diff --git a/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/libp2p_service.ts b/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/libp2p_service.ts
index 5164ebfcd64..9a2cdc2191f 100644
--- a/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/libp2p_service.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/libp2p_service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { type Tx } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
+import { Tx } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
 import { SerialQueue } from '@aztec/foundation/fifo';
 import { createDebugLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import { RunningPromise } from '@aztec/foundation/running-promise';
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { convertToMultiaddr } from '../util.js';
 import { AztecDatastore } from './data_store.js';
 import { PeerManager } from './peer_manager.js';
 import type { P2PService, PeerDiscoveryService } from './service.js';
-import { AztecTxMessageCreator, fromTxMessage } from './tx_messages.js';
+import { AztecTxMessageCreator } from './tx_messages.js';
 
 export interface PubSubLibp2p extends Libp2p {
   services: {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export class LibP2PService implements P2PService {
       return;
     }
 
-    const tx = fromTxMessage(Buffer.from(data));
+    const tx = Tx.fromBuffer(Buffer.from(data));
     await this.processTxFromPeer(tx);
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/tx_messages.test.ts b/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/tx_messages.test.ts
index 007cfe739af..3213a67e6d7 100644
--- a/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/tx_messages.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/tx_messages.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import { type Tx, mockTx } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
+import { Tx, mockTx } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
 
 import { expect } from '@jest/globals';
 
-import { fromTxMessage, toTxMessage } from './tx_messages.js';
-
 const verifyTx = (actual: Tx, expected: Tx) => {
   expect(actual.data.toBuffer()).toEqual(expected.data.toBuffer());
   expect(actual.clientIvcProof.toBuffer()).toEqual(expected.clientIvcProof.toBuffer());
@@ -13,8 +11,8 @@ const verifyTx = (actual: Tx, expected: Tx) => {
 describe('Messages', () => {
   it('Correctly serializes and deserializes a single private transaction', () => {
     const transaction = mockTx();
-    const message = toTxMessage(transaction);
-    const decodedTransaction = fromTxMessage(message);
+    const message = transaction.toBuffer();
+    const decodedTransaction = Tx.fromBuffer(message);
     verifyTx(decodedTransaction, transaction);
   });
 });
diff --git a/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/tx_messages.ts b/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/tx_messages.ts
index 32ac7894d77..687b0d90d09 100644
--- a/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/tx_messages.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/p2p/src/service/tx_messages.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  EncryptedNoteTxL2Logs,
-  EncryptedTxL2Logs,
-  PublicExecutionRequest,
-  Tx,
-  UnencryptedTxL2Logs,
-} from '@aztec/circuit-types';
-import { ClientIvcProof, PrivateKernelTailCircuitPublicInputs } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
-import { numToUInt32BE } from '@aztec/foundation/serialize';
+import { type Tx } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
 
 import { type SemVer } from 'semver';
 
@@ -19,7 +11,7 @@ export class AztecTxMessageCreator {
   }
 
   createTxMessage(tx: Tx) {
-    const messageData = toTxMessage(tx);
+    const messageData = tx.toBuffer();
 
     return { topic: this.topic, data: messageData };
   }
@@ -28,122 +20,3 @@ export class AztecTxMessageCreator {
     return this.topic;
   }
 }
-
-/**
- * Decode a POOLED_TRANSACTIONS message into the original transaction objects.
- * @param message - The binary message to be decoded.
- * @returns - The array of transactions originally encoded into the message.
- */
-export function decodeTransactionsMessage(message: Buffer) {
-  const lengthSize = 4;
-  let offset = 0;
-  const txs: Tx[] = [];
-  while (offset < message.length) {
-    const dataSize = message.readUInt32BE(offset);
-    const totalSizeOfMessage = lengthSize + dataSize;
-    txs.push(fromTxMessage(message.subarray(offset, offset + totalSizeOfMessage)));
-    offset += totalSizeOfMessage;
-  }
-  return txs;
-}
-
-/**
- * Creates a tx 'message' for sending to a peer.
- * @param tx - The transaction to convert to a message.
- * @returns - The message.
- */
-export function toTxMessage(tx: Tx): Buffer {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-jsdoc
-  const createMessageComponent = (obj?: { toBuffer: () => Buffer }) => {
-    if (!obj) {
-      // specify a length of 0 bytes
-      return numToUInt32BE(0);
-    }
-    const buffer = obj.toBuffer();
-    return Buffer.concat([numToUInt32BE(buffer.length), buffer]);
-  };
-  // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-jsdoc
-  const createMessageComponents = (obj?: { toBuffer: () => Buffer }[]) => {
-    if (!obj || !obj.length) {
-      // specify a length of 0 bytes
-      return numToUInt32BE(0);
-    }
-    const allComponents = Buffer.concat(obj.map(createMessageComponent));
-    return Buffer.concat([numToUInt32BE(obj.length), allComponents]);
-  };
-  const messageBuffer = Buffer.concat([
-    createMessageComponent(tx.data),
-    createMessageComponent(tx.clientIvcProof),
-    createMessageComponent(tx.noteEncryptedLogs),
-    createMessageComponent(tx.encryptedLogs),
-    createMessageComponent(tx.unencryptedLogs),
-    createMessageComponents(tx.enqueuedPublicFunctionCalls),
-    createMessageComponent(tx.publicTeardownFunctionCall),
-  ]);
-  const messageLength = numToUInt32BE(messageBuffer.length);
-  return Buffer.concat([messageLength, messageBuffer]);
-}
-
-/**
- * Reproduces a transaction from a transaction 'message'
- * @param buffer - The message buffer to convert to a tx.
- * @returns - The reproduced transaction.
- */
-export function fromTxMessage(buffer: Buffer): Tx {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-jsdoc
-  const toObject = <T>(objectBuffer: Buffer, factory: { fromBuffer: (b: Buffer) => T }) => {
-    const objectSize = objectBuffer.readUint32BE(0);
-    return {
-      remainingData: objectBuffer.subarray(objectSize + 4),
-      obj: objectSize === 0 ? undefined : factory.fromBuffer(objectBuffer.subarray(4, objectSize + 4)),
-    };
-  };
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-jsdoc
-  const toObjectArray = <T>(objectBuffer: Buffer, factory: { fromBuffer: (b: Buffer) => T }) => {
-    const output: T[] = [];
-    const numItems = objectBuffer.readUint32BE(0);
-    let workingBuffer = objectBuffer.subarray(4);
-    for (let i = 0; i < numItems; i++) {
-      const obj = toObject<T>(workingBuffer, factory);
-      workingBuffer = obj.remainingData;
-      if (obj !== undefined) {
-        output.push(obj.obj!);
-      }
-    }
-    return {
-      remainingData: workingBuffer,
-      objects: output,
-    };
-  };
-  // this is the opposite of the 'toMessage' function
-  // so the first 4 bytes is the complete length, skip it
-  const publicInputs = toObject(buffer.subarray(4), PrivateKernelTailCircuitPublicInputs);
-  const clientIvcProof = toObject(publicInputs.remainingData, ClientIvcProof);
-
-  const noteEncryptedLogs = toObject(clientIvcProof.remainingData, EncryptedNoteTxL2Logs);
-  if (!noteEncryptedLogs.obj) {
-    noteEncryptedLogs.obj = new EncryptedNoteTxL2Logs([]);
-  }
-  const encryptedLogs = toObject(noteEncryptedLogs.remainingData, EncryptedTxL2Logs);
-  if (!encryptedLogs.obj) {
-    encryptedLogs.obj = new EncryptedTxL2Logs([]);
-  }
-  const unencryptedLogs = toObject(encryptedLogs.remainingData, UnencryptedTxL2Logs);
-  if (!unencryptedLogs.obj) {
-    unencryptedLogs.obj = new UnencryptedTxL2Logs([]);
-  }
-
-  const publicCalls = toObjectArray(unencryptedLogs.remainingData, PublicExecutionRequest);
-
-  const publicTeardownCall = toObject(publicCalls.remainingData, PublicExecutionRequest);
-  return new Tx(
-    publicInputs.obj!,
-    clientIvcProof.obj!,
-    noteEncryptedLogs.obj,
-    encryptedLogs.obj,
-    unencryptedLogs.obj,
-    publicCalls.objects,
-    publicTeardownCall.obj!,
-  );
-}