diff --git a/api/clients/v2/accountant.go b/api/clients/v2/accountant.go
index 0eb613b82..f5e1c920f 100644
--- a/api/clients/v2/accountant.go
+++ b/api/clients/v2/accountant.go
@@ -184,7 +184,13 @@ func (a *Accountant) SetPaymentState(paymentState *disperser_rpc.GetPaymentState
 	}
 
 	if paymentState.GetReservation() == nil {
-		a.reservation = core.DummyReservedPayment()
+		a.reservation = &core.ReservedPayment{
+			SymbolsPerSecond: 0,
+			StartTimestamp:   0,
+			EndTimestamp:     0,
+			QuorumNumbers:    []uint8{},
+			QuorumSplits:     []byte{},
+		}
 	} else {
 		a.reservation.SymbolsPerSecond = uint64(paymentState.GetReservation().GetSymbolsPerSecond())
 		a.reservation.StartTimestamp = uint64(paymentState.GetReservation().GetStartTimestamp())
diff --git a/core/data.go b/core/data.go
index 0308230dd..367faad32 100644
--- a/core/data.go
+++ b/core/data.go
@@ -619,27 +619,11 @@ type ReservedPayment struct {
 	QuorumSplits []byte
 }
 
-func DummyReservedPayment() *ReservedPayment {
-	return &ReservedPayment{
-		SymbolsPerSecond: 0,
-		StartTimestamp:   0,
-		EndTimestamp:     0,
-		QuorumNumbers:    []uint8{},
-		QuorumSplits:     []byte{},
-	}
-}
-
 type OnDemandPayment struct {
 	// Total amount deposited by the user
 	CumulativePayment *big.Int
 }
 
-func DummyOnDemandPayment() *OnDemandPayment {
-	return &OnDemandPayment{
-		CumulativePayment: big.NewInt(0),
-	}
-}
-
 type BlobVersionParameters struct {
 	CodingRate      uint32
 	MaxNumOperators uint32