diff --git a/accounts/abi/abigen/source2.go.tpl b/accounts/abi/abigen/source2.go.tpl
index ea559473f6..db96c66be2 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abigen/source2.go.tpl
+++ b/accounts/abi/abigen/source2.go.tpl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var (
 	// Instance creates a wrapper for a deployed contract instance at the given address.
 	// Use this to create the instance object passed to abigen v2 library functions Call, Transact, etc.
 	func (c *{{.Type}}) Instance(backend bind.ContractBackend, addr common.Address) bind.BoundContract {
-		 return bind.NewContractInstance(backend, addr, c.abi)
+		 return bind.NewBoundContract(backend, addr, c.abi)
 	}
 
 	{{ if .Constructor.Inputs }}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib.go b/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib.go
index 4cdd926f81..fc4362e2c0 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/v2/lib.go
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
 )
 
-// TODO: remove this and use NewBoundContract directly
-func NewContractInstance(backend ContractBackend, addr common.Address, abi abi.ABI) BoundContract {
-	return NewBoundContract(backend, addr, abi)
-}
-
 // ContractEvent is a type constraint for ABI event types.
 type ContractEvent interface {
 	ContractEventName() string