diff --git a/src/core_io.h b/src/core_io.h
index 3f25faf0ec..ccc72ebb32 100644
--- a/src/core_io.h
+++ b/src/core_io.h
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ UniValue ValueFromAmount(const CAmount& amount);
 std::string FormatScript(const CScript& script);
 std::string EncodeHexTx(const CTransaction& tx, const int serializeFlags = 0);
 void ScriptPubKeyToUniv(const CScript& scriptPubKey, UniValue& out, bool fIncludeHex);
-void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& hashBlock, UniValue& entry);
+void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& hashBlock, UniValue& entry, bool include_hex = true, int serialize_flags = 0);
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_CORE_IO_H
diff --git a/src/core_write.cpp b/src/core_write.cpp
index 0eae4703ab..1431fa0c9b 100644
--- a/src/core_write.cpp
+++ b/src/core_write.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void ScriptPubKeyToUniv(const CScript& scriptPubKey,
     out.pushKV("addresses", a);
 }
 
-void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& hashBlock, UniValue& entry)
+void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& hashBlock, UniValue& entry, bool include_hex, int serialize_flags)
 {
     entry.pushKV("txid", tx.GetHash().GetHex());
     entry.pushKV("hash", tx.GetWitnessHash().GetHex());
@@ -207,5 +207,7 @@ void TxToUniv(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256& hashBlock, UniValue& entry)
     if (!hashBlock.IsNull())
         entry.pushKV("blockhash", hashBlock.GetHex());
 
-    entry.pushKV("hex", EncodeHexTx(tx)); // the hex-encoded transaction. used the name "hex" to be consistent with the verbose output of "getrawtransaction".
+    if (include_hex) {
+        entry.pushKV("hex", EncodeHexTx(tx, serialize_flags)); // the hex-encoded transaction. used the name "hex" to be consistent with the verbose output of "getrawtransaction".
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 24e0405a84..34bcdf9ccc 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ UniValue blockToJSON(const CBlock& block, const CBlockIndex* blockindex, bool tx
         if(txDetails)
         {
             UniValue objTx(UniValue::VOBJ);
-            TxToUniv(*tx, uint256(), objTx);
+            TxToUniv(*tx, uint256(), objTx, true, RPCSerializationFlags());
             txs.push_back(objTx);
         }
         else
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index 0ca1aa66e3..55e4746827 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void TxToJSON(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256 hashBlock, UniValue& entry)
     // Blockchain contextual information (confirmations and blocktime) is not
     // available to code in bitcoin-common, so we query them here and push the
     // data into the returned UniValue.
-    TxToUniv(tx, uint256(), entry);
+    TxToUniv(tx, uint256(), entry, true, RPCSerializationFlags());
 
     if (!hashBlock.IsNull()) {
         entry.push_back(Pair("blockhash", hashBlock.GetHex()));
@@ -160,13 +160,10 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             : "No such mempool transaction. Use -txindex to enable blockchain transaction queries") +
             ". Use gettransaction for wallet transactions.");
 
-    std::string strHex = EncodeHexTx(*tx, RPCSerializationFlags());
-
     if (!fVerbose)
-        return strHex;
+        return EncodeHexTx(*tx, RPCSerializationFlags());
 
     UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
-    result.push_back(Pair("hex", strHex));
     TxToJSON(*tx, hashBlock, result);
     return result;
 }
@@ -483,7 +480,7 @@ UniValue decoderawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR, "TX decode failed");
 
     UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
-    TxToUniv(CTransaction(std::move(mtx)), uint256(), result);
+    TxToUniv(CTransaction(std::move(mtx)), uint256(), result, false);
 
     return result;
 }