diff --git a/nano/node/node.cpp b/nano/node/node.cpp
index bb9d064e0..d707393a3 100644
--- a/nano/node/node.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/node.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ nano::node::node (boost::asio::io_context & io_ctx_a, std::filesystem::path cons
 	application_path (application_path_a),
 	port_mapping (*this),
 	rep_crawler (*this),
-	vote_processor (checker, active, observers, stats, config, flags, logger, online_reps, rep_crawler, ledger, network_params),
+	vote_processor (active, observers, stats, config, flags, logger, online_reps, rep_crawler, ledger, network_params),
 	warmed_up (0),
 	block_processor (*this, write_database_queue),
 	online_reps (ledger, config),
diff --git a/nano/node/vote_processor.cpp b/nano/node/vote_processor.cpp
index fd6d5696c..34b86f70f 100644
--- a/nano/node/vote_processor.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/vote_processor.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <nano/node/nodeconfig.hpp>
 #include <nano/node/online_reps.hpp>
 #include <nano/node/repcrawler.hpp>
-#include <nano/node/signatures.hpp>
 #include <nano/node/vote_processor.hpp>
 #include <nano/secure/common.hpp>
 #include <nano/secure/ledger.hpp>
@@ -17,8 +16,7 @@
 #include <chrono>
 using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
-nano::vote_processor::vote_processor (nano::signature_checker & checker_a, nano::active_transactions & active_a, nano::node_observers & observers_a, nano::stats & stats_a, nano::node_config & config_a, nano::node_flags & flags_a, nano::logger_mt & logger_a, nano::online_reps & online_reps_a, nano::rep_crawler & rep_crawler_a, nano::ledger & ledger_a, nano::network_params & network_params_a) :
-	checker (checker_a),
+nano::vote_processor::vote_processor (nano::active_transactions & active_a, nano::node_observers & observers_a, nano::stats & stats_a, nano::node_config & config_a, nano::node_flags & flags_a, nano::logger_mt & logger_a, nano::online_reps & online_reps_a, nano::rep_crawler & rep_crawler_a, nano::ledger & ledger_a, nano::network_params & network_params_a) :
 	active (active_a),
 	observers (observers_a),
 	stats (stats_a),
@@ -134,36 +132,12 @@ bool nano::vote_processor::vote (std::shared_ptr<nano::vote> const & vote_a, std
 
 void nano::vote_processor::verify_votes (decltype (votes) const & votes_a)
 {
-	auto size (votes_a.size ());
-	std::vector<unsigned char const *> messages;
-	messages.reserve (size);
-	std::vector<nano::block_hash> hashes;
-	hashes.reserve (size);
-	std::vector<std::size_t> lengths (size, sizeof (nano::block_hash));
-	std::vector<unsigned char const *> pub_keys;
-	pub_keys.reserve (size);
-	std::vector<unsigned char const *> signatures;
-	signatures.reserve (size);
-	std::vector<int> verifications;
-	verifications.resize (size);
 	for (auto const & vote : votes_a)
 	{
-		hashes.push_back (vote.first->hash ());
-		messages.push_back (hashes.back ().bytes.data ());
-		pub_keys.push_back (vote.first->account.bytes.data ());
-		signatures.push_back (vote.first->signature.bytes.data ());
-	}
-	nano::signature_check_set check = { size, messages.data (), lengths.data (), pub_keys.data (), signatures.data (), verifications.data () };
-	checker.verify (check);
-	auto i (0);
-	for (auto const & vote : votes_a)
-	{
-		debug_assert (verifications[i] == 1 || verifications[i] == 0);
-		if (verifications[i] == 1)
+		if (!nano::validate_message (vote.first->account, vote.first->hash (), vote.first->signature))
 		{
 			vote_blocking (vote.first, vote.second, true);
 		}
-		++i;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/nano/node/vote_processor.hpp b/nano/node/vote_processor.hpp
index 0ffb39dd0..4ee3c6f0e 100644
--- a/nano/node/vote_processor.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/vote_processor.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace transport
 class vote_processor final
 {
 public:
-	vote_processor (nano::signature_checker & checker_a, nano::active_transactions & active_a, nano::node_observers & observers_a, nano::stats & stats_a, nano::node_config & config_a, nano::node_flags & flags_a, nano::logger_mt & logger_a, nano::online_reps & online_reps_a, nano::rep_crawler & rep_crawler_a, nano::ledger & ledger_a, nano::network_params & network_params_a);
+	vote_processor (nano::active_transactions & active_a, nano::node_observers & observers_a, nano::stats & stats_a, nano::node_config & config_a, nano::node_flags & flags_a, nano::logger_mt & logger_a, nano::online_reps & online_reps_a, nano::rep_crawler & rep_crawler_a, nano::ledger & ledger_a, nano::network_params & network_params_a);
 
 	/** Returns false if the vote was processed */
 	bool vote (std::shared_ptr<nano::vote> const &, std::shared_ptr<nano::transport::channel> const &);
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public:
 private:
 	void process_loop ();
 
-	nano::signature_checker & checker;
 	nano::active_transactions & active;
 	nano::node_observers & observers;
 	nano::stats & stats;