diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BitcoinSerializer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BitcoinSerializer.java
index bdb4ddfa7..0f24f3f69 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BitcoinSerializer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/BitcoinSerializer.java
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public class BitcoinSerializer extends MessageSerializer {
         } else if (command.equals("getheaders")) {
             return new GetHeadersMessage(payload);
         } else if (command.equals("tx")) {
-            return makeTransaction(payload, hash);
+            return makeTransaction(payload);
         } else if (command.equals("sendaddrv2")) {
             check(!payload.hasRemaining(), ProtocolException::new);
             return new SendAddrV2Message();
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public class BitcoinSerializer extends MessageSerializer {
      * serialization format support.
      */
     @Override
-    public Transaction makeTransaction(ByteBuffer payload, byte[] hashFromHeader)
+    public Transaction makeTransaction(ByteBuffer payload)
             throws ProtocolException {
         return new Transaction(payload, this);
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/DummySerializer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/DummySerializer.java
index e10fbe2b0..4a6365d33 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/DummySerializer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/DummySerializer.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class DummySerializer extends MessageSerializer {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Transaction makeTransaction(ByteBuffer payload, byte[] hash) throws UnsupportedOperationException {
+    public Transaction makeTransaction(ByteBuffer payload) throws UnsupportedOperationException {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException(DEFAULT_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/MessageSerializer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/MessageSerializer.java
index 4150ffd6b..713f114d3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/MessageSerializer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/MessageSerializer.java
@@ -101,20 +101,7 @@ public abstract class MessageSerializer {
      * serializer (i.e. for messages with no network parameters), or because
      * it does not support deserializing transactions.
      */
-    public abstract Transaction makeTransaction(ByteBuffer payload, byte[] hash) throws ProtocolException, UnsupportedOperationException;
-
-    /**
-     * Make a transaction from the payload. Extension point for alternative
-     * serialization format support.
-     * 
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this serializer/deserializer
-     * does not support deserialization. This can occur either because it's a dummy
-     * serializer (i.e. for messages with no network parameters), or because
-     * it does not support deserializing transactions.
-     */
-    public final Transaction makeTransaction(ByteBuffer payload) throws ProtocolException {
-        return makeTransaction(payload, null);
-    }
+    public abstract Transaction makeTransaction(ByteBuffer payload) throws ProtocolException, UnsupportedOperationException;
 
     public abstract void seekPastMagicBytes(ByteBuffer in) throws BufferUnderflowException;