diff --git a/src/accountant_skel.rs b/src/accountant_skel.rs
index 1d213cb731..c08e86620d 100644
--- a/src/accountant_skel.rs
+++ b/src/accountant_skel.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ pub struct AccountantSkel {
 pub enum Request {
     Transaction(Transaction),
     GetBalance { key: PublicKey },
-    GetLastId,
     Subscribe { subscriptions: Vec<Subscription> },
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ type SharedSkel = Arc<AccountantSkel>;
 pub enum Response {
     Balance { key: PublicKey, val: Option<i64> },
     EntryInfo(EntryInfo),
-    LastId { id: Hash },
 }
 
 impl AccountantSkel {
@@ -216,12 +214,6 @@ impl AccountantSkel {
                 let val = self.acc.lock().unwrap().get_balance(&key);
                 Some((Response::Balance { key, val }, rsp_addr))
             }
-            Request::GetLastId => Some((
-                Response::LastId {
-                    id: self.acc.lock().unwrap().last_id(),
-                },
-                rsp_addr,
-            )),
             Request::Transaction(_) => unreachable!(),
             Request::Subscribe { subscriptions } => {
                 for subscription in subscriptions {
diff --git a/src/accountant_stub.rs b/src/accountant_stub.rs
index b782c614e7..48ba9c5c17 100644
--- a/src/accountant_stub.rs
+++ b/src/accountant_stub.rs
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ impl AccountantStub {
             Response::Balance { key, val } => {
                 self.balances.insert(key, val);
             }
-            Response::LastId { id } => {
-                self.last_id = Some(id);
-            }
             Response::EntryInfo(entry_info) => {
                 self.last_id = Some(entry_info.id);
                 self.num_events += entry_info.num_events;
@@ -111,15 +108,10 @@ impl AccountantStub {
     /// Request the last Entry ID from the server. This method blocks
     /// until the server sends a response.
     pub fn get_last_id(&mut self) -> FutureResult<Hash, ()> {
-        let req = Request::GetLastId;
-        let data = serialize(&req).expect("serialize GetId");
-        self.socket
-            .send_to(&data, &self.addr)
-            .expect("buffer error");
         let mut done = false;
         while !done {
             let resp = self.recv_response().expect("recv response");
-            if let &Response::LastId { .. } = &resp {
+            if let &Response::EntryInfo { .. } = &resp {
                 done = true;
             }
             self.process_response(resp);