diff --git a/src/masternodes/rpc_tokens.cpp b/src/masternodes/rpc_tokens.cpp
index 6941e3c0d9a..04ee86e3aa7 100644
--- a/src/masternodes/rpc_tokens.cpp
+++ b/src/masternodes/rpc_tokens.cpp
@@ -765,11 +765,10 @@ UniValue decodecustomtx(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     RPCTypeCheck(request.params, {UniValue::VSTR, UniValue::VBOOL});
 
-    CMutableTransaction mtx;
-
     bool try_witness = request.params[1].isNull() ? true : request.params[1].get_bool();
     bool try_no_witness = request.params[1].isNull() ? true : !request.params[1].get_bool();
 
+    CMutableTransaction mtx;
     if (!DecodeHexTx(mtx, request.params[0].get_str(), try_no_witness, try_witness)) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR, "TX decode failed");
     }
@@ -802,13 +801,12 @@ UniValue decodecustomtx(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         result.pushKV("txid", tx->GetHash().GetHex());
         result.pushKV("type", ToString(guess));
         result.pushKV("valid", res.ok ? true : false); // no actual block height
-
         if (!res.ok) {
             result.pushKV("error", res.msg);
         } else {
             result.pushKV("results", txResults);
         }
-
+        
         return result;
     } else {
         // Should not get here without prior failure.
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 311285da533..be6e98c5161 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1009,51 +1009,6 @@ bool GetTransaction(const uint256& hash, CTransactionRef& txOut, const Consensus
     return false;
 }
 
-/**
- * If the transaction hash is found inside a block, the block hash is placed in hashBlock.
- * If blockIndex is provided, the transaction is fetched from the corresponding block and its hash is placed in hashBlock.
- */
-bool GetBlockHash(const uint256& hash, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, uint256& hashBlock, const CBlockIndex* const blockIndex)
-{
-    CTransactionRef txOut;
-    //try the genesis block
-    for (auto && genesisTx : Params().GenesisBlock().vtx) {
-        if (genesisTx->GetHash() == hash) {
-            // Return genesis tx
-            hashBlock = consensusParams.hashGenesisBlock;
-            txOut = genesisTx;
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-
-    LOCK(cs_main);
-    if (!blockIndex) {
-        //try mempool and txindex
-        CTransactionRef ptx = mempool.get(hash);
-        if (ptx) {
-            txOut = ptx;
-        }
-
-        if (g_txindex) {
-            return g_txindex->FindTx(hash, hashBlock, txOut);
-        }
-    } else {
-        //Load from disk
-        CBlock block;
-        if (ReadBlockFromDisk(block, blockIndex, consensusParams)) {
-            for (const auto& tx : block.vtx) {
-                if (tx->GetHash() == hash) {
-                    txOut = tx;
-                    hashBlock = blockIndex->GetBlockHash();
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // CBlock and CBlockIndex
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index a08c9dc7bfb..9ab8bbfe649 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -262,8 +262,6 @@ void UnloadBlockIndex();
 void ThreadScriptCheck(int worker_num);
 /** Retrieve a transaction (from memory pool, or from disk, if possible) */
 bool GetTransaction(const uint256& hash, CTransactionRef& tx, const Consensus::Params& params, uint256& hashBlock, const CBlockIndex* const blockIndex = nullptr);
-/** Retrieve a block hash which includes the transaction hash (from memory pool, or from disk, if possible)*/
-bool GetBlockHash(const uint256& hash, const Consensus::Params& params, uint256& hashBlock, const CBlockIndex* const blockIndex = nullptr);
 /**
  * Find the best known block, and make it the tip of the block chain
  *