diff --git a/signature.go b/signature.go
index 40f269f34..bb4a2e327 100644
--- a/signature.go
+++ b/signature.go
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ var _ = wire.RegisterInterface(
 	wire.ConcreteType{SignatureSecp256k1{}, SignatureTypeSecp256k1},
 )
 
+func SignatureFromBytes(sigBytes []byte) (sig Signature, err error) {
+	err = wire.ReadBinaryBytes(sigBytes, &sig)
+	return
+}
+
 //-------------------------------------
 
 // Implements Signature
@@ -40,15 +45,6 @@ func (sig SignatureEd25519) IsZero() bool { return len(sig) == 0 }
 
 func (sig SignatureEd25519) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("/%X.../", Fingerprint(sig[:])) }
 
-func ReadSignatureEd25519(bz []byte) (SignatureEd25519, error) {
-	sig := struct{ Signature }{}
-	err := wire.ReadBinaryBytes(bz, &sig)
-	if err != nil {
-		return SignatureEd25519{}, err
-	}
-	return sig.Signature.(SignatureEd25519), nil
-}
-
 //-------------------------------------
 
 // Implements Signature
@@ -61,12 +57,3 @@ func (sig SignatureSecp256k1) Bytes() []byte {
 func (sig SignatureSecp256k1) IsZero() bool { return len(sig) == 0 }
 
 func (sig SignatureSecp256k1) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("/%X.../", Fingerprint(sig[:])) }
-
-func ReadSignatureSecp256k1(bz []byte) (SignatureSecp256k1, error) {
-	sig := struct{ Signature }{}
-	err := wire.ReadBinaryBytes(bz, &sig)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return sig.Signature.(SignatureSecp256k1), nil
-}