diff --git a/zebra-rpc/src/methods.rs b/zebra-rpc/src/methods.rs
index 4fbe683a354..012ee13e1e6 100644
--- a/zebra-rpc/src/methods.rs
+++ b/zebra-rpc/src/methods.rs
@@ -852,15 +852,20 @@ where
                         .transactions
                         .iter()
                         .map(|tx| {
-                            TransactionObject::new(
-                                tx.clone(),
-                                height,
-                                confirmations
-                                    .try_into()
-                                    .expect("should be less than max block height, i32::MAX"),
-                            )
+                            let GetRawTransaction::Object(tx_obj) =
+                                GetRawTransaction::from_transaction(
+                                    tx.clone(),
+                                    Some(height),
+                                    confirmations
+                                        .try_into()
+                                        .expect("should be less than max block height, i32::MAX"),
+                                    true,
+                                )
+                            else {
+                                unreachable!("an Object must be returned when verbose is true");
+                            };
+                            GetBlockTransaction::Object(tx_obj)
                         })
-                        .map(GetBlockTransaction::Object)
                         .collect(),
                     _ => unreachable!("unmatched response to a transaction_ids_for_block request"),
                 };
@@ -2041,20 +2046,6 @@ pub struct TransactionObject {
     // TODO: many fields not yet supported
 }
 
-impl TransactionObject {
-    /// Creates a new [`TransactionObject`].
-    fn new(tx: Arc<Transaction>, height: block::Height, confirmations: u32) -> Self {
-        TransactionObject {
-            hex: tx.into(),
-            height: height
-                .0
-                .try_into()
-                .expect("valid block heights are limited to i32::MAX"),
-            confirmations,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl Default for TransactionObject {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
diff --git a/zebra-rpc/src/methods/tests/vectors.rs b/zebra-rpc/src/methods/tests/vectors.rs
index 5f76c468266..722e89e5664 100644
--- a/zebra-rpc/src/methods/tests/vectors.rs
+++ b/zebra-rpc/src/methods/tests/vectors.rs
@@ -242,31 +242,12 @@ async fn rpc_getblock() {
         );
     }
 
-    // With verbosity=2, the RPC calls getrawtransaction which queries the
-    // mempool, which we need to mock since we used a MockService for it. This
-    // function returns a future that mocks that query. This is similar to what
-    // we use in the getrawtransaction test, but here we don't bother checking
-    // if the request is correct.
-    let make_mempool_req = || {
-        let mut mempool = mempool.clone();
-        async move {
-            mempool
-                .expect_request_that(|_request| true)
-                .await
-                .respond(mempool::Response::Transactions(vec![]));
-        }
-    };
-
     // Make height calls with verbosity=2 and check response
     for (i, block) in blocks.iter().enumerate() {
-        let get_block_req = rpc.get_block(i.to_string(), Some(2u8));
-
-        // Run both the getblock request and the mocked mempool request.
-        // This assumes a single mempool query, i.e. that there is a single
-        // transaction the block. If the test vectors changes and the block
-        // has more than one transaction, this will need to be adjusted.
-        let (response, _) = futures::join!(get_block_req, make_mempool_req());
-        let get_block = response.expect("We should have a GetBlock struct");
+        let get_block = rpc
+            .get_block(i.to_string(), Some(2u8))
+            .await
+            .expect("We should have a GetBlock struct");
 
         let (expected_nonce, expected_final_sapling_root) =
             get_block_data(&read_state, block.clone(), i).await;
@@ -310,10 +291,10 @@ async fn rpc_getblock() {
 
     // Make hash calls with verbosity=2 and check response
     for (i, block) in blocks.iter().enumerate() {
-        let get_block_req = rpc.get_block(blocks[i].hash().to_string(), Some(2u8));
-
-        let (response, _) = futures::join!(get_block_req, make_mempool_req());
-        let get_block = response.expect("We should have a GetBlock struct");
+        let get_block = rpc
+            .get_block(blocks[i].hash().to_string(), Some(2u8))
+            .await
+            .expect("We should have a GetBlock struct");
 
         let (expected_nonce, expected_final_sapling_root) =
             get_block_data(&read_state, block.clone(), i).await;