diff --git a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
--- a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
             throw std::runtime_error("prevtxs internal object typecheck fail");
         }
 
-        TxId txid(ParseHashUV(prevOut["txid"], "txid"));
+        TxId txid(ParseHashStr(prevOut["txid"].get_str(), "txid"));
 
         int nOut = atoi(prevOut["vout"].getValStr());
         if (nOut < 0) {
diff --git a/src/core_io.h b/src/core_io.h
--- a/src/core_io.h
+++ b/src/core_io.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 bool DecodeHexTx(CMutableTransaction &tx, const std::string &strHexTx);
 bool DecodeHexBlk(CBlock &, const std::string &strHexBlk);
 bool DecodeHexBlockHeader(CBlockHeader &, const std::string &hex_header);
-uint256 ParseHashUV(const UniValue &v, const std::string &strName);
 uint256 ParseHashStr(const std::string &, const std::string &strName);
 std::vector<uint8_t> ParseHexUV(const UniValue &v, const std::string &strName);
 
diff --git a/src/core_read.cpp b/src/core_read.cpp
--- a/src/core_read.cpp
+++ b/src/core_read.cpp
@@ -230,16 +230,6 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-uint256 ParseHashUV(const UniValue &v, const std::string &strName) {
-    std::string strHex;
-    if (v.isStr()) {
-        strHex = v.getValStr();
-    }
-
-    // Note: ParseHashStr("") throws a runtime_error
-    return ParseHashStr(strHex, strName);
-}
-
 uint256 ParseHashStr(const std::string &strHex, const std::string &strName) {
     if (!IsHex(strHex)) {
         // Note: IsHex("") is false