diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_listtransactions.py b/test/functional/rpc_listtransactions.py
index 90efb89b2..6b565cb85 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_listtransactions.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_listtransactions.py
@@ -1,103 +1,94 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 # Exercise the listtransactions API
 
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import *
-from test_framework.mininode import CTransaction
-from io import BytesIO
-
-
-def txFromHex(hexstring):
-    tx = CTransaction()
-    f = BytesIO(hex_str_to_bytes(hexstring))
-    tx.deserialize(f)
-    return tx
 
 
 class ListTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
         self.num_nodes = 2
         self.enable_mocktime()
 
     def run_test(self):
         # Simple send, 0 to 1:
         txid = self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[1].getnewaddress(), 0.1)
         self.sync_all()
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[0].listtransactions(),
                             {"txid": txid},
                             {"category": "send", "account": "", "amount": Decimal("-0.1"), "confirmations": 0})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[1].listtransactions(),
                             {"txid": txid},
                             {"category": "receive", "account": "", "amount": Decimal("0.1"), "confirmations": 0})
         # mine a block, confirmations should change:
         self.nodes[0].generate(1)
         self.sync_all()
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[0].listtransactions(),
                             {"txid": txid},
                             {"category": "send", "account": "", "amount": Decimal("-0.1"), "confirmations": 1})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[1].listtransactions(),
                             {"txid": txid},
                             {"category": "receive", "account": "", "amount": Decimal("0.1"), "confirmations": 1})
 
         # send-to-self:
         txid = self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[0].getnewaddress(), 0.2)
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[0].listtransactions(),
                             {"txid": txid, "category": "send"},
                             {"amount": Decimal("-0.2")})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[0].listtransactions(),
                             {"txid": txid, "category": "receive"},
                             {"amount": Decimal("0.2")})
 
         # sendmany from node1: twice to self, twice to node2:
         send_to = {self.nodes[0].getnewaddress(): 0.11,
                    self.nodes[1].getnewaddress(): 0.22,
                    self.nodes[0].getaccountaddress("from1"): 0.33,
                    self.nodes[1].getaccountaddress("toself"): 0.44}
         txid = self.nodes[1].sendmany("", send_to)
         self.sync_all()
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[1].listtransactions(),
                             {"category": "send", "amount": Decimal("-0.11")},
                             {"txid": txid})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[0].listtransactions(),
                             {"category": "receive", "amount": Decimal("0.11")},
                             {"txid": txid})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[1].listtransactions(),
                             {"category": "send", "amount": Decimal("-0.22")},
                             {"txid": txid})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[1].listtransactions(),
                             {"category": "receive", "amount": Decimal("0.22")},
                             {"txid": txid})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[1].listtransactions(),
                             {"category": "send", "amount": Decimal("-0.33")},
                             {"txid": txid})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[0].listtransactions(),
                             {"category": "receive", "amount": Decimal("0.33")},
                             {"txid": txid, "account": "from1"})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[1].listtransactions(),
                             {"category": "send", "amount": Decimal("-0.44")},
                             {"txid": txid, "account": ""})
         assert_array_result(self.nodes[1].listtransactions(),
                             {"category": "receive", "amount": Decimal("0.44")},
                             {"txid": txid, "account": "toself"})
 
         multisig = self.nodes[1].createmultisig(
             1, [self.nodes[1].getnewaddress()])
         self.nodes[0].importaddress(
             multisig["redeemScript"], "watchonly", False, True)
         txid = self.nodes[1].sendtoaddress(multisig["address"], 0.1)
         self.nodes[1].generate(1)
         self.sync_all()
         assert(
             len(self.nodes[0].listtransactions("watchonly", 100, 0, False)) == 0)
         assert_array_result(
             self.nodes[0].listtransactions("watchonly", 100, 0, True),
             {"category": "receive", "amount": Decimal("0.1")},
             {"txid": txid, "account": "watchonly"})
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     ListTransactionsTest().main()