diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage.rs b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
index 2f57cd6af0..c37a9cd209 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use crate::cluster_info::ClusterInfo;
 use crate::entry;
-use crate::entry::Entry;
+use crate::entry::{hash_transactions, Entry};
 use crate::leader_schedule_utils;
 use crate::packet;
 use crate::packet::SharedPackets;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ impl BankingStage {
         debug!("processed: {} ", processed_transactions.len());
         // unlock all the accounts with errors which are filtered by the above `filter_map`
         if !processed_transactions.is_empty() {
-            let hash = Transaction::hash(&processed_transactions);
+            let hash = hash_transactions(&processed_transactions);
             // record and unlock will unlock all the successfull transactions
             poh.lock()
                 .unwrap()
diff --git a/core/src/entry.rs b/core/src/entry.rs
index 600e85a887..347cbcb3f6 100644
--- a/core/src/entry.rs
+++ b/core/src/entry.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use bincode::{deserialize, serialized_size};
 use chrono::prelude::Utc;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use solana_budget_api::budget_instruction::BudgetInstruction;
-use solana_sdk::hash::Hash;
+use solana_sdk::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use solana_sdk::signature::{Keypair, KeypairUtil};
 use solana_sdk::transaction::Transaction;
 use std::borrow::Borrow;
@@ -155,6 +155,17 @@ impl Entry {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn hash_transactions(transactions: &[Transaction]) -> Hash {
+    // a hash of a slice of transactions only needs to hash the signatures
+    let mut hasher = Hasher::default();
+    transactions.iter().for_each(|tx| {
+        if !tx.signatures.is_empty() {
+            hasher.hash(&tx.signatures[0].as_ref());
+        }
+    });
+    hasher.result()
+}
+
 /// Creates the hash `num_hashes` after `start_hash`. If the transaction contains
 /// a signature, the final hash will be a hash of both the previous ID and
 /// the signature.  If num_hashes is zero and there's no transaction data,
@@ -173,7 +184,7 @@ fn next_hash(start_hash: &Hash, num_hashes: u64, transactions: &[Transaction]) -
     if transactions.is_empty() {
         poh.tick().hash
     } else {
-        poh.record(Transaction::hash(transactions)).hash
+        poh.record(hash_transactions(transactions)).hash
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/src/sigverify.rs b/core/src/sigverify.rs
index 159c247658..c1afe6eefc 100644
--- a/core/src/sigverify.rs
+++ b/core/src/sigverify.rs
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ mod tests {
             Some(sig_start as usize)
         );
         assert_eq!(sig_len, 1);
-        assert!(tx.verify_signature());
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/sdk/src/transaction.rs b/sdk/src/transaction.rs
index 7cada5213e..f615b5e78c 100644
--- a/sdk/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/transaction.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Defines a Transaction type to package an atomic sequence of instructions.
 
-use crate::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+use crate::hash::Hash;
 use crate::instruction::{CompiledInstruction, Instruction, InstructionError};
 use crate::message::Message;
 use crate::packet::PACKET_DATA_SIZE;
@@ -215,13 +215,6 @@ impl Transaction {
         self.sign_unchecked(keypairs, recent_blockhash);
     }
 
-    /// Verify only the transaction signature.
-    pub fn verify_signature(&self) -> bool {
-        self.signatures
-            .iter()
-            .all(|s| s.verify(&self.from().as_ref(), &self.message()))
-    }
-
     /// Verify that references in the instructions are valid
     pub fn verify_refs(&self) -> bool {
         for instruction in &self.instructions {
@@ -237,21 +230,6 @@ impl Transaction {
         true
     }
 
-    pub fn from(&self) -> &Pubkey {
-        &self.account_keys[0]
-    }
-
-    // a hash of a slice of transactions only needs to hash the signatures
-    pub fn hash(transactions: &[Transaction]) -> Hash {
-        let mut hasher = Hasher::default();
-        transactions.iter().for_each(|tx| {
-            if !tx.signatures.is_empty() {
-                hasher.hash(&tx.signatures[0].as_ref());
-            }
-        });
-        hasher.result()
-    }
-
     pub fn serialized_size(&self) -> Result<u64, Error> {
         let mut buf = [0u8; size_of::<u64>() + 1];
         let mut wr = Cursor::new(&mut buf[..]);