diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/base.go b/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
index e787268560..69e3b94bb3 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
@@ -510,22 +510,12 @@ func (c *BoundContract) FilterLogs(opts *FilterOpts, name string, query ...[]int
 // WatchLogs filters subscribes to contract logs for future blocks, returning a
 // subscription object that can be used to tear down the watcher.
 func (c *BoundContract) WatchLogs(opts *WatchOpts, name string, query ...[]interface{}) (chan types.Log, event.Subscription, error) {
-	return c.watchLogs(opts, c.abi.Events[name].ID, query...)
-}
-
-// WatchLogsForId filters subscribes to contract logs for future blocks, returning a
-// subscription object that can be used to tear down the watcher.
-func (c *BoundContract) WatchLogsForId(opts *WatchOpts, id common.Hash, query ...[]interface{}) (chan types.Log, event.Subscription, error) {
-	return c.watchLogs(opts, id, query...)
-}
-
-func (c *BoundContract) watchLogs(opts *WatchOpts, eventID common.Hash, query ...[]interface{}) (chan types.Log, event.Subscription, error) {
 	// Don't crash on a lazy user
 	if opts == nil {
 		opts = new(WatchOpts)
 	}
 	// Append the event selector to the query parameters and construct the topic set
-	query = append([][]interface{}{{eventID}}, query...)
+	query = append([][]interface{}{{c.abi.Events[name].ID}}, query...)
 
 	topics, err := abi.MakeTopics(query...)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib_test.go b/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib_test.go
index 6ae87ea034..07d9230f0a 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib_test.go
@@ -424,8 +424,7 @@ func TestErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	// TODO: check anything about the error?
 }
 
-// TODO: this test will pass if the code is changed but not compiled to a combined-abi.json.
-// Not really possible to test this without including solc in the path when running CI.
+// TestBindingGeneration tests that re-running generation of bindings does not result in mutations to the binding code
 func TestBindingGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 	matches, _ := filepath.Glob("internal/*")
 	var dirs []string