diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index b967f2dbf85..ad6067db468 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -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;
 }