diff --git a/core/src/consensus.rs b/core/src/consensus.rs
index 88fb0a0d30..9f6bfaaa3a 100644
--- a/core/src/consensus.rs
+++ b/core/src/consensus.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use {
     solana_measure::measure::Measure,
     solana_runtime::{
         bank::Bank, bank_forks::BankForks, commitment::VOTE_THRESHOLD_SIZE,
-        vote_account::ArcVoteAccount,
+        vote_account::VoteAccount,
     },
     solana_sdk::{
         clock::{Slot, UnixTimestamp},
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ impl Tower {
         latest_validator_votes_for_frozen_banks: &mut LatestValidatorVotesForFrozenBanks,
     ) -> ComputedBankState
     where
-        F: IntoIterator<Item = (Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount))>,
+        F: IntoIterator<Item = (Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount))>,
     {
         let mut vote_slots = HashSet::new();
         let mut voted_stakes = HashMap::new();
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ impl Tower {
         descendants: &HashMap<Slot, HashSet<u64>>,
         progress: &ProgressMap,
         total_stake: u64,
-        epoch_vote_accounts: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount)>,
+        epoch_vote_accounts: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount)>,
         latest_validator_votes_for_frozen_banks: &LatestValidatorVotesForFrozenBanks,
         heaviest_subtree_fork_choice: &HeaviestSubtreeForkChoice,
     ) -> SwitchForkDecision {
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ impl Tower {
         descendants: &HashMap<Slot, HashSet<u64>>,
         progress: &ProgressMap,
         total_stake: u64,
-        epoch_vote_accounts: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount)>,
+        epoch_vote_accounts: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount)>,
         latest_validator_votes_for_frozen_banks: &LatestValidatorVotesForFrozenBanks,
         heaviest_subtree_fork_choice: &HeaviestSubtreeForkChoice,
     ) -> SwitchForkDecision {
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ pub mod test {
         (bank_forks, progress, heaviest_subtree_fork_choice)
     }
 
-    fn gen_stakes(stake_votes: &[(u64, &[u64])]) -> Vec<(Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount))> {
+    fn gen_stakes(stake_votes: &[(u64, &[u64])]) -> Vec<(Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount))> {
         let mut stakes = vec![];
         for (lamports, votes) in stake_votes {
             let mut account = AccountSharedData::from(Account {
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ pub mod test {
             .expect("serialize state");
             stakes.push((
                 solana_sdk::pubkey::new_rand(),
-                (*lamports, ArcVoteAccount::from(account)),
+                (*lamports, VoteAccount::from(account)),
             ));
         }
         stakes
diff --git a/core/src/progress_map.rs b/core/src/progress_map.rs
index 8bc2e6b4fb..005b451630 100644
--- a/core/src/progress_map.rs
+++ b/core/src/progress_map.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use {
         replay_stage::SUPERMINORITY_THRESHOLD,
     },
     solana_ledger::blockstore_processor::{ConfirmationProgress, ConfirmationTiming},
-    solana_runtime::{bank::Bank, bank_forks::BankForks, vote_account::ArcVoteAccount},
+    solana_runtime::{bank::Bank, bank_forks::BankForks, vote_account::VoteAccount},
     solana_sdk::{clock::Slot, hash::Hash, pubkey::Pubkey},
     std::{
         collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet},
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ impl PropagatedStats {
         &mut self,
         node_pubkey: &Pubkey,
         vote_account_pubkeys: &[Pubkey],
-        epoch_vote_accounts: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount)>,
+        epoch_vote_accounts: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount)>,
     ) {
         self.propagated_node_ids.insert(*node_pubkey);
         for vote_account_pubkey in vote_account_pubkeys.iter() {
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ mod test {
         let epoch_vote_accounts: HashMap<_, _> = vote_account_pubkeys
             .iter()
             .skip(num_vote_accounts - staked_vote_accounts)
-            .map(|pubkey| (*pubkey, (1, ArcVoteAccount::default())))
+            .map(|pubkey| (*pubkey, (1, VoteAccount::default())))
             .collect();
 
         let mut stats = PropagatedStats::default();
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ mod test {
         let epoch_vote_accounts: HashMap<_, _> = vote_account_pubkeys
             .iter()
             .skip(num_vote_accounts - staked_vote_accounts)
-            .map(|pubkey| (*pubkey, (1, ArcVoteAccount::default())))
+            .map(|pubkey| (*pubkey, (1, VoteAccount::default())))
             .collect();
         stats.add_node_pubkey_internal(&node_pubkey, &vote_account_pubkeys, &epoch_vote_accounts);
         assert!(stats.propagated_node_ids.contains(&node_pubkey));
diff --git a/ledger/src/blockstore_processor.rs b/ledger/src/blockstore_processor.rs
index 10c0a07b6e..5f4f8ddae7 100644
--- a/ledger/src/blockstore_processor.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/blockstore_processor.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use {
         commitment::VOTE_THRESHOLD_SIZE,
         snapshot_utils::BankFromArchiveTimings,
         transaction_batch::TransactionBatch,
-        vote_account::ArcVoteAccount,
+        vote_account::VoteAccount,
         vote_sender_types::ReplayVoteSender,
     },
     solana_sdk::{
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ fn supermajority_root_from_vote_accounts<I>(
     vote_accounts: I,
 ) -> Option<Slot>
 where
-    I: IntoIterator<Item = (Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount))>,
+    I: IntoIterator<Item = (Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount))>,
 {
     let mut roots_stakes: Vec<(Slot, u64)> = vote_accounts
         .into_iter()
@@ -3591,7 +3591,7 @@ pub mod tests {
     #[allow(clippy::field_reassign_with_default)]
     fn test_supermajority_root_from_vote_accounts() {
         let convert_to_vote_accounts =
-            |roots_stakes: Vec<(Slot, u64)>| -> Vec<(Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount))> {
+            |roots_stakes: Vec<(Slot, u64)>| -> Vec<(Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount))> {
                 roots_stakes
                     .into_iter()
                     .map(|(root, stake)| {
@@ -3606,7 +3606,7 @@ pub mod tests {
                         VoteState::serialize(&versioned, vote_account.data_as_mut_slice()).unwrap();
                         (
                             solana_sdk::pubkey::new_rand(),
-                            (stake, ArcVoteAccount::from(vote_account)),
+                            (stake, VoteAccount::from(vote_account)),
                         )
                     })
                     .collect_vec()
diff --git a/ledger/src/staking_utils.rs b/ledger/src/staking_utils.rs
index 9785fbfa56..02953124af 100644
--- a/ledger/src/staking_utils.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/staking_utils.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
             bootstrap_validator_stake_lamports, create_genesis_config, GenesisConfigInfo,
         },
         rand::Rng,
-        solana_runtime::vote_account::{ArcVoteAccount, VoteAccounts},
+        solana_runtime::vote_account::{VoteAccount, VoteAccounts},
         solana_sdk::{
             account::{from_account, AccountSharedData},
             clock::Clock,
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
             )
             .unwrap();
             let vote_pubkey = Pubkey::new_unique();
-            (vote_pubkey, (stake, ArcVoteAccount::from(account)))
+            (vote_pubkey, (stake, VoteAccount::from(account)))
         });
         let result = vote_accounts.collect::<VoteAccounts>().staked_nodes();
         assert_eq!(result.len(), 2);
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank.rs b/runtime/src/bank.rs
index fa45578a74..f5b6210fe5 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ use {
         status_cache::{SlotDelta, StatusCache},
         system_instruction_processor::{get_system_account_kind, SystemAccountKind},
         transaction_batch::TransactionBatch,
-        vote_account::ArcVoteAccount,
+        vote_account::VoteAccount,
     },
     byteorder::{ByteOrder, LittleEndian},
     dashmap::DashMap,
@@ -3809,7 +3809,7 @@ impl Bank {
     #[allow(clippy::needless_collect)]
     fn distribute_rent_to_validators<I>(&self, vote_accounts: I, rent_to_be_distributed: u64)
     where
-        I: IntoIterator<Item = (Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount))>,
+        I: IntoIterator<Item = (Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount))>,
     {
         let mut total_staked = 0;
 
@@ -5196,7 +5196,7 @@ impl Bank {
     ///   attributed to each account
     /// Note: This clones the entire vote-accounts hashmap. For a single
     /// account lookup use get_vote_account instead.
-    pub fn vote_accounts(&self) -> Vec<(Pubkey, (u64 /*stake*/, ArcVoteAccount))> {
+    pub fn vote_accounts(&self) -> Vec<(Pubkey, (/*stake:*/ u64, VoteAccount))> {
         self.stakes_cache
             .stakes()
             .vote_accounts()
@@ -5206,10 +5206,7 @@ impl Bank {
     }
 
     /// Vote account for the given vote account pubkey along with the stake.
-    pub fn get_vote_account(
-        &self,
-        vote_account: &Pubkey,
-    ) -> Option<(u64 /*stake*/, ArcVoteAccount)> {
+    pub fn get_vote_account(&self, vote_account: &Pubkey) -> Option<(/*stake:*/ u64, VoteAccount)> {
         self.stakes_cache
             .stakes()
             .vote_accounts()
@@ -5235,7 +5232,7 @@ impl Bank {
     pub fn epoch_vote_accounts(
         &self,
         epoch: Epoch,
-    ) -> Option<&HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount)>> {
+    ) -> Option<&HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount)>> {
         self.epoch_stakes
             .get(&epoch)
             .map(|epoch_stakes| Stakes::vote_accounts(epoch_stakes.stakes()))
diff --git a/runtime/src/epoch_stakes.rs b/runtime/src/epoch_stakes.rs
index 1f6e6e4663..79337293dc 100644
--- a/runtime/src/epoch_stakes.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/epoch_stakes.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use {
-    crate::{stakes::Stakes, vote_account::ArcVoteAccount},
+    crate::{stakes::Stakes, vote_account::VoteAccount},
     serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
     solana_sdk::{clock::Epoch, pubkey::Pubkey},
     std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc},
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl EpochStakes {
     }
 
     fn parse_epoch_vote_accounts(
-        epoch_vote_accounts: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount)>,
+        epoch_vote_accounts: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount)>,
         leader_schedule_epoch: Epoch,
     ) -> (u64, NodeIdToVoteAccounts, EpochAuthorizedVoters) {
         let mut node_id_to_vote_accounts: NodeIdToVoteAccounts = HashMap::new();
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
                 vote_accounts.iter().map(|v| {
                     (
                         v.vote_account,
-                        (stake_per_account, ArcVoteAccount::from(v.account.clone())),
+                        (stake_per_account, VoteAccount::from(v.account.clone())),
                     )
                 })
             })
diff --git a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/tests.rs b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/tests.rs
index 23a44758d9..885f3fbdd3 100644
--- a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/tests.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/tests.rs
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ mod test_bank_serialize {
 
     // This some what long test harness is required to freeze the ABI of
     // Bank's serialization due to versioned nature
-    #[frozen_abi(digest = "9NFbb7BMUbSjUr8xwRGhW5kT5jCTQj2U2vZtMxvovsTn")]
+    #[frozen_abi(digest = "9jiGyuG8pK3nBNbCEtLZBghXRNg3PHhkf1jS1GgTTdGz")]
     #[derive(Serialize, AbiExample)]
     pub struct BankAbiTestWrapperFuture {
         #[serde(serialize_with = "wrapper_future")]
diff --git a/runtime/src/stake_weighted_timestamp.rs b/runtime/src/stake_weighted_timestamp.rs
index fbb268f317..1756e85a29 100644
--- a/runtime/src/stake_weighted_timestamp.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/stake_weighted_timestamp.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub(crate) struct MaxAllowableDrift {
 
 pub(crate) fn calculate_stake_weighted_timestamp<I, K, V, T>(
     unique_timestamps: I,
-    stakes: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, T /*Account|ArcVoteAccount*/)>,
+    stakes: &HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, T /*Account|VoteAccount*/)>,
     slot: Slot,
     slot_duration: Duration,
     epoch_start_timestamp: Option<(Slot, UnixTimestamp)>,
diff --git a/runtime/src/stakes.rs b/runtime/src/stakes.rs
index 98ed7738d5..146d3aeaac 100644
--- a/runtime/src/stakes.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/stakes.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Stakes serve as a cache of stake and vote accounts to derive
 //! node stakes
 use {
-    crate::vote_account::{ArcVoteAccount, VoteAccounts, VoteAccountsHashMap},
+    crate::vote_account::{VoteAccount, VoteAccounts, VoteAccountsHashMap},
     dashmap::DashMap,
     num_derive::ToPrimitive,
     num_traits::ToPrimitive,
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ impl Stakes {
                 );
 
                 self.vote_accounts
-                    .insert(*pubkey, (stake, ArcVoteAccount::from(account.clone())));
+                    .insert(*pubkey, (stake, VoteAccount::from(account.clone())));
             }
         } else if stake::program::check_id(account.owner()) {
             //  old_stake is stake lamports and voter_pubkey from the pre-store() version
diff --git a/runtime/src/vote_account.rs b/runtime/src/vote_account.rs
index 72909c9da3..2de715c893 100644
--- a/runtime/src/vote_account.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/vote_account.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use {
         cmp::Ordering,
         collections::{hash_map::Entry, HashMap},
         iter::FromIterator,
-        ops::Deref,
         sync::{Arc, Once, RwLock, RwLockReadGuard},
     },
 };
@@ -24,20 +23,22 @@ const INVALID_VOTE_STATE: Result<VoteState, InstructionError> =
     Err(InstructionError::InvalidAccountData);
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, AbiExample)]
-pub struct ArcVoteAccount(Arc<VoteAccount>);
+pub struct VoteAccount(Arc<VoteAccountInner>);
 
 #[derive(Debug, AbiExample)]
-pub struct VoteAccount {
+struct VoteAccountInner {
     account: Account,
     vote_state: RwLock<Result<VoteState, InstructionError>>,
     vote_state_once: Once,
 }
 
-pub type VoteAccountsHashMap = HashMap<Pubkey, (/*stake:*/ u64, ArcVoteAccount)>;
+pub type VoteAccountsHashMap = HashMap<Pubkey, (/*stake:*/ u64, VoteAccount)>;
 
 #[derive(Debug, AbiExample)]
 pub struct VoteAccounts {
     vote_accounts: VoteAccountsHashMap,
+    // Inner Arc is meant to implement copy-on-write semantics as opposed to
+    // sharing mutations (hence RwLock<Arc<...>> instead of Arc<RwLock<...>>).
     staked_nodes: RwLock<
         HashMap<
             Pubkey, // VoteAccount.vote_state.node_pubkey.
@@ -48,19 +49,17 @@ pub struct VoteAccounts {
 }
 
 impl VoteAccount {
-    pub fn account(&self) -> &Account {
-        &self.account
-    }
-
     pub fn lamports(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.account.lamports
+        self.0.account.lamports
     }
 
     pub fn vote_state(&self) -> RwLockReadGuard<Result<VoteState, InstructionError>> {
-        self.vote_state_once.call_once(|| {
-            *self.vote_state.write().unwrap() = VoteState::deserialize(&self.account.data);
+        let inner = &self.0;
+        inner.vote_state_once.call_once(|| {
+            let vote_state = VoteState::deserialize(&inner.account.data);
+            *inner.vote_state.write().unwrap() = vote_state;
         });
-        self.vote_state.read().unwrap()
+        inner.vote_state.read().unwrap()
     }
 
     /// VoteState.node_pubkey of this vote-account.
@@ -88,11 +87,11 @@ impl VoteAccounts {
         self.staked_nodes.read().unwrap().clone()
     }
 
-    pub fn iter(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&Pubkey, &(u64, ArcVoteAccount))> {
+    pub fn iter(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&Pubkey, &(u64, VoteAccount))> {
         self.vote_accounts.iter()
     }
 
-    pub fn insert(&mut self, pubkey: Pubkey, (stake, vote_account): (u64, ArcVoteAccount)) {
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, pubkey: Pubkey, (stake, vote_account): (u64, VoteAccount)) {
         self.add_node_stake(stake, &vote_account);
         if let Some((stake, vote_account)) =
             self.vote_accounts.insert(pubkey, (stake, vote_account))
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ impl VoteAccounts {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn remove(&mut self, pubkey: &Pubkey) -> Option<(u64, ArcVoteAccount)> {
+    pub fn remove(&mut self, pubkey: &Pubkey) -> Option<(u64, VoteAccount)> {
         let value = self.vote_accounts.remove(pubkey);
         if let Some((stake, ref vote_account)) = value {
             self.sub_node_stake(stake, vote_account);
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ impl VoteAccounts {
         }
     }
 
-    fn add_node_stake(&mut self, stake: u64, vote_account: &ArcVoteAccount) {
+    fn add_node_stake(&mut self, stake: u64, vote_account: &VoteAccount) {
         if stake != 0 && self.staked_nodes_once.is_completed() {
             if let Some(node_pubkey) = vote_account.node_pubkey() {
                 self.staked_nodes
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ impl VoteAccounts {
         }
     }
 
-    fn sub_node_stake(&mut self, stake: u64, vote_account: &ArcVoteAccount) {
+    fn sub_node_stake(&mut self, stake: u64, vote_account: &VoteAccount) {
         if stake != 0 && self.staked_nodes_once.is_completed() {
             if let Some(node_pubkey) = vote_account.node_pubkey() {
                 match self.staked_nodes.write().unwrap().entry(node_pubkey) {
@@ -158,24 +157,16 @@ impl VoteAccounts {
     }
 }
 
-impl Deref for ArcVoteAccount {
-    type Target = VoteAccount;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        self.0.deref()
-    }
-}
-
-impl Serialize for ArcVoteAccount {
+impl Serialize for VoteAccount {
     fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where
         S: Serializer,
     {
-        self.account.serialize(serializer)
+        self.0.account.serialize(serializer)
     }
 }
 
-impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ArcVoteAccount {
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for VoteAccount {
     fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
     where
         D: Deserializer<'de>,
@@ -185,34 +176,25 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ArcVoteAccount {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<AccountSharedData> for ArcVoteAccount {
-    fn from(account: AccountSharedData) -> Self {
-        Self(Arc::new(VoteAccount::from(account)))
-    }
-}
-impl From<Account> for ArcVoteAccount {
-    fn from(account: Account) -> Self {
-        Self(Arc::new(VoteAccount::from(account)))
-    }
-}
-
-impl AsRef<VoteAccount> for ArcVoteAccount {
-    fn as_ref(&self) -> &VoteAccount {
-        &self.0
-    }
-}
-
 impl From<AccountSharedData> for VoteAccount {
     fn from(account: AccountSharedData) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            account: Account::from(account),
-            vote_state: RwLock::new(INVALID_VOTE_STATE),
-            vote_state_once: Once::new(),
-        }
+        Self(Arc::new(VoteAccountInner::from(account)))
     }
 }
 
 impl From<Account> for VoteAccount {
+    fn from(account: Account) -> Self {
+        Self(Arc::new(VoteAccountInner::from(account)))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<AccountSharedData> for VoteAccountInner {
+    fn from(account: AccountSharedData) -> Self {
+        Self::from(Account::from(account))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Account> for VoteAccountInner {
     fn from(account: Account) -> Self {
         Self {
             account,
@@ -222,7 +204,7 @@ impl From<Account> for VoteAccount {
     }
 }
 
-impl Default for VoteAccount {
+impl Default for VoteAccountInner {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             account: Account::default(),
@@ -232,7 +214,7 @@ impl Default for VoteAccount {
     }
 }
 
-impl PartialEq<VoteAccount> for VoteAccount {
+impl PartialEq<VoteAccountInner> for VoteAccountInner {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
         self.account == other.account
     }
@@ -291,10 +273,10 @@ impl AsRef<VoteAccountsHashMap> for VoteAccounts {
     }
 }
 
-impl FromIterator<(Pubkey, (u64 /*stake*/, ArcVoteAccount))> for VoteAccounts {
+impl FromIterator<(Pubkey, (/*stake:*/ u64, VoteAccount))> for VoteAccounts {
     fn from_iter<I>(iter: I) -> Self
     where
-        I: IntoIterator<Item = (Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount))>,
+        I: IntoIterator<Item = (Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount))>,
     {
         Self::from(HashMap::from_iter(iter))
     }
@@ -360,19 +342,19 @@ mod tests {
     fn new_rand_vote_accounts<R: Rng>(
         rng: &mut R,
         num_nodes: usize,
-    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = (Pubkey, (u64 /*stake*/, ArcVoteAccount))> + '_ {
+    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = (Pubkey, (/*stake:*/ u64, VoteAccount))> + '_ {
         let nodes: Vec<_> = repeat_with(Pubkey::new_unique).take(num_nodes).collect();
         repeat_with(move || {
             let node = nodes[rng.gen_range(0, nodes.len())];
             let (account, _) = new_rand_vote_account(rng, Some(node));
             let stake = rng.gen_range(0, 997);
-            (Pubkey::new_unique(), (stake, ArcVoteAccount::from(account)))
+            (Pubkey::new_unique(), (stake, VoteAccount::from(account)))
         })
     }
 
     fn staked_nodes<'a, I>(vote_accounts: I) -> HashMap<Pubkey, u64>
     where
-        I: IntoIterator<Item = &'a (Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount))>,
+        I: IntoIterator<Item = &'a (Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount))>,
     {
         let mut staked_nodes = HashMap::new();
         for (_, (stake, vote_account)) in vote_accounts
@@ -394,7 +376,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         let (account, vote_state) = new_rand_vote_account(&mut rng, None);
         let lamports = account.lamports;
-        let vote_account = ArcVoteAccount::from(account);
+        let vote_account = VoteAccount::from(account);
         assert_eq!(lamports, vote_account.lamports());
         assert_eq!(vote_state, *vote_account.vote_state().as_ref().unwrap());
         // 2nd call to .vote_state() should return the cached value.
@@ -405,9 +387,9 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_vote_account_serialize() {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         let (account, vote_state) = new_rand_vote_account(&mut rng, None);
-        let vote_account = ArcVoteAccount::from(account.clone());
+        let vote_account = VoteAccount::from(account.clone());
         assert_eq!(vote_state, *vote_account.vote_state().as_ref().unwrap());
-        // Assert than ArcVoteAccount has the same wire format as Account.
+        // Assert than VoteAccount has the same wire format as Account.
         assert_eq!(
             bincode::serialize(&account).unwrap(),
             bincode::serialize(&vote_account).unwrap()
@@ -419,9 +401,9 @@ mod tests {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         let (account, vote_state) = new_rand_vote_account(&mut rng, None);
         let data = bincode::serialize(&account).unwrap();
-        let vote_account = ArcVoteAccount::from(account);
+        let vote_account = VoteAccount::from(account);
         assert_eq!(vote_state, *vote_account.vote_state().as_ref().unwrap());
-        let other_vote_account: ArcVoteAccount = bincode::deserialize(&data).unwrap();
+        let other_vote_account: VoteAccount = bincode::deserialize(&data).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(vote_account, other_vote_account);
         assert_eq!(
             vote_state,
@@ -433,11 +415,11 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_vote_account_round_trip() {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         let (account, vote_state) = new_rand_vote_account(&mut rng, None);
-        let vote_account = ArcVoteAccount::from(account);
+        let vote_account = VoteAccount::from(account);
         assert_eq!(vote_state, *vote_account.vote_state().as_ref().unwrap());
         let data = bincode::serialize(&vote_account).unwrap();
-        let other_vote_account: ArcVoteAccount = bincode::deserialize(&data).unwrap();
-        // Assert that serialize->deserialized returns the same ArcVoteAccount.
+        let other_vote_account: VoteAccount = bincode::deserialize(&data).unwrap();
+        // Assert that serialize->deserialized returns the same VoteAccount.
         assert_eq!(vote_account, other_vote_account);
         assert_eq!(
             vote_state,
@@ -448,7 +430,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_vote_accounts_serialize() {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-        let vote_accounts_hash_map: HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount)> =
+        let vote_accounts_hash_map: HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount)> =
             new_rand_vote_accounts(&mut rng, 64).take(1024).collect();
         let vote_accounts = VoteAccounts::from(vote_accounts_hash_map.clone());
         assert!(vote_accounts.staked_nodes().len() > 32);
@@ -467,7 +449,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_vote_accounts_deserialize() {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-        let vote_accounts_hash_map: HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, ArcVoteAccount)> =
+        let vote_accounts_hash_map: HashMap<Pubkey, (u64, VoteAccount)> =
             new_rand_vote_accounts(&mut rng, 64).take(1024).collect();
         let data = bincode::serialize(&vote_accounts_hash_map).unwrap();
         let vote_accounts: VoteAccounts = bincode::deserialize(&data).unwrap();