diff --git a/rpc/dcrd.go b/rpc/dcrd.go
index 0eaffdd..02b3fb7 100644
--- a/rpc/dcrd.go
+++ b/rpc/dcrd.go
@@ -223,14 +223,14 @@ func (c *DcrdRPC) NotifyBlocks() error {
 
 // GetBestBlockHeader uses getbestblockhash RPC, followed by getblockheader RPC,
 // to retrieve the header of the best block known to the dcrd instance.
-func (c *DcrdRPC) GetBestBlockHeader() (*dcrdtypes.GetBlockHeaderVerboseResult, error) {
+func (c *DcrdRPC) GetBestBlockHeader() (*wire.BlockHeader, error) {
 	var bestBlockHash string
 	err := c.Call(context.TODO(), "getbestblockhash", &bestBlockHash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	blockHeader, err := c.GetBlockHeaderVerbose(bestBlockHash)
+	blockHeader, err := c.GetBlockHeader(bestBlockHash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -263,18 +263,6 @@ func (c *DcrdRPC) GetBlockHeader(blockHash string) (*wire.BlockHeader, error) {
 	return &blockHeader, nil
 }
 
-// GetBlockHeaderVerbose uses getblockheader RPC with verbose=true to retrieve
-// the header of the requested block.
-func (c *DcrdRPC) GetBlockHeaderVerbose(blockHash string) (*dcrdtypes.GetBlockHeaderVerboseResult, error) {
-	const verbose = true
-	var blockHeader dcrdtypes.GetBlockHeaderVerboseResult
-	err := c.Call(context.TODO(), "getblockheader", &blockHeader, blockHash, verbose)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &blockHeader, nil
-}
-
 // ExistsLiveTicket uses existslivetickets RPC to check if the provided ticket
 // hash is a live ticket known to the dcrd instance.
 func (c *DcrdRPC) ExistsLiveTicket(ticketHash string) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/webapi/getfeeaddress.go b/webapi/getfeeaddress.go
index 90c14ff..425ab3a 100644
--- a/webapi/getfeeaddress.go
+++ b/webapi/getfeeaddress.go
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ func (s *Server) getCurrentFee(dcrdClient *rpc.DcrdRPC) (dcrutil.Amount, error)
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	sDiff, err := dcrutil.NewAmount(bestBlock.SBits)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
+	sDiff := dcrutil.Amount(bestBlock.SBits)
 
 	// Using a hard-coded amount for relay fee is acceptable here because this
 	// amount is never actually used to construct or broadcast transactions. It