics_dashboard.json
+++ b/docker/assets/grafana/dashboards/analytics_dashboard.json
@@ -281,48 +281,6 @@
               "refId": "A",
               "resultFormat": "time_series",
               "select": [
-                [
-                  {
-                    "params": ["block_pending_count"],
-                    "type": "field"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": [],
-                    "type": "sum"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": ["Pending"],
-                    "type": "alias"
-                  }
-                ],
-                [
-                  {
-                    "params": ["block_accepted_count"],
-                    "type": "field"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": [],
-                    "type": "sum"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": ["Accepted"],
-                    "type": "alias"
-                  }
-                ],
-                [
-                  {
-                    "params": ["block_confirmed_count"],
-                    "type": "field"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": [],
-                    "type": "sum"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": ["Confirmed"],
-                    "type": "alias"
-                  }
-                ],
                 [
                   {
                     "params": ["block_finalized_count"],
@@ -336,48 +294,6 @@
                     "params": ["Finalized"],
                     "type": "alias"
                   }
-                ],
-                [
-                  {
-                    "params": ["block_rejected_count"],
-                    "type": "field"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": [],
-                    "type": "sum"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": ["Rejected"],
-                    "type": "alias"
-                  }
-                ],
-                [
-                  {
-                    "params": ["block_failed_count"],
-                    "type": "field"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": [],
-                    "type": "sum"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": ["Failed"],
-                    "type": "alias"
-                  }
-                ],
-                [
-                  {
-                    "params": ["block_unknown_count"],
-                    "type": "field"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": [],
-                    "type": "sum"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "params": ["Unknown"],
-                    "type": "alias"
-                  }
                 ]
               ],
               "tags": []
diff --git a/src/analytics/influx.rs b/src/analytics/influx.rs
index 4e80e2902..a5f1a6479 100644
--- a/src/analytics/influx.rs
+++ b/src/analytics/influx.rs
@@ -178,13 +178,7 @@ impl Measurement for BlockActivityMeasurement {
             .add_field("tagged_data_count", self.tagged_data_count as u64)
             .add_field("candidacy_announcement_count", self.candidacy_announcement_count as u64)
             .add_field("no_payload_count", self.no_payload_count as u64)
-            .add_field("block_pending_count", self.block_pending_count as u64)
-            .add_field("block_accepted_count", self.block_accepted_count as u64)
-            .add_field("block_confirmed_count", self.block_confirmed_count as u64)
             .add_field("block_finalized_count", self.block_finalized_count as u64)
-            .add_field("block_dropped_count", self.block_dropped_count as u64)
-            .add_field("block_orphaned_count", self.block_orphaned_count as u64)
-            .add_field("block_unknown_count", self.block_unknown_count as u64)
             .add_field("txn_pending_count", self.txn_pending_count as u64)
             .add_field("txn_accepted_count", self.txn_accepted_count as u64)
             .add_field("txn_committed_count", self.txn_committed_count as u64)
diff --git a/src/analytics/tangle/block_activity.rs b/src/analytics/tangle/block_activity.rs
index a7d3695b1..5d6118775 100644
--- a/src/analytics/tangle/block_activity.rs
+++ b/src/analytics/tangle/block_activity.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use iota_sdk::types::{
-    api::core::{BlockState, TransactionState},
+    api::core::TransactionState,
     block::{
         payload::{Payload, SignedTransactionPayload},
         Block, BlockBody,
@@ -26,13 +26,7 @@ pub(crate) struct BlockActivityMeasurement {
     pub(crate) tagged_data_count: usize,
     pub(crate) transaction_count: usize,
     pub(crate) candidacy_announcement_count: usize,
-    pub(crate) block_pending_count: usize,
-    pub(crate) block_accepted_count: usize,
-    pub(crate) block_confirmed_count: usize,
     pub(crate) block_finalized_count: usize,
-    pub(crate) block_dropped_count: usize,
-    pub(crate) block_orphaned_count: usize,
-    pub(crate) block_unknown_count: usize,
     pub(crate) txn_pending_count: usize,
     pub(crate) txn_accepted_count: usize,
     pub(crate) txn_committed_count: usize,
@@ -47,7 +41,7 @@ impl Analytics for BlockActivityMeasurement {
     async fn handle_block(
         &mut self,
         block: &Block,
-        block_metadata: &BlockMetadata,
+        _block_metadata: &BlockMetadata,
         _ctx: &dyn AnalyticsContext,
     ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         match block.body() {
@@ -62,17 +56,9 @@ impl Analytics for BlockActivityMeasurement {
             }
             BlockBody::Validation(_) => self.validation_count += 1,
         }
-        match &block_metadata.block_state {
-            Some(state) => match state {
-                BlockState::Pending => self.block_pending_count += 1,
-                BlockState::Accepted => self.block_accepted_count += 1,
-                BlockState::Confirmed => self.block_confirmed_count += 1,
-                BlockState::Finalized => self.block_finalized_count += 1,
-                BlockState::Dropped => self.block_dropped_count += 1,
-                BlockState::Orphaned => self.block_orphaned_count += 1,
-            },
-            None => self.block_unknown_count += 1,
-        }
+
+        // non-finalized blocks, or blocks without a block state have been filtered out.
+        self.block_finalized_count += 1;
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/tangle/slot_stream.rs b/src/tangle/slot_stream.rs
index 70c6b236c..5a18ac6a5 100644
--- a/src/tangle/slot_stream.rs
+++ b/src/tangle/slot_stream.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use futures::{stream::BoxStream, Stream, TryStreamExt};
-use iota_sdk::types::block::slot::{SlotCommitment, SlotCommitmentId, SlotIndex};
+use iota_sdk::types::{
+    api::core::BlockState,
+    block::slot::{SlotCommitment, SlotCommitmentId, SlotIndex},
+};
 
 use super::InputSource;
 use crate::model::{
@@ -43,25 +46,32 @@ impl<'a, I: InputSource> Slot<'a, I> {
     pub async fn accepted_block_stream(
         &self,
     ) -> Result<impl Stream<Item = Result<BlockWithTransactionMetadata, I::Error>> + '_, I::Error> {
-        Ok(self.source.accepted_blocks(self.index()).await?.and_then(|res| async {
-            let transaction = if let Some(transaction_id) = res
-                .block
-                .inner()
-                .body()
-                .as_basic_opt()
-                .and_then(|body| body.payload())
-                .and_then(|p| p.as_signed_transaction_opt())
-                .map(|txn| txn.transaction().id())
-            {
-                Some(self.source.transaction_metadata(transaction_id).await?)
-            } else {
-                None
-            };
-            Ok(BlockWithTransactionMetadata {
-                transaction,
-                block: res,
+        Ok(self
+            .source
+            .accepted_blocks(self.index())
+            .await?
+            .try_filter(|block_with_metadata| {
+                futures::future::ready(block_with_metadata.metadata.block_state == Some(BlockState::Finalized))
             })
-        }))
+            .and_then(|res| async {
+                let transaction = if let Some(transaction_id) = res
+                    .block
+                    .inner()
+                    .body()
+                    .as_basic_opt()
+                    .and_then(|body| body.payload())
+                    .and_then(|p| p.as_signed_transaction_opt())
+                    .map(|txn| txn.transaction().id())
+                {
+                    Some(self.source.transaction_metadata(transaction_id).await?)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
+                Ok(BlockWithTransactionMetadata {
+                    transaction,
+                    block: res,
+                })
+            }))
     }
 
     /// Returns the ledger update store.