2 files changed, 0 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/rpc/types.go b/rpc/types.go
index ebe388373..89c5b5bc9 100644
--- a/rpc/types.go
+++ b/rpc/types.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 package rpc
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
@@ -274,31 +272,3 @@ func (bn *BlockNumber) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 func (bn BlockNumber) Int64() int64 {
 	return (int64)(bn)
 }
-
-// HexBytes JSON-encodes as hex with 0x prefix.
-type HexBytes []byte
-
-func (b HexBytes) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	result := make([]byte, len(b)*2+4)
-	copy(result, `"0x`)
-	hex.Encode(result[3:], b)
-	result[len(result)-1] = '"'
-	return result, nil
-}
-
-func (b *HexBytes) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
-	if len(input) >= 2 && input[0] == '"' && input[len(input)-1] == '"' {
-		input = input[1 : len(input)-1]
-	}
-	if !bytes.HasPrefix(input, []byte("0x")) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("missing 0x prefix for hex byte array")
-	}
-	input = input[2:]
-	if len(input) == 0 {
-		*b = nil
-		return nil
-	}
-	*b = make([]byte, len(input)/2)
-	_, err := hex.Decode(*b, input)
-	return err
-}
diff --git a/rpc/types_test.go b/rpc/types_test.go
index 5482557b8..c2c5c6db6 100644
--- a/rpc/types_test.go
+++ b/rpc/types_test.go
@@ -71,25 +71,3 @@ func TestHexNumberMarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Invalid json.Marshal, expected '%s', got '%s'", exp, got)
 	}
 }
-
-var hexBytesTests = []struct{ in, out []byte }{
-	{in: []byte(`"0x"`), out: []byte{}},
-	{in: []byte(`"0x00"`), out: []byte{0}},
-	{in: []byte(`"0x01ff"`), out: []byte{0x01, 0xFF}},
-}
-
-func TestHexBytes(t *testing.T) {
-	for i, test := range hexBytesTests {
-		var dec HexBytes
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(test.in, &dec); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("test %d: can't decode: %v", i, err)
-		}
-		enc, _ := json.Marshal(HexBytes(test.out))
-		if !bytes.Equal(dec, test.out) {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: wrong decoded value 0x%x", i, dec)
-		}
-		if !bytes.Equal(enc, test.in) {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: wrong encoded value %#q", i, enc)
-		}
-	}
-}