diff --git a/docs/docs/aztec/concepts/accounts/keys.md b/docs/docs/aztec/concepts/accounts/keys.md
index 30f2e8610e1..602cea39f78 100644
--- a/docs/docs/aztec/concepts/accounts/keys.md
+++ b/docs/docs/aztec/concepts/accounts/keys.md
@@ -27,22 +27,13 @@ Instead it's up to the account contract developer to implement it.
 
 ## Public keys retrieval
 
-The keys can be retrieved from the [Private eXecution Environment (PXE)](../pxe/index.md) using the following getter in Aztec.nr:
+The keys for our accounts can be retrieved from the [Private eXecution Environment (PXE)](../pxe/index.md) using the following getter in Aztec.nr:
 
 ```
 fn get_public_keys(account: AztecAddress) -> PublicKeys;
 ```
 
-It is necessary to first register the user as a recipient in our PXE, providing their public keys.
-
-First we need to get a hold of recipient's [complete address](#complete-address).
-Below are some ways how we could instantiate it after getting the information in a string form from a recipient:
-
-#include_code instantiate-complete-address /yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/complete_address.test.ts rust
-
-Then to register the recipient's [complete address](#complete-address) in PXE we would call `registerRecipient` PXE endpoint using Aztec.js.
-
-#include_code register-recipient /yarn-project/aztec.js/src/wallet/create_recipient.ts rust
+It is necessary to first register the user as an account in our PXE, by calling the `registerAccount` PXE endpoint using Aztec.js, providing the account's secret key and partial address.
 
 During private function execution these keys are obtained via an oracle call from PXE.
 
diff --git a/docs/docs/guides/developer_guides/smart_contracts/writing_contracts/how_to_emit_event.md b/docs/docs/guides/developer_guides/smart_contracts/writing_contracts/how_to_emit_event.md
index 0c0c7fc9d33..47440c4fd1c 100644
--- a/docs/docs/guides/developer_guides/smart_contracts/writing_contracts/how_to_emit_event.md
+++ b/docs/docs/guides/developer_guides/smart_contracts/writing_contracts/how_to_emit_event.md
@@ -16,24 +16,6 @@ Unlike on Ethereum, there are 2 types of events supported by Aztec: [encrypted](
 
 ## Encrypted Events
 
-### Register a recipient
-
-Encrypted events can only be emitted by private functions and are encrypted using a public key of a recipient.
-For this reason it is necessary to register a recipient in the Private Execution Environment (PXE) before encrypting the events for them.
-
-First we need to get a hold of recipient's complete address.
-Below are some ways how we could instantiate it after getting the information in a string form from a recipient:
-
-#include_code instantiate-complete-address /yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/complete_address.test.ts rust
-
-Then to register the recipient's complete address in PXE we would call `registerRecipient` PXE endpoint using Aztec.js
-
-#include_code register-recipient /yarn-project/aztec.js/src/wallet/create_recipient.ts rust
-
-:::info
-If a note recipient is one of the accounts inside the PXE, we don't need to register it as a recipient because we already have the public key available. You can register a recipient as shown [here](../how_to_deploy_contract.md)
-:::
-
 ### Call emit
 
 To emit encrypted logs you can import the `encode_and_encrypt` or `encode_and_encrypt_with_keys` functions and pass them into the `emit` function after inserting a note. An example can be seen in the reference token contract's transfer function:
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/wallet/base_wallet.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/wallet/base_wallet.ts
index 2ec4fe257b8..2e1a43da978 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/wallet/base_wallet.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/wallet/base_wallet.ts
@@ -81,21 +81,12 @@ export abstract class BaseWallet implements Wallet {
   registerAccount(secretKey: Fr, partialAddress: PartialAddress): Promise<CompleteAddress> {
     return this.pxe.registerAccount(secretKey, partialAddress);
   }
-  registerRecipient(account: CompleteAddress): Promise<void> {
-    return this.pxe.registerRecipient(account);
-  }
   getRegisteredAccounts(): Promise<CompleteAddress[]> {
     return this.pxe.getRegisteredAccounts();
   }
   getRegisteredAccount(address: AztecAddress): Promise<CompleteAddress | undefined> {
     return this.pxe.getRegisteredAccount(address);
   }
-  getRecipients(): Promise<CompleteAddress[]> {
-    return this.pxe.getRecipients();
-  }
-  getRecipient(address: AztecAddress): Promise<CompleteAddress | undefined> {
-    return this.pxe.getRecipient(address);
-  }
   registerContract(contract: {
     /** Instance */ instance: ContractInstanceWithAddress;
     /** Associated artifact */ artifact?: ContractArtifact;
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/wallet/create_recipient.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/wallet/create_recipient.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ec56fb6954..00000000000
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/wallet/create_recipient.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import { type PXE } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
-import { CompleteAddress } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
-
-/**
- * Creates a random address and registers it as a recipient on the pxe server. Useful for testing.
- * @param pxe - PXE.
- * @returns Complete address of the registered recipient.
- */
-export async function createRecipient(pxe: PXE): Promise<CompleteAddress> {
-  const completeAddress = CompleteAddress.random();
-  // docs:start:register-recipient
-  await pxe.registerRecipient(completeAddress);
-  // docs:end:register-recipient
-  return completeAddress;
-}
diff --git a/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/interfaces/pxe.ts b/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/interfaces/pxe.ts
index 9b8da020962..f380cfec734 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/interfaces/pxe.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/interfaces/pxe.ts
@@ -73,20 +73,6 @@ export interface PXE {
    */
   registerAccount(secretKey: Fr, partialAddress: PartialAddress): Promise<CompleteAddress>;
 
-  /**
-   * Registers a recipient in PXE. This is required when sending encrypted notes to
-   * a user who hasn't deployed their account contract yet. Since their account is not deployed, their
-   * encryption public key has not been broadcasted, so we need to manually register it on the PXE Service
-   * in order to be able to encrypt data for this recipient.
-   *
-   * @param recipient - The complete address of the recipient
-   * @remarks Called recipient because we can only send notes to this account and not receive them via this PXE Service.
-   * This is because we don't have the associated private key and for this reason we can't decrypt
-   * the recipient's notes. We can send notes to this account because we can encrypt them with the recipient's
-   * public key.
-   */
-  registerRecipient(recipient: CompleteAddress): Promise<void>;
-
   /**
    * Retrieves the user accounts registered on this PXE Service.
    * @returns An array of the accounts registered on this PXE Service.
@@ -102,21 +88,6 @@ export interface PXE {
    */
   getRegisteredAccount(address: AztecAddress): Promise<CompleteAddress | undefined>;
 
-  /**
-   * Retrieves the recipients added to this PXE Service.
-   * @returns An array of recipients registered on this PXE Service.
-   */
-  getRecipients(): Promise<CompleteAddress[]>;
-
-  /**
-   * Retrieves the complete address of the recipient corresponding to the provided aztec address.
-   * Complete addresses include the address, the partial address, and the encryption public key.
-   *
-   * @param address - The aztec address of the recipient.
-   * @returns The complete address of the requested recipient.
-   */
-  getRecipient(address: AztecAddress): Promise<CompleteAddress | undefined>;
-
   /**
    * Registers a contract class in the PXE without registering any associated contract instance with it.
    *
diff --git a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/complete_address.test.ts b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/complete_address.test.ts
index d531e2e344a..a68d00e5c01 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/complete_address.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/complete_address.test.ts
@@ -35,13 +35,10 @@ describe('CompleteAddress', () => {
   });
 
   it('instantiates from string and individual components', () => {
-    // docs:start:instantiate-complete-address
-    // Typically a recipient would share their complete address with the sender
     const completeAddressFromString = CompleteAddress.fromString(
       '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',
     );
 
-    // Alternatively, a recipient could share the individual components with the sender
     const address = Fr.fromString('0x24e4646f58b9fbe7d38e317db8d5636c423fbbdfbe119fc190fe9c64747e0c62');
     const npkM = Point.fromString(
       '0x22f7fcddfa3ce3e8f0cc8e82d7b94cdd740afa3e77f8e4a63ea78a239432dcab0471657de2b6216ade6c506d28fbc22ba8b8ed95c871ad9f3e3984e90d9723a7',
@@ -63,7 +60,6 @@ describe('CompleteAddress', () => {
       new PublicKeys(npkM, ivpkM, ovpkM, tpkM),
       partialAddress,
     );
-    // docs:end:instantiate-complete-address
 
     expect(completeAddressFromComponents.equals(completeAddressFromString)).toBe(true);
   });
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/get_recipient.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/get_recipient.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 172ce3e1929..00000000000
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/get_recipient.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { type AztecAddress } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
-import { createCompatibleClient } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
-import { type DebugLogger, type LogFn } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
-
-export async function getRecipient(aztecAddress: AztecAddress, rpcUrl: string, debugLogger: DebugLogger, log: LogFn) {
-  const client = await createCompatibleClient(rpcUrl, debugLogger);
-  const recipient = await client.getRecipient(aztecAddress);
-
-  if (!recipient) {
-    log(`Unknown recipient ${aztecAddress.toString()}`);
-  } else {
-    log(recipient.toReadableString());
-  }
-}
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/get_recipients.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/get_recipients.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 78109911e27..00000000000
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/get_recipients.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import { createCompatibleClient } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
-import { type DebugLogger, type LogFn } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
-
-export async function getRecipients(rpcUrl: string, debugLogger: DebugLogger, log: LogFn) {
-  const client = await createCompatibleClient(rpcUrl, debugLogger);
-  const recipients = await client.getRecipients();
-  if (!recipients.length) {
-    log('No recipients found.');
-  } else {
-    log(`Recipients found: \n`);
-    for (const recipient of recipients) {
-      log(recipient.toReadableString());
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/index.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/index.ts
index 4502505c9fe..bc3e4969a88 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/index.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   parseOptionalInteger,
   parseOptionalLogId,
   parseOptionalTxHash,
-  parsePartialAddress,
   parsePublicKey,
   pxeOption,
 } from '../../utils/commands.js';
@@ -91,22 +90,6 @@ export function injectCommands(program: Command, log: LogFn, debugLogger: DebugL
       await getLogs(txHash, fromBlock, toBlock, afterLog, contractAddress, rpcUrl, follow, debugLogger, log);
     });
 
-  program
-    .command('register-recipient')
-    .description('Register a recipient in the PXE.')
-    .requiredOption('-a, --address <aztecAddress>', "The account's Aztec address.", parseAztecAddress)
-    .requiredOption('-p, --public-key <publicKey>', 'The account public key.', parsePublicKey)
-    .requiredOption(
-      '-pa, --partial-address <partialAddress>',
-      'The partially computed address of the account contract.',
-      parsePartialAddress,
-    )
-    .addOption(pxeOption)
-    .action(async ({ address, publicKey, partialAddress, rpcUrl }) => {
-      const { registerRecipient } = await import('./register_recipient.js');
-      await registerRecipient(address, publicKey, partialAddress, rpcUrl, debugLogger, log);
-    });
-
   program
     .command('get-accounts')
     .description('Gets all the Aztec accounts stored in the PXE.')
@@ -127,25 +110,6 @@ export function injectCommands(program: Command, log: LogFn, debugLogger: DebugL
       await getAccount(address, options.rpcUrl, debugLogger, log);
     });
 
-  program
-    .command('get-recipients')
-    .description('Gets all the recipients stored in the PXE.')
-    .addOption(pxeOption)
-    .action(async (options: any) => {
-      const { getRecipients } = await import('./get_recipients.js');
-      await getRecipients(options.rpcUrl, debugLogger, log);
-    });
-
-  program
-    .command('get-recipient')
-    .description('Gets a recipient given its Aztec address.')
-    .argument('<address>', 'The Aztec address to get recipient for', parseAztecAddress)
-    .addOption(pxeOption)
-    .action(async (address, options) => {
-      const { getRecipient } = await import('./get_recipient.js');
-      await getRecipient(address, options.rpcUrl, debugLogger, log);
-    });
-
   program
     .command('block-number')
     .description('Gets the current Aztec L2 block number.')
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/register_recipient.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/register_recipient.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d16987d3eed..00000000000
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/pxe/register_recipient.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import { type AztecAddress, type Fr } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
-import { createCompatibleClient } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
-import { CompleteAddress } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
-import { type PublicKeys } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
-import { type DebugLogger, type LogFn } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
-
-export async function registerRecipient(
-  aztecAddress: AztecAddress,
-  publicKeys: PublicKeys,
-  partialAddress: Fr,
-  rpcUrl: string,
-  debugLogger: DebugLogger,
-  log: LogFn,
-) {
-  const client = await createCompatibleClient(rpcUrl, debugLogger);
-  await client.registerRecipient(new CompleteAddress(aztecAddress, publicKeys, partialAddress));
-  log(`\nRegistered details for account with address: ${aztecAddress}\n`);
-}
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/e2e_persistence.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/e2e_persistence.test.ts
index fabf8f8bae6..fbe36b3effc 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/e2e_persistence.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/e2e_persistence.test.ts
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ describe('Aztec persistence', () => {
       await context.teardown();
     });
 
-    it('pxe does not have the owner account', async () => {
-      await expect(context.pxe.getRecipient(ownerAddress.address)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
-    });
-
     it('the node has the contract', async () => {
       await expect(context.aztecNode.getContract(contractAddress)).resolves.toBeDefined();
     });
diff --git a/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/pxe_service.ts b/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/pxe_service.ts
index b32cbac2846..4504c8d4503 100644
--- a/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/pxe_service.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/pxe_service.ts
@@ -221,33 +221,6 @@ export class PXEService implements PXE {
     return Promise.resolve(account);
   }
 
-  public async registerRecipient(recipient: CompleteAddress): Promise<void> {
-    const wasAdded = await this.db.addCompleteAddress(recipient);
-
-    if (wasAdded) {
-      this.log.info(`Added recipient:\n ${recipient.toReadableString()}`);
-    } else {
-      this.log.info(`Recipient:\n "${recipient.toReadableString()}"\n already registered.`);
-    }
-  }
-
-  public async getRecipients(): Promise<CompleteAddress[]> {
-    // Get complete addresses of both the recipients and the accounts
-    const completeAddresses = await this.db.getCompleteAddresses();
-    // Filter out the addresses corresponding to accounts
-    const accounts = await this.keyStore.getAccounts();
-    const recipients = completeAddresses.filter(
-      completeAddress => !accounts.find(account => account.equals(completeAddress.address)),
-    );
-    return recipients;
-  }
-
-  public async getRecipient(address: AztecAddress): Promise<CompleteAddress | undefined> {
-    const result = await this.getRecipients();
-    const recipient = result.find(r => r.address.equals(address));
-    return Promise.resolve(recipient);
-  }
-
   public async registerContractClass(artifact: ContractArtifact): Promise<void> {
     const contractClassId = computeContractClassId(getContractClassFromArtifact(artifact));
     await this.db.addContractArtifact(contractClassId, artifact);
diff --git a/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/test/pxe_test_suite.ts b/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/test/pxe_test_suite.ts
index c54cc97e274..7a3161ab229 100644
--- a/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/test/pxe_test_suite.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/test/pxe_test_suite.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,7 @@ import {
   randomContractInstanceWithAddress,
   randomDeployedContract,
 } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
-import {
-  AztecAddress,
-  CompleteAddress,
-  Fr,
-  INITIAL_L2_BLOCK_NUM,
-  Point,
-  PublicKeys,
-  getContractClassFromArtifact,
-} from '@aztec/circuits.js';
+import { AztecAddress, Fr, INITIAL_L2_BLOCK_NUM, getContractClassFromArtifact } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
 
 export const pxeTestSuite = (testName: string, pxeSetup: () => Promise<PXE>) => {
   describe(testName, () => {
@@ -29,33 +21,11 @@ export const pxeTestSuite = (testName: string, pxeSetup: () => Promise<PXE>) =>
 
       // Check that the account is correctly registered using the getAccounts and getRecipients methods
       const accounts = await pxe.getRegisteredAccounts();
-      const recipients = await pxe.getRecipients();
       expect(accounts).toContainEqual(completeAddress);
-      expect(recipients).not.toContainEqual(completeAddress);
 
       // Check that the account is correctly registered using the getAccount and getRecipient methods
       const account = await pxe.getRegisteredAccount(completeAddress.address);
-      const recipient = await pxe.getRecipient(completeAddress.address);
       expect(account).toEqual(completeAddress);
-      expect(recipient).toBeUndefined();
-    });
-
-    it('registers a recipient and returns it as a recipient only and not as an account', async () => {
-      const completeAddress = CompleteAddress.random();
-
-      await pxe.registerRecipient(completeAddress);
-
-      // Check that the recipient is correctly registered using the getAccounts and getRecipients methods
-      const accounts = await pxe.getRegisteredAccounts();
-      const recipients = await pxe.getRecipients();
-      expect(accounts).not.toContainEqual(completeAddress);
-      expect(recipients).toContainEqual(completeAddress);
-
-      // Check that the recipient is correctly registered using the getAccount and getRecipient methods
-      const account = await pxe.getRegisteredAccount(completeAddress.address);
-      const recipient = await pxe.getRecipient(completeAddress.address);
-      expect(account).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(recipient).toEqual(completeAddress);
     });
 
     it('does not throw when registering the same account twice (just ignores the second attempt)', async () => {
@@ -66,28 +36,6 @@ export const pxeTestSuite = (testName: string, pxeSetup: () => Promise<PXE>) =>
       await pxe.registerAccount(randomSecretKey, randomPartialAddress);
     });
 
-    // Disabled as CompleteAddress constructor now performs preimage validation.
-    it.skip('cannot register a recipient with the same aztec address but different pub key or partial address', async () => {
-      const recipient1 = CompleteAddress.random();
-      const recipient2 = new CompleteAddress(
-        recipient1.address,
-        new PublicKeys(Point.random(), Point.random(), Point.random(), Point.random()),
-        Fr.random(),
-      );
-
-      await pxe.registerRecipient(recipient1);
-      await expect(() => pxe.registerRecipient(recipient2)).rejects.toThrow(
-        `Complete address with aztec address ${recipient1.address}`,
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('does not throw when registering the same recipient twice (just ignores the second attempt)', async () => {
-      const completeAddress = CompleteAddress.random();
-
-      await pxe.registerRecipient(completeAddress);
-      await pxe.registerRecipient(completeAddress);
-    });
-
     it('successfully adds a contract', async () => {
       const contracts = [randomDeployedContract(), randomDeployedContract()];
       for (const contract of contracts) {
diff --git a/yarn-project/pxe/src/simulator_oracle/index.ts b/yarn-project/pxe/src/simulator_oracle/index.ts
index 50570db1ae5..4295bc1e555 100644
--- a/yarn-project/pxe/src/simulator_oracle/index.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/pxe/src/simulator_oracle/index.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class SimulatorOracle implements DBOracle {
     if (!completeAddress) {
       throw new Error(
         `No public key registered for address ${account}.
-        Register it by calling pxe.registerRecipient(...) or pxe.registerAccount(...).\nSee docs for context: https://docs.aztec.network/reference/common_errors/aztecnr-errors#simulation-error-no-public-key-registered-for-address-0x0-register-it-by-calling-pxeregisterrecipient-or-pxeregisteraccount`,
+        Register it by calling pxe.registerAccount(...).\nSee docs for context: https://docs.aztec.network/reference/common_errors/aztecnr-errors#simulation-error-no-public-key-registered-for-address-0x0-register-it-by-calling-pxeregisterrecipient-or-pxeregisteraccount`,
       );
     }
     return completeAddress;