diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/server.ts b/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/server.ts
index 545a6d13d7f0..8724f8e465b6 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/server.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/server.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ import {
   type PrivateLog,
   type ProtocolContractAddresses,
   type PublicDataTreeLeafPreimage,
+  REGISTERER_CONTRACT_ADDRESS,
 } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
-import { computePublicDataTreeLeafSlot } from '@aztec/circuits.js/hash';
+import { computePublicDataTreeLeafSlot, siloNullifier } from '@aztec/circuits.js/hash';
 import { EpochCache } from '@aztec/epoch-cache';
 import { type L1ContractAddresses, createEthereumChain } from '@aztec/ethereum';
 import { AztecAddress } from '@aztec/foundation/aztec-address';
@@ -348,8 +349,25 @@ export class AztecNodeService implements AztecNode, Traceable {
     return Promise.resolve(this.l1ChainId);
   }
 
-  public getContractClass(id: Fr): Promise<ContractClassPublic | undefined> {
-    return this.contractDataSource.getContractClass(id);
+  public async getContractClass(id: Fr): Promise<ContractClassPublic | undefined> {
+    const klazz = await this.contractDataSource.getContractClass(id);
+
+    // TODO(#10007): Remove this check. This is needed only because we're manually registering
+    // some contracts in the archiver so they are available to all nodes (see `registerCommonContracts`
+    // in `archiver/src/factory.ts`), but we still want clients to send the registration tx in order
+    // to emit the corresponding nullifier, which is now being checked. Note that this method
+    // is only called by the PXE to check if a contract is publicly registered.
+    if (klazz) {
+      const classNullifier = siloNullifier(AztecAddress.fromNumber(REGISTERER_CONTRACT_ADDRESS), id);
+      const worldState = await this.#getWorldState('latest');
+      const [index] = await worldState.findLeafIndices(MerkleTreeId.NULLIFIER_TREE, [classNullifier.toBuffer()]);
+      this.log.debug(`Registration nullifier ${classNullifier} for contract class ${id} found at index ${index}`);
+      if (index === undefined) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return klazz;
   }
 
   public getContract(address: AztecAddress): Promise<ContractInstanceWithAddress | undefined> {
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/contract_class_registration.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/contract_class_registration.test.ts
index 1223bcf39584..2700daebfbd5 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/contract_class_registration.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/contract_class_registration.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { type AztecNodeService } from '@aztec/aztec-node';
 import {
   AztecAddress,
   type AztecNode,
@@ -76,7 +77,11 @@ describe('e2e_deploy_contract contract class registration', () => {
     // TODO(#10007) Remove this test as well.
     it('starts archiver with pre-registered common contracts', async () => {
       const classId = computeContractClassId(getContractClassFromArtifact(TokenContractArtifact));
-      expect(await aztecNode.getContractClass(classId)).not.toBeUndefined();
+      // The node checks the registration nullifier
+      expect(await aztecNode.getContractClass(classId)).toBeUndefined();
+      // But the archiver does not
+      const archiver = (aztecNode as AztecNodeService).getContractDataSource();
+      expect(await archiver.getContractClass(classId)).toBeDefined();
     });
 
     it('registers the contract class on the node', async () => {
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/deploy_method.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/deploy_method.test.ts
index 443ea0353335..d0695e4200b0 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/deploy_method.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract/deploy_method.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   type PXE,
   type Wallet,
   createPXEClient,
+  getContractClassFromArtifact,
   makeFetch,
 } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
 import { CounterContract } from '@aztec/noir-contracts.js/Counter';
@@ -38,6 +39,16 @@ describe('e2e_deploy_contract deploy method', () => {
     logger.debug(`Calling public method on stateful test contract at ${contract.address.toString()}`);
     await contract.methods.increment_public_value(owner, 84).send().wait();
     expect(await contract.methods.get_public_value(owner).simulate()).toEqual(84n);
+    expect(await pxe.isContractClassPubliclyRegistered(contract.instance.contractClassId)).toBeTrue();
+  });
+
+  // TODO(#10007): Remove this test. Common contracts (ie token contracts) are only distinguished
+  // because we're manually adding them to the archiver to support provernet.
+  it('registers a contract class for a common contract', async () => {
+    const { id: tokenContractClass } = getContractClassFromArtifact(TokenContract.artifact);
+    expect(await pxe.isContractClassPubliclyRegistered(tokenContractClass)).toBeFalse();
+    await TokenContract.deploy(wallet, wallet.getAddress(), 'TOKEN', 'TKN', 18n).send().deployed();
+    expect(await pxe.isContractClassPubliclyRegistered(tokenContractClass)).toBeTrue();
   });
 
   it('publicly universally deploys and initializes a contract', async () => {