diff --git a/src/ripple/app/ledger/AccountStateSF.cpp b/src/ripple/app/ledger/AccountStateSF.cpp
index 7ef576a1d..541efa184 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/ledger/AccountStateSF.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/ledger/AccountStateSF.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 
 namespace ripple {
 
-AccountStateSF::AccountStateSF (std::uint32_t ledgerSeq)
-    : mLedgerSeq (ledgerSeq)
+AccountStateSF::AccountStateSF()
 {
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +40,8 @@ void AccountStateSF::gotNode (bool fromFilter,
     // VFALCO SHAMapSync filters should be passed the SHAMap, the
     //        SHAMap should provide an accessor to get the injected Database,
     //        and this should use that Database instad of getNodeStore
-    getApp().getNodeStore ().store (hotACCOUNT_NODE, mLedgerSeq, std::move (nodeData), nodeHash);
+    getApp().getNodeStore ().store (
+        hotACCOUNT_NODE, std::move (nodeData), nodeHash);
 }
 
 bool AccountStateSF::haveNode (SHAMapNodeID const& id,
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/ledger/AccountStateSF.h b/src/ripple/app/ledger/AccountStateSF.h
index 7c0930c62..0cb55f6b1 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/ledger/AccountStateSF.h
+++ b/src/ripple/app/ledger/AccountStateSF.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace ripple {
 class AccountStateSF : public SHAMapSyncFilter
 {
 public:
-    explicit AccountStateSF (std::uint32_t ledgerSeq);
+    AccountStateSF();
 
     // Note that the nodeData is overwritten by this call
     void gotNode (bool fromFilter,
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ public:
     bool haveNode (SHAMapNodeID const& id,
                    uint256 const& nodeHash,
                    Blob& nodeData);
-
-private:
-    std::uint32_t mLedgerSeq;
 };
 
 } // ripple
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/ledger/InboundLedger.cpp b/src/ripple/app/ledger/InboundLedger.cpp
index 1e241b00b..b15ab6fd0 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/ledger/InboundLedger.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/ledger/InboundLedger.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ bool InboundLedger::tryLocal ()
             if (m_journal.trace) m_journal.trace <<
                 "Ledger header found in fetch pack";
             mLedger = std::make_shared<Ledger> (data, true);
-            getApp().getNodeStore ().store (hotLEDGER,
-                mLedger->getLedgerSeq (), std::move (data), mHash);
+            getApp().getNodeStore ().store (
+                hotLEDGER, std::move (data), mHash);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ bool InboundLedger::tryLocal ()
         }
         else
         {
-            TransactionStateSF filter (mLedger->getLedgerSeq ());
+            TransactionStateSF filter;
 
             if (mLedger->peekTransactionMap ()->fetchRoot (
                 mLedger->getTransHash (), &filter))
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ bool InboundLedger::tryLocal ()
         }
         else
         {
-            AccountStateSF filter (mLedger->getLedgerSeq ());
+            AccountStateSF filter;
 
             if (mLedger->peekAccountStateMap ()->fetchRoot (
                 mLedger->getAccountHash (), &filter))
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ void InboundLedger::trigger (Peer::ptr const& peer)
             // VFALCO Why 256? Make this a constant
             nodeIDs.reserve (256);
             nodeHashes.reserve (256);
-            AccountStateSF filter (mSeq);
+            AccountStateSF filter;
 
             // Release the lock while we process the large state map
             sl.unlock();
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ void InboundLedger::trigger (Peer::ptr const& peer)
             std::vector<uint256> nodeHashes;
             nodeIDs.reserve (256);
             nodeHashes.reserve (256);
-            TransactionStateSF filter (mSeq);
+            TransactionStateSF filter;
             mLedger->peekTransactionMap ()->getMissingNodes (
                 nodeIDs, nodeHashes, 256, &filter);
 
@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ bool InboundLedger::takeHeader (std::string const& data)
     Serializer s (data.size () + 4);
     s.add32 (HashPrefix::ledgerMaster);
     s.addRaw (data);
-    getApp().getNodeStore ().store (hotLEDGER,
-        mLedger->getLedgerSeq (), std::move (s.modData ()), mHash);
+    getApp().getNodeStore ().store (
+        hotLEDGER, std::move (s.modData ()), mHash);
 
     progress ();
 
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ bool InboundLedger::takeTxNode (const std::list<SHAMapNodeID>& nodeIDs,
 
     std::list<SHAMapNodeID>::const_iterator nodeIDit = nodeIDs.begin ();
     std::list< Blob >::const_iterator nodeDatait = data.begin ();
-    TransactionStateSF tFilter (mLedger->getLedgerSeq ());
+    TransactionStateSF tFilter;
 
     while (nodeIDit != nodeIDs.end ())
     {
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ bool InboundLedger::takeAsNode (const std::list<SHAMapNodeID>& nodeIDs,
 
     std::list<SHAMapNodeID>::const_iterator nodeIDit = nodeIDs.begin ();
     std::list< Blob >::const_iterator nodeDatait = data.begin ();
-    AccountStateSF tFilter (mLedger->getLedgerSeq ());
+    AccountStateSF tFilter;
 
     while (nodeIDit != nodeIDs.end ())
     {
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ bool InboundLedger::takeAsRootNode (Blob const& data, SHAMapAddNode& san)
         return false;
     }
 
-    AccountStateSF tFilter (mLedger->getLedgerSeq ());
+    AccountStateSF tFilter;
     san += mLedger->peekAccountStateMap ()->addRootNode (
         mLedger->getAccountHash (), data, snfWIRE, &tFilter);
     return san.isGood();
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ bool InboundLedger::takeTxRootNode (Blob const& data, SHAMapAddNode& san)
         return false;
     }
 
-    TransactionStateSF tFilter (mLedger->getLedgerSeq ());
+    TransactionStateSF tFilter;
     san += mLedger->peekTransactionMap ()->addRootNode (
         mLedger->getTransHash (), data, snfWIRE, &tFilter);
     return san.isGood();
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ std::vector<InboundLedger::neededHash_t> InboundLedger::getNeededHashes ()
 
     if (!mHaveState)
     {
-        AccountStateSF filter (mLedger->getLedgerSeq ());
+        AccountStateSF filter;
         // VFALCO NOTE What's the number 4?
         for (auto const& h : mLedger->getNeededAccountStateHashes (4, &filter))
         {
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ std::vector<InboundLedger::neededHash_t> InboundLedger::getNeededHashes ()
 
     if (!mHaveTransactions)
     {
-        TransactionStateSF filter (mLedger->getLedgerSeq ());
+        TransactionStateSF filter;
         // VFALCO NOTE What's the number 4?
         for (auto const& h : mLedger->getNeededTransactionHashes (4, &filter))
         {
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp b/src/ripple/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
index 31766c76c..a05f05402 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ bool Ledger::saveValidatedLedger (bool current)
         s.add32 (HashPrefix::ledgerMaster);
         addRaw (s);
         getApp().getNodeStore ().store (
-            hotLEDGER, mLedgerSeq, std::move (s.modData ()), mHash);
+            hotLEDGER, std::move (s.modData ()), mHash);
     }
 
     AcceptedLedger::pointer aLedger;
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/ledger/TransactionStateSF.cpp b/src/ripple/app/ledger/TransactionStateSF.cpp
index af83add86..2060de4ff 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/ledger/TransactionStateSF.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/ledger/TransactionStateSF.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 
 namespace ripple {
 
-TransactionStateSF::TransactionStateSF (std::uint32_t ledgerSeq)
-    : mLedgerSeq (ledgerSeq)
+TransactionStateSF::TransactionStateSF()
 {
 }
 
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ void TransactionStateSF::gotNode (bool fromFilter,
     //        and this should use that Database instad of getNodeStore
     getApp().getNodeStore ().store (
         (type == SHAMapTreeNode::tnTRANSACTION_NM) ? hotTRANSACTION : hotTRANSACTION_NODE,
-        mLedgerSeq,
         std::move (nodeData),
         nodeHash);
 }
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/ledger/TransactionStateSF.h b/src/ripple/app/ledger/TransactionStateSF.h
index 9e4a4d344..bacf72056 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/ledger/TransactionStateSF.h
+++ b/src/ripple/app/ledger/TransactionStateSF.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace ripple {
 class TransactionStateSF : public SHAMapSyncFilter
 {
 public:
-    explicit TransactionStateSF (std::uint32_t ledgerSeq);
+    TransactionStateSF();
 
     // Note that the nodeData is overwritten by this call
     void gotNode (bool fromFilter,
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ public:
     bool haveNode (SHAMapNodeID const& id,
                    uint256 const& nodeHash,
                    Blob& nodeData);
-
-private:
-    std::uint32_t mLedgerSeq;
 };
 
 } // ripple
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/node/SqliteFactory.cpp b/src/ripple/app/node/SqliteFactory.cpp
index 56be1a26b..2f85d60a4 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/node/SqliteFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/node/SqliteFactory.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 namespace ripple {
 
+// VFALCO NOTE LedgerIndex in CommittedObjects is obsolete
+
 static const char* s_nodeStoreDBInit [] =
 {
     "PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL;",
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ public:
             uint256 const hash (uint256::fromVoid (key));
 
             static SqliteStatement pSt (m_db->getDB()->getSqliteDB(),
-                "SELECT ObjType,LedgerIndex,Object FROM CommittedObjects WHERE Hash = ?;");
+                "SELECT ObjType,Object FROM CommittedObjects WHERE Hash = ?;");
 
             pSt.bind (1, to_string (hash));
 
@@ -102,10 +104,9 @@ public:
             {
                 // VFALCO NOTE This is unfortunately needed,
                 //             the DatabaseCon creates the blob?
-                Blob data (pSt.getBlob (2));
+                Blob data (pSt.getBlob(1));
                 *pObject = NodeObject::createObject (
                     getTypeFromString (pSt.peekString (0)),
-                    pSt.getUInt32 (1),
                     std::move(data),
                     hash);
             }
@@ -131,15 +132,13 @@ public:
 
     void storeBatch (NodeStore::Batch const& batch)
     {
-        // VFALCO TODO Rewrite this to use Beast::db
-
         auto sl (m_db->lock());
 
         static SqliteStatement pStB (m_db->getDB()->getSqliteDB(), "BEGIN TRANSACTION;");
         static SqliteStatement pStE (m_db->getDB()->getSqliteDB(), "END TRANSACTION;");
         static SqliteStatement pSt (m_db->getDB()->getSqliteDB(),
             "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO CommittedObjects "
-                "(Hash,ObjType,LedgerIndex,Object) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?);");
+                "(Hash,ObjType,Object) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?);");
 
         pStB.step();
         pStB.reset();
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ public:
         uint256 hash;
 
         static SqliteStatement pSt(m_db->getDB()->getSqliteDB(),
-            "SELECT ObjType,LedgerIndex,Object,Hash FROM CommittedObjects;");
+            "SELECT ObjType,Object,Hash FROM CommittedObjects;");
 
         while (pSt.isRow (pSt.step()))
         {
@@ -171,10 +170,9 @@ public:
 
             // VFALCO NOTE This is unfortunately needed,
             //             the DatabaseCon creates the blob?
-            Blob data (pSt.getBlob (2));
+            Blob data (pSt.getBlob (1));
             NodeObject::Ptr const object (NodeObject::createObject (
                 getTypeFromString (pSt.peekString (0)),
-                pSt.getUInt32 (1),
                 std::move(data),
                 hash));
 
@@ -207,8 +205,7 @@ public:
 
         statement.bind(1, to_string (object->getHash()));
         statement.bind(2, type);
-        statement.bind(3, object->getLedgerIndex());
-        statement.bindStatic(4, object->getData());
+        statement.bindStatic(3, object->getData());
     }
 
     NodeObjectType getTypeFromString (std::string const& s)
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/Database.h b/src/ripple/nodestore/Database.h
index 0e60c1be6..255672352 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/Database.h
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/Database.h
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ public:
         @return `true` if the object was stored?
     */
     virtual void store (NodeObjectType type,
-                        std::uint32_t ledgerIndex,
                         Blob&& data,
                         uint256 const& hash) = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/NodeObject.h b/src/ripple/nodestore/NodeObject.h
index 50b35adbe..e4135966b 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/NodeObject.h
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/NodeObject.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ private:
 public:
     // This constructor is private, use createObject instead.
     NodeObject (NodeObjectType type,
-                LedgerIndex ledgerIndex,
                 Blob&& data,
                 uint256 const& hash,
                 PrivateAccess);
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ public:
         @param hash The 256-bit hash of the payload data.
     */
     static Ptr createObject (NodeObjectType type,
-                             LedgerIndex ledgerIndex,
                              Blob&& data,
                              uint256 const& hash);
 
@@ -106,10 +104,6 @@ public:
     */
     uint256 const& getHash () const;
 
-    /** Retrieve the ledger index in which this object appears.
-    */
-    LedgerIndex getLedgerIndex() const;
-
     /** Retrieve the binary data.
     */
     Blob const& getData () const;
@@ -136,7 +130,6 @@ public:
 private:
     NodeObjectType mType;
     uint256 mHash;
-    LedgerIndex mLedgerIndex;
     Blob mData;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DatabaseImp.h b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DatabaseImp.h
index 3fed69354..b556c22c7 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DatabaseImp.h
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DatabaseImp.h
@@ -309,21 +309,19 @@ public:
     //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     void store (NodeObjectType type,
-                std::uint32_t index,
                 Blob&& data,
-                uint256 const& hash)
+                uint256 const& hash) override
     {
-        storeInternal (type, index, std::move(data), hash, *m_backend.get());
+        storeInternal (type, std::move(data), hash, *m_backend.get());
     }
 
     void storeInternal (NodeObjectType type,
-                        std::uint32_t index,
                         Blob&& data,
                         uint256 const& hash,
                         Backend& backend)
     {
-        NodeObject::Ptr object = NodeObject::createObject(type, index,
-                std::move(data), hash);
+        NodeObject::Ptr object = NodeObject::createObject(
+            type, std::move(data), hash);
 
         #if RIPPLE_VERIFY_NODEOBJECT_KEYS
         assert (hash == getSHA512Half (data));
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DatabaseRotatingImp.h b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DatabaseRotatingImp.h
index 493b84a54..ebcf123f2 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DatabaseRotatingImp.h
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DatabaseRotatingImp.h
@@ -110,11 +110,10 @@ public:
     }
 
     void store (NodeObjectType type,
-                std::uint32_t index,
                 Blob&& data,
                 uint256 const& hash) override
     {
-        storeInternal (type, index, std::move(data), hash,
+        storeInternal (type, std::move(data), hash,
                 *getWritableBackend());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DecodedBlob.cpp b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DecodedBlob.cpp
index 36b8a0aad..e16268ef0 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DecodedBlob.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DecodedBlob.cpp
@@ -40,17 +40,10 @@ DecodedBlob::DecodedBlob (void const* key, void const* value, int valueBytes)
     m_success = false;
     m_key = key;
     // VFALCO NOTE Ledger indexes should have started at 1
-    m_ledgerIndex = LedgerIndex (-1);
     m_objectType = hotUNKNOWN;
     m_objectData = nullptr;
     m_dataBytes = std::max (0, valueBytes - 9);
 
-    if (valueBytes > 4)
-    {
-        LedgerIndex const* index = static_cast <LedgerIndex const*> (value);
-        m_ledgerIndex = beast::ByteOrder::swapIfLittleEndian (*index);
-    }
-
     // VFALCO NOTE What about bytes 4 through 7 inclusive?
 
     if (valueBytes > 8)
@@ -90,7 +83,7 @@ NodeObject::Ptr DecodedBlob::createObject ()
         Blob data(m_objectData, m_objectData + m_dataBytes);
 
         object = NodeObject::createObject (
-            m_objectType, m_ledgerIndex, std::move(data), uint256::fromVoid(m_key));
+            m_objectType, std::move(data), uint256::fromVoid(m_key));
     }
 
     return object;
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DecodedBlob.h b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DecodedBlob.h
index b46ad15bf..2f692c442 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DecodedBlob.h
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/DecodedBlob.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ private:
     bool m_success;
 
     void const* m_key;
-    LedgerIndex m_ledgerIndex;
     NodeObjectType m_objectType;
     unsigned char const* m_objectData;
     int m_dataBytes;
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/EncodedBlob.cpp b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/EncodedBlob.cpp
index db9fbfa4b..67cf26f1e 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/EncodedBlob.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/EncodedBlob.cpp
@@ -27,30 +27,27 @@ namespace NodeStore {
 void
 EncodedBlob::prepare (NodeObject::Ptr const& object)
 {
-    m_key = object->getHash ().begin ();
+    m_key = object->getHash().begin ();
 
     // This is how many bytes we need in the flat data
     m_size = object->getData ().size () + 9;
 
-    m_data.ensureSize (m_size);
-
-    // These sizes must be the same!
-    static_assert (sizeof (std::uint32_t) == sizeof (object->getLedgerIndex ()),
-        "Ledger Indices must be exactly 32-bits long.");
+    m_data.ensureSize(m_size);
 
     {
-        std::uint32_t* buf = static_cast <std::uint32_t*> (m_data.getData ());
-
-        buf [0] = beast::ByteOrder::swapIfLittleEndian (object->getLedgerIndex ());
-        buf [1] = beast::ByteOrder::swapIfLittleEndian (object->getLedgerIndex ());
+        // these 8 bytes are unused
+        std::uint64_t* buf = static_cast <
+            std::uint64_t*>(m_data.getData ());
+        *buf = 0;
     }
 
     {
-        unsigned char* buf = static_cast <unsigned char*> (m_data.getData ());
-
-        buf [8] = static_cast <unsigned char> (object->getType ());
-
-        memcpy (&buf [9], object->getData ().data (), object->getData ().size ());
+        unsigned char* buf = static_cast <
+            unsigned char*> (m_data.getData ());
+        buf [8] = static_cast <
+            unsigned char> (object->getType ());
+        memcpy (&buf [9], object->getData ().data(),
+            object->getData ().size());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/NodeObject.cpp b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/NodeObject.cpp
index d760c4a55..97a1efa48 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/NodeObject.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/impl/NodeObject.cpp
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ namespace ripple {
 
 NodeObject::NodeObject (
     NodeObjectType type,
-    LedgerIndex ledgerIndex,
     Blob&& data,
     uint256 const& hash,
     PrivateAccess)
     : mType (type)
     , mHash (hash)
-    , mLedgerIndex (ledgerIndex)
 {
     mData = std::move (data);
 }
@@ -41,12 +39,11 @@ NodeObject::NodeObject (
 NodeObject::Ptr
 NodeObject::createObject (
     NodeObjectType type,
-    LedgerIndex ledgerIndex,
     Blob&& data,
     uint256 const& hash)
 {
     return std::make_shared <NodeObject> (
-        type, ledgerIndex, std::move (data), hash, PrivateAccess ());
+        type, std::move (data), hash, PrivateAccess ());
 }
 
 NodeObjectType
@@ -61,12 +58,6 @@ NodeObject::getHash () const
     return mHash;
 }
 
-LedgerIndex
-NodeObject::getLedgerIndex () const
-{
-    return mLedgerIndex;
-}
-
 Blob const&
 NodeObject::getData () const
 {
@@ -82,9 +73,6 @@ NodeObject::isCloneOf (NodeObject::Ptr const& other) const
     if (mHash != other->mHash)
         return false;
 
-    if (mLedgerIndex != other->mLedgerIndex)
-        return false;
-
     if (mData != other->mData)
         return false;
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/tests/Base.test.h b/src/ripple/nodestore/tests/Base.test.h
index 49b5b4cc1..fa322cab3 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/tests/Base.test.h
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/tests/Base.test.h
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ public:
                 break;
             };
 
-            LedgerIndex ledgerIndex = 1 + r.nextInt (1024 * 1024);
-
             uint256 hash;
             r.fillBitsRandomly (hash.begin (), hash.size ());
 
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ public:
 
             r.fillBitsRandomly (data.data (), payloadBytes);
 
-            return NodeObject::createObject(type, ledgerIndex, std::move(data), hash);
+            return NodeObject::createObject(type, std::move(data), hash);
         }
 
     private:
@@ -176,7 +174,6 @@ public:
             Blob data (object->getData ());
 
             db.store (object->getType (),
-                      object->getLedgerIndex (),
                       std::move (data),
                       object->getHash ());
         }
diff --git a/src/ripple/nodestore/tests/Timing.test.cpp b/src/ripple/nodestore/tests/Timing.test.cpp
index 644a13b2f..505575c65 100644
--- a/src/ripple/nodestore/tests/Timing.test.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/nodestore/tests/Timing.test.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ private:
 
     beast::xor_shift_engine gen_;
     std::uint8_t prefix_;
-    std::uniform_int_distribution<std::uint32_t> d_seq_;
     std::uniform_int_distribution<std::uint32_t> d_type_;
     std::uniform_int_distribution<std::uint32_t> d_size_;
 
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ public:
     explicit
     Sequence(std::uint8_t prefix)
         : prefix_ (prefix)
-        , d_seq_ (minLedger, maxLedger)
         , d_type_ (hotLEDGER, hotTRANSACTION_NODE)
         , d_size_ (minSize, maxSize)
     {
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ public:
         rngcpy (&value[0], value.size(), gen_);
         return NodeObject::createObject (
             static_cast<NodeObjectType>(d_type_(gen_)),
-                d_seq_(gen_), std::move(value), key);
+                std::move(value), key);
     }
 
     // returns a batch of NodeObjects starting at n
diff --git a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
index b4ee59b98..c7ed6881c 100644
--- a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
@@ -1400,8 +1400,7 @@ PeerImp::onMessage (std::shared_ptr <protocol::TMGetObjectByHash> const& m)
                     if (obj.has_nodeid ())
                         newObj.set_index (obj.nodeid ());
 
-                    if (!reply.has_seq () && (hObj->getLedgerIndex () != 0))
-                        reply.set_seq (hObj->getLedgerIndex ());
+                    // VFALCO NOTE "seq" in the message is obsolete
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/ripple/shamap/impl/SHAMap.cpp b/src/ripple/shamap/impl/SHAMap.cpp
index 6c459b669..e9a2a69fd 100644
--- a/src/ripple/shamap/impl/SHAMap.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/shamap/impl/SHAMap.cpp
@@ -943,8 +943,8 @@ void SHAMap::writeNode (
 
     Serializer s;
     node->addRaw (s, snfPREFIX);
-    db_.store (t, seq,
-        std::move (s.modData ()), node->getNodeHash ());
+    db_.store (t, std::move (s.modData()),
+        node->getNodeHash ());
 }
 
 // We can't modify an inner node someone else might have a