diff --git a/blockchain/chain.go b/blockchain/chain.go
index 19de74ab..fd07575a 100644
--- a/blockchain/chain.go
+++ b/blockchain/chain.go
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ func (b *BlockChain) reorganizeChain(detachNodes, attachNodes *list.List) error
 
 		// Load all of the utxos referenced by the block that aren't
 		// already in the view.
-		err = view.fetchInputUtxos(nil, b.utxoCache, block)
+		err = view.fetchInputUtxos(b.utxoCache, block)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ func (b *BlockChain) reorganizeChain(detachNodes, attachNodes *list.List) error
 		// checkConnectBlock gets skipped, we still need to update the UTXO
 		// view.
 		if b.index.NodeStatus(n).KnownValid() {
-			err = view.fetchInputUtxos(nil, b.utxoCache, block)
+			err = view.fetchInputUtxos(b.utxoCache, block)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ func (b *BlockChain) reorganizeChain(detachNodes, attachNodes *list.List) error
 
 		// Load all of the utxos referenced by the block that aren't
 		// already in the view.
-		err := view.fetchInputUtxos(nil, b.utxoCache, block)
+		err := view.fetchInputUtxos(b.utxoCache, block)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/blockchain/utxoviewpoint.go b/blockchain/utxoviewpoint.go
index fdd165c0..1e687431 100644
--- a/blockchain/utxoviewpoint.go
+++ b/blockchain/utxoviewpoint.go
@@ -666,15 +666,11 @@ func (view *UtxoViewpoint) findInputsToFetch(block *btcutil.Block) []wire.OutPoi
 
 // fetchInputUtxos loads the unspent transaction outputs for the inputs
 // referenced by the transactions in the given block into the view from the
-// database or the cache as needed.  In particular, referenced entries that
-// are earlier in the block are added to the view and entries that are already
-// in the view are not modified.
-func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchInputUtxos(db database.DB, cache *utxoCache, block *btcutil.Block) error {
-	if cache != nil {
-		return view.fetchUtxosFromCache(cache, view.findInputsToFetch(block))
-	}
-	// Request the input utxos from the cache.
-	return view.fetchUtxosMain(db, view.findInputsToFetch(block))
+// cache as needed.  In particular, referenced entries that are earlier in
+// the block are added to the view and entries that are already in the view
+// are not modified.
+func (view *UtxoViewpoint) fetchInputUtxos(cache *utxoCache, block *btcutil.Block) error {
+	return view.fetchUtxosFromCache(cache, view.findInputsToFetch(block))
 }
 
 // NewUtxoViewpoint returns a new empty unspent transaction output view.
diff --git a/blockchain/validate.go b/blockchain/validate.go
index 83929810..641967fb 100644
--- a/blockchain/validate.go
+++ b/blockchain/validate.go
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ func (b *BlockChain) checkConnectBlock(node *blockNode, block *btcutil.Block, vi
 	//
 	// These utxo entries are needed for verification of things such as
 	// transaction inputs, counting pay-to-script-hashes, and scripts.
-	err := view.fetchInputUtxos(nil, b.utxoCache, block)
+	err := view.fetchInputUtxos(b.utxoCache, block)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}