diff --git a/wire/bench_test.go b/wire/bench_test.go
index f02038b3..0455052b 100644
--- a/wire/bench_test.go
+++ b/wire/bench_test.go
@@ -365,26 +365,6 @@ func BenchmarkWriteVarStrBuf10(b *testing.B) {
 func BenchmarkReadOutPoint(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ReportAllocs()
 
-	buf := []byte{
-		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // Previous output hash
-		0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, // Previous output index
-	}
-	r := bytes.NewReader(buf)
-	var op OutPoint
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		r.Seek(0, 0)
-		readOutPoint(r, 0, 0, &op)
-	}
-}
-
-// BenchmarkReadOutPointBuf performs a benchmark on how long it takes to read a
-// transaction output point.
-func BenchmarkReadOutPointBuf(b *testing.B) {
-	b.ReportAllocs()
-
 	buffer := binarySerializer.Borrow()
 	buf := []byte{
 		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
diff --git a/wire/msgtx.go b/wire/msgtx.go
index 0b961ab9..dd699f96 100644
--- a/wire/msgtx.go
+++ b/wire/msgtx.go
@@ -969,16 +969,6 @@ func NewMsgTx(version int32) *MsgTx {
 	}
 }
 
-// readOutPoint reads the next sequence of bytes from r as an OutPoint.
-//
-// DEPRECATED: Use readOutPointBuf instead.
-func readOutPoint(r io.Reader, pver uint32, version int32, op *OutPoint) error {
-	buf := binarySerializer.Borrow()
-	err := readOutPointBuf(r, pver, version, op, buf)
-	binarySerializer.Return(buf)
-	return err
-}
-
 // readOutPointBuf reads the next sequence of bytes from r as an OutPoint.
 //
 // If b is non-nil, the provided buffer will be used for serializing small