diff --git a/yarn-project/simulator/src/client/client_execution_context.ts b/yarn-project/simulator/src/client/client_execution_context.ts
index 161a4f06c53..ab66af72af1 100644
--- a/yarn-project/simulator/src/client/client_execution_context.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/simulator/src/client/client_execution_context.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   type TxContext,
 } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
 import { Aes128 } from '@aztec/circuits.js/barretenberg';
-import { computePublicDataTreeLeafSlot, computeUniqueNoteHash, siloNoteHash } from '@aztec/circuits.js/hash';
+import { computeUniqueNoteHash, siloNoteHash } from '@aztec/circuits.js/hash';
 import { type FunctionAbi, type FunctionArtifact, countArgumentsSize } from '@aztec/foundation/abi';
 import { AztecAddress } from '@aztec/foundation/aztec-address';
 import { pedersenHash } from '@aztec/foundation/crypto';
@@ -676,20 +676,13 @@ export class ClientExecutionContext extends ViewDataOracle {
    * @param numberOfElements - Number of elements to read from the starting storage slot.
    */
   public override async storageRead(startStorageSlot: Fr, numberOfElements: number): Promise<Fr[]> {
-    // TODO(#4320): This is a hack to work around not having directly access to the public data tree but
-    // still having access to the witnesses
-    const bn = await this.db.getBlockNumber();
-
     const values = [];
     for (let i = 0n; i < numberOfElements; i++) {
       const storageSlot = new Fr(startStorageSlot.value + i);
-      const leafSlot = computePublicDataTreeLeafSlot(this.callContext.storageContractAddress, storageSlot);
-      const witness = await this.db.getPublicDataTreeWitness(bn, leafSlot);
-      if (!witness) {
-        throw new Error(`No witness for slot ${storageSlot.toString()}`);
-      }
-      const value = witness.leafPreimage.value;
+
+      const value = await this.aztecNode.getPublicStorageAt(this.callContext.storageContractAddress, storageSlot);
       this.log.debug(`Oracle storage read: slot=${storageSlot.toString()} value=${value}`);
+
       values.push(value);
     }
     return values;