diff --git a/rpc/core/txs.go b/rpc/core/txs.go
index 994b1bbe7..a45fd9972 100644
--- a/rpc/core/txs.go
+++ b/rpc/core/txs.go
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ import (
 
 func toVMAccount(acc *acm.Account) *vm.Account {
 	return &vm.Account{
-		Address:     LeftPadWord256(acc.Address),
-		Balance:     acc.Balance,
-		Code:        acc.Code, // This is crazy.
-		Nonce:       int64(acc.Sequence),
-		StorageRoot: LeftPadWord256(acc.StorageRoot),
-		Other:       acc.PubKey,
+		Address: LeftPadWord256(acc.Address),
+		Balance: acc.Balance,
+		Code:    acc.Code, // This is crazy.
+		Nonce:   int64(acc.Sequence),
+		Other:   acc.PubKey,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/state/tx_cache.go b/state/tx_cache.go
index 2e4d17233..2e05d2681 100644
--- a/state/tx_cache.go
+++ b/state/tx_cache.go
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ func (cache *TxCache) CreateAccount(creator *vm.Account) *vm.Account {
 			Balance:     0,
 			Code:        nil,
 			Nonce:       0,
-			StorageRoot: Zero256,
 			Permissions: cache.GetAccount(ptypes.GlobalPermissionsAddress256).Permissions,
 			Other:       nil,
 		}
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ func toVMAccount(acc *acm.Account) *vm.Account {
 		Balance:     acc.Balance,
 		Code:        acc.Code, // This is crazy.
 		Nonce:       int64(acc.Sequence),
-		StorageRoot: LeftPadWord256(acc.StorageRoot),
 		Permissions: acc.Permissions, // Copy
 		Other:       acc.PubKey,
 	}
@@ -170,19 +168,12 @@ func toStateAccount(acc *vm.Account) *acm.Account {
 		pubKey = nil
 	}
 
-	var storageRoot []byte
-	if acc.StorageRoot.IsZero() {
-		storageRoot = nil
-	} else {
-		storageRoot = acc.StorageRoot.Postfix(20)
-	}
 	return &acm.Account{
 		Address:     acc.Address.Postfix(20),
 		PubKey:      pubKey,
 		Balance:     acc.Balance,
 		Code:        acc.Code,
 		Sequence:    int(acc.Nonce),
-		StorageRoot: storageRoot,
 		Permissions: acc.Permissions, // Copy
 	}
 }
diff --git a/state/tx_cache_test.go b/state/tx_cache_test.go
index 028f977e1..c1a2d0571 100644
--- a/state/tx_cache_test.go
+++ b/state/tx_cache_test.go
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"testing"
 
-	. "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/common"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wire"
 )
 
 func TestStateToFromVMAccount(t *testing.T) {
 	acmAcc1, _ := RandAccount(true, 456)
-	acmAcc1.StorageRoot = RandBytes(20)
 	vmAcc := toVMAccount(acmAcc1)
 	acmAcc2 := toStateAccount(vmAcc)
 
diff --git a/vm/test/fake_app_state.go b/vm/test/fake_app_state.go
index 4880814b7..932cc4978 100644
--- a/vm/test/fake_app_state.go
+++ b/vm/test/fake_app_state.go
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ func (fas *FakeAppState) CreateAccount(creator *Account) *Account {
 	account := fas.accounts[addr.String()]
 	if account == nil {
 		return &Account{
-			Address:     addr,
-			Balance:     0,
-			Code:        nil,
-			Nonce:       0,
-			StorageRoot: Zero256,
+			Address: addr,
+			Balance: 0,
+			Code:    nil,
+			Nonce:   0,
 		}
 	} else {
 		panic(Fmt("Invalid account addr: %X", addr))
diff --git a/vm/types.go b/vm/types.go
index 1a6f6c3d5..a5fe34efa 100644
--- a/vm/types.go
+++ b/vm/types.go
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Account struct {
-	Address     Word256
-	Balance     int64
-	Code        []byte
-	Nonce       int64
-	StorageRoot Word256
-	Other       interface{} // For holding all other data.
+	Address Word256
+	Balance int64
+	Code    []byte
+	Nonce   int64
+	Other   interface{} // For holding all other data.
 
 	Permissions ptypes.AccountPermissions
 }
@@ -24,8 +23,8 @@ func (acc *Account) String() string {
 	if acc == nil {
 		return "nil-VMAccount"
 	}
-	return Fmt("VMAccount{%X B:%v C:%X N:%v S:%X}",
-		acc.Address, acc.Balance, acc.Code, acc.Nonce, acc.StorageRoot)
+	return Fmt("VMAccount{%X B:%v C:%X N:%v}",
+		acc.Address, acc.Balance, acc.Code, acc.Nonce)
 }
 
 // NOTE: This is serialized as an event from vm/vm.