diff --git a/src/ripple/ledger/ReadView.h b/src/ripple/ledger/ReadView.h
index a2b6f6f99..74fac105a 100644
--- a/src/ripple/ledger/ReadView.h
+++ b/src/ripple/ledger/ReadView.h
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public:
         explicit sles_type(ReadView const& view);
         iterator
         begin() const;
-        iterator const&
+        iterator
         end() const;
         iterator
         upper_bound(key_type const& key) const;
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public:
         empty() const;
         iterator
         begin() const;
-        iterator const&
+        iterator
         end() const;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/ledger/detail/ReadViewFwdRange.h b/src/ripple/ledger/detail/ReadViewFwdRange.h
index c37eab214..5b743678f 100644
--- a/src/ripple/ledger/detail/ReadViewFwdRange.h
+++ b/src/ripple/ledger/detail/ReadViewFwdRange.h
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     ReadView const* view_;
-    boost::optional<iterator> mutable end_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace detail
diff --git a/src/ripple/ledger/impl/ReadView.cpp b/src/ripple/ledger/impl/ReadView.cpp
index 69349e1df..96192e792 100644
--- a/src/ripple/ledger/impl/ReadView.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/ledger/impl/ReadView.cpp
@@ -135,11 +135,9 @@ ReadView::sles_type::begin() const -> iterator
 }
 
 auto
-ReadView::sles_type::end() const -> iterator const&
+ReadView::sles_type::end() const -> iterator
 {
-    if (!end_)
-        end_ = iterator(view_, view_->slesEnd());
-    return *end_;
+    return iterator(view_, view_->slesEnd());
 }
 
 auto
@@ -165,11 +163,9 @@ ReadView::txs_type::begin() const -> iterator
 }
 
 auto
-ReadView::txs_type::end() const -> iterator const&
+ReadView::txs_type::end() const -> iterator
 {
-    if (!end_)
-        end_ = iterator(view_, view_->txsEnd());
-    return *end_;
+    return iterator(view_, view_->txsEnd());
 }
 
 }  // namespace ripple