diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/Serializer.h b/src/ripple/protocol/Serializer.h
index 9bf86b686..159a1dba9 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/Serializer.h
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/Serializer.h
@@ -166,10 +166,8 @@ public:
         return addFieldID (static_cast<int> (type), name);
     }
 
-    // normal hash functions
-    uint160 getRIPEMD160 (int size = -1) const;
-    uint256 getSHA256 (int size = -1) const;
-    uint256 getSHA512Half (int size = -1) const;
+    // DEPRECATED
+    uint256 getSHA512Half() const;
 
     // prefix hash functions
     static uint256 getPrefixHash (std::uint32_t prefix, const unsigned char* data, int len);
diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/UInt160.h b/src/ripple/protocol/UInt160.h
index eb6e32773..ecde8294f 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/UInt160.h
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/UInt160.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ namespace ripple {
 template <class Tag>
 uint256 to256 (base_uint<160, Tag> const& a)
 {
+    // VFALCO This assumes uint256 is zero-initialized
     uint256 m;
     memcpy (m.begin (), a.begin (), a.size ());
     return m;
diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/Serializer.cpp b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/Serializer.cpp
index 7e1a7afc7..90b628d36 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/Serializer.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/Serializer.cpp
@@ -296,36 +296,9 @@ Blob Serializer::getRaw (int offset, int length) const
     return o;
 }
 
-uint160 Serializer::getRIPEMD160 (int size) const
+uint256 Serializer::getSHA512Half () const
 {
-    uint160 ret;
-
-    if ((size < 0) || (size > mData.size ())) size = mData.size ();
-
-    RIPEMD160 (& (mData.front ()), size, (unsigned char*) &ret);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-uint256 Serializer::getSHA256 (int size) const
-{
-    uint256 ret;
-
-    if ((size < 0) || (size > mData.size ())) size = mData.size ();
-
-    SHA256 (& (mData.front ()), size, (unsigned char*) &ret);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-uint256 Serializer::getSHA512Half (int size) const
-{
-    assert (size != 0);
-    if (size == 0)
-        return uint256();
-    if (size < 0 || size > mData.size())
-        return ripple::getSHA512Half (mData);
-
-    return ripple::getSHA512Half (
-        mData.data(), size);
+    return ripple::getSHA512Half (mData);
 }
 
 uint256 Serializer::getPrefixHash (std::uint32_t prefix, const unsigned char* data, int len)
diff --git a/src/ripple/shamap/tests/FetchPack.test.cpp b/src/ripple/shamap/tests/FetchPack.test.cpp
index 4c8300753..08e0c0699 100644
--- a/src/ripple/shamap/tests/FetchPack.test.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/shamap/tests/FetchPack.test.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public:
         for (int d = 0; d < 3; ++d)
             s.add32 (r.nextInt ());
         return std::make_shared <Item> (
-            to256(s.getRIPEMD160()), s.peekData ());
+            s.getSHA512Half(), s.peekData ());
     }
 
     void
diff --git a/src/ripple/shamap/tests/SHAMapSync.test.cpp b/src/ripple/shamap/tests/SHAMapSync.test.cpp
index f22d591e4..84affb4bf 100644
--- a/src/ripple/shamap/tests/SHAMapSync.test.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/shamap/tests/SHAMapSync.test.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public:
 
         for (int d = 0; d < 3; ++d) s.add32 (rand ());
 
-        return std::make_shared<SHAMapItem> (to256 (s.getRIPEMD160 ()), s.peekData ());
+        return std::make_shared<SHAMapItem>(
+            s.getSHA512Half(), s.peekData ());
     }
 
     bool confuseMap (SHAMap& map, int count)