diff --git a/src/hash.h b/src/hash.h
index d355b703ff4a32..132e1a9fb3983e 100644
--- a/src/hash.h
+++ b/src/hash.h
@@ -146,23 +146,6 @@ class HashWriter
     }
 };
 
-class CHashWriter : public HashWriter
-{
-private:
-    const int nVersion;
-
-public:
-    CHashWriter(int nVersionIn) : nVersion{nVersionIn} {}
-
-    int GetVersion() const { return nVersion; }
-
-    template<typename T>
-    CHashWriter& operator<<(const T& obj) {
-        ::Serialize(*this, obj);
-        return (*this);
-    }
-};
-
 /** Reads data from an underlying stream, while hashing the read data. */
 template <typename Source>
 class HashVerifier : public HashWriter
diff --git a/src/primitives/block.cpp b/src/primitives/block.cpp
index 3d217088203718..27da161e1e5a13 100644
--- a/src/primitives/block.cpp
+++ b/src/primitives/block.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 uint256 CBlockHeader::GetHash() const
 {
-    return (CHashWriter{PROTOCOL_VERSION} << *this).GetHash();
+    return (HashWriter{} << *this).GetHash();
 }
 
 std::string CBlock::ToString() const
diff --git a/src/test/hash_tests.cpp b/src/test/hash_tests.cpp
index d2ef6a4cbd63e3..f0d2b9ed728601 100644
--- a/src/test/hash_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/hash_tests.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(siphash)
                      (uint64_t(x+4)<<32)|(uint64_t(x+5)<<40)|(uint64_t(x+6)<<48)|(uint64_t(x+7)<<56));
     }
 
-    CHashWriter ss{CLIENT_VERSION};
+    HashWriter ss{};
     CMutableTransaction tx;
     // Note these tests were originally written with tx.nVersion=1
     // and the test would be affected by default tx version bumps if not fixed.