diff --git a/accounts/accounts.go b/accounts/accounts.go
index cd7bfc7da2..11232b19a0 100644
--- a/accounts/accounts.go
+++ b/accounts/accounts.go
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import (
 	ethereum "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/sha3"
 )
 
@@ -172,39 +170,9 @@ type Backend interface {
 //
 // This gives context to the signed message and prevents signing of transactions.
 func TextHash(data []byte) []byte {
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n%d%s", len(data), data)
-	return crypto.Keccak256([]byte(msg))
-}
-
-// sigHash returns the hash which is used as input for the proof-of-authority
-// signing. It is the hash of the entire header apart from the 65 byte signature
-// contained at the end of the extra data.
-//
-// Note, the method requires the extra data to be at least 65 bytes, otherwise it
-// panics. This is done to avoid accidentally using both forms (signature present
-// or not), which could be abused to produce different hashes for the same header.
-func CliqueHash(header *types.Header) (hash common.Hash) {
-	hasher := sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256()
-
-	rlp.Encode(hasher, []interface{}{
-		header.ParentHash,
-		header.UncleHash,
-		header.Coinbase,
-		header.Root,
-		header.TxHash,
-		header.ReceiptHash,
-		header.Bloom,
-		header.Difficulty,
-		header.Number,
-		header.GasLimit,
-		header.GasUsed,
-		header.Time,
-		header.Extra[:len(header.Extra)-65], // Yes, this will panic if extra is too short
-		header.MixDigest,
-		header.Nonce,
-	})
-	hasher.Sum(hash[:0])
-	return hash
+	hash := sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256()
+	fmt.Fprintf(hash, "\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n%d%s", len(data), data)
+	return hash.Sum(nil)
 }
 
 // WalletEventType represents the different event types that can be fired by
diff --git a/accounts/accounts_test.go b/accounts/accounts_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a49e3954ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/accounts_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package accounts
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
+)
+
+func TestTextHash(t *testing.T) {
+	hash := TextHash([]byte("Hello Joe"))
+	want := hexutil.MustDecode("0xa080337ae51c4e064c189e113edd0ba391df9206e2f49db658bb32cf2911730b")
+	if !bytes.Equal(hash, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("wrong hash: %x", hash)
+	}
+}