diff --git a/common/htlc_wire.c b/common/htlc_wire.c
index a3077400e..490f7c007 100644
--- a/common/htlc_wire.c
+++ b/common/htlc_wire.c
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ void towire_shachain(u8 **pptr, const struct shachain *shachain)
 	}
 }
 
-void towire_bitcoin_tx(u8 **pptr, const struct bitcoin_tx *tx)
-{
-	u8 *txlin = linearize_tx(NULL, tx);
-
-	towire(pptr, txlin, tal_len(txlin));
-	tal_free(txlin);
-}
-
 void fromwire_added_htlc(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max,
 			 struct added_htlc *added)
 {
@@ -141,16 +133,3 @@ void fromwire_shachain(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max,
 		fromwire_sha256(cursor, max, &shachain->known[i].hash);
 	}
 }
-
-void fromwire_bitcoin_tx(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max, struct bitcoin_tx *tx)
-{
-	/* FIXME: We'd really expect to allocate tx ourselves, but
-	 * for the sake of simple structures, we don't write the
-	 * generator that way. */
-	struct bitcoin_tx *tx2 = pull_bitcoin_tx(tx, cursor, max);
-	if (tx2) {
-		*tx = *tx2;
-		/* This hangs around with tx until freed */
-		notleak(tx2);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/common/htlc_wire.h b/common/htlc_wire.h
index 020e554f2..ad4642ad5 100644
--- a/common/htlc_wire.h
+++ b/common/htlc_wire.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ void towire_changed_htlc(u8 **pptr, const struct changed_htlc *changed);
 void towire_htlc_state(u8 **pptr, const enum htlc_state hstate);
 void towire_side(u8 **pptr, const enum side side);
 void towire_shachain(u8 **pptr, const struct shachain *shachain);
-void towire_bitcoin_tx(u8 **pptr, const struct bitcoin_tx *tx);
 
 void fromwire_added_htlc(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max,
 			 struct added_htlc *added);
@@ -56,5 +55,4 @@ enum htlc_state fromwire_htlc_state(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max);
 enum side fromwire_side(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max);
 void fromwire_shachain(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max,
 		       struct shachain *shachain);
-void fromwire_bitcoin_tx(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max, struct bitcoin_tx *tx);
 #endif /* LIGHTNING_COMMON_HTLC_WIRE_H */
diff --git a/wire/fromwire.c b/wire/fromwire.c
index dace8bd04..03e5a5cbd 100644
--- a/wire/fromwire.c
+++ b/wire/fromwire.c
@@ -228,3 +228,7 @@ void derive_channel_id(struct channel_id *channel_id,
 	channel_id->id[sizeof(*channel_id)-1] ^= txout;
 }
 
+void fromwire_bitcoin_tx(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max, struct bitcoin_tx *tx)
+{
+	pull_bitcoin_tx_onto(tx, cursor, max, tx);
+}
diff --git a/wire/towire.c b/wire/towire.c
index 2e0c0eb04..44927a527 100644
--- a/wire/towire.c
+++ b/wire/towire.c
@@ -153,3 +153,11 @@ void towire_pad(u8 **pptr, size_t num)
 	tal_resize(pptr, oldsize + num);
 	memset(*pptr + oldsize, 0, num);
 }
+
+void towire_bitcoin_tx(u8 **pptr, const struct bitcoin_tx *tx)
+{
+	tal_t *tmpctx = tal_tmpctx(NULL);
+	u8 *lin = linearize_tx(tmpctx, tx);
+	towire_u8_array(pptr, lin, tal_len(lin));
+	tal_free(tmpctx);
+}
diff --git a/wire/wire.h b/wire/wire.h
index ad0ce699e..ca17ffd82 100644
--- a/wire/wire.h
+++ b/wire/wire.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ void towire_bool(u8 **pptr, bool v);
 
 void towire_u8_array(u8 **pptr, const u8 *arr, size_t num);
 
+void towire_bitcoin_tx(u8 **pptr, const struct bitcoin_tx *tx);
+
 const u8 *fromwire(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max, void *copy, size_t n);
 u8 fromwire_u8(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max);
 u16 fromwire_u16(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max);
@@ -84,4 +86,6 @@ void fromwire_ripemd160(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max, struct ripemd160 *ripemd
 void fromwire_pad(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max, size_t num);
 
 void fromwire_u8_array(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max, u8 *arr, size_t num);
+
+void fromwire_bitcoin_tx(const u8 **cursor, size_t *max, struct bitcoin_tx *tx);
 #endif /* LIGHTNING_WIRE_WIRE_H */