diff --git a/cmd/clef/extapi_changelog.md b/cmd/clef/extapi_changelog.md
index 0cb5049417..fcb9fcf85f 100644
--- a/cmd/clef/extapi_changelog.md
+++ b/cmd/clef/extapi_changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ### Changelog for external API
 
+#### 4.0.0
+
+* The external `account_Ecrecover`-method was removed. 
 
 #### 3.0.0
 
diff --git a/signer/core/api.go b/signer/core/api.go
index 01a545e782..3e3ef3530d 100644
--- a/signer/core/api.go
+++ b/signer/core/api.go
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ type ExternalAPI interface {
 	SignTransaction(ctx context.Context, args SendTxArgs, methodSelector *string) (*ethapi.SignTransactionResult, error)
 	// Sign - request to sign the given data (plus prefix)
 	Sign(ctx context.Context, addr common.MixedcaseAddress, data hexutil.Bytes) (hexutil.Bytes, error)
-	// EcRecover - request to perform ecrecover
-	EcRecover(ctx context.Context, data, sig hexutil.Bytes) (common.Address, error)
 	// Export - request to export an account
 	Export(ctx context.Context, addr common.Address) (json.RawMessage, error)
 	// Import - request to import an account
@@ -418,32 +416,6 @@ func (api *SignerAPI) Sign(ctx context.Context, addr common.MixedcaseAddress, da
 	return signature, nil
 }
 
-// EcRecover returns the address for the Account that was used to create the signature.
-// Note, this function is compatible with eth_sign and personal_sign. As such it recovers
-// the address of:
-// hash = keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n"${message length}${message})
-// addr = ecrecover(hash, signature)
-//
-// Note, the signature must conform to the secp256k1 curve R, S and V values, where
-// the V value must be 27 or 28 for legacy reasons.
-//
-// https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs#personal_ecRecover
-func (api *SignerAPI) EcRecover(ctx context.Context, data, sig hexutil.Bytes) (common.Address, error) {
-	if len(sig) != 65 {
-		return common.Address{}, fmt.Errorf("signature must be 65 bytes long")
-	}
-	if sig[64] != 27 && sig[64] != 28 {
-		return common.Address{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid Ethereum signature (V is not 27 or 28)")
-	}
-	sig[64] -= 27 // Transform yellow paper V from 27/28 to 0/1
-	hash, _ := SignHash(data)
-	rpk, err := crypto.SigToPub(hash, sig)
-	if err != nil {
-		return common.Address{}, err
-	}
-	return crypto.PubkeyToAddress(*rpk), nil
-}
-
 // SignHash is a helper function that calculates a hash for the given message that can be
 // safely used to calculate a signature from.
 //
diff --git a/signer/core/auditlog.go b/signer/core/auditlog.go
index 1e6da0b0e2..1b9bca427a 100644
--- a/signer/core/auditlog.go
+++ b/signer/core/auditlog.go
@@ -71,14 +71,6 @@ func (l *AuditLogger) Sign(ctx context.Context, addr common.MixedcaseAddress, da
 	return b, e
 }
 
-func (l *AuditLogger) EcRecover(ctx context.Context, data, sig hexutil.Bytes) (common.Address, error) {
-	l.log.Info("EcRecover", "type", "request", "metadata", MetadataFromContext(ctx).String(),
-		"data", common.Bytes2Hex(data))
-	a, e := l.api.EcRecover(ctx, data, sig)
-	l.log.Info("EcRecover", "type", "response", "addr", a.String(), "error", e)
-	return a, e
-}
-
 func (l *AuditLogger) Export(ctx context.Context, addr common.Address) (json.RawMessage, error) {
 	l.log.Info("Export", "type", "request", "metadata", MetadataFromContext(ctx).String(),
 		"addr", addr.Hex())