diff --git a/account-decoder/src/parse_vote.rs b/account-decoder/src/parse_vote.rs
index c1310f8be00339..7f7831f2f3ff48 100644
--- a/account-decoder/src/parse_vote.rs
+++ b/account-decoder/src/parse_vote.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ use {
 };
 
 pub fn parse_vote(data: &[u8]) -> Result<VoteAccountType, ParseAccountError> {
-    let mut vote_state =
-        VoteState::deserialize_with_bincode(data).map_err(ParseAccountError::from)?;
+    let mut vote_state = VoteState::deserialize(data).map_err(ParseAccountError::from)?;
     let epoch_credits = vote_state
         .epoch_credits()
         .iter()
diff --git a/programs/vote/src/vote_state/mod.rs b/programs/vote/src/vote_state/mod.rs
index 058b385f309873..e2a0cd449e8fbe 100644
--- a/programs/vote/src/vote_state/mod.rs
+++ b/programs/vote/src/vote_state/mod.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl From<VoteStateUpdate> for VoteTransaction {
 
 // utility function, used by Stakes, tests
 pub fn from<T: ReadableAccount>(account: &T) -> Option<VoteState> {
-    VoteState::deserialize_with_bincode(account.data()).ok()
+    VoteState::deserialize(account.data()).ok()
 }
 
 // utility function, used by Stakes, tests
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank.rs b/runtime/src/bank.rs
index 74992a786193c4..6f5cd9a07f607b 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank.rs
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@ impl Bank {
             // vote_accounts_cache_miss_count is shown to be always zero.
             let account = self.get_account_with_fixed_root(vote_pubkey)?;
             if account.owner() == &solana_vote_program
-                && VoteState::deserialize_with_bincode(account.data()).is_ok()
+                && VoteState::deserialize(account.data()).is_ok()
             {
                 vote_accounts_cache_miss_count.fetch_add(1, Relaxed);
             }
diff --git a/sdk/program/src/vote/state/mod.rs b/sdk/program/src/vote/state/mod.rs
index 39018e213a12af..9c4ff2c6e2c344 100644
--- a/sdk/program/src/vote/state/mod.rs
+++ b/sdk/program/src/vote/state/mod.rs
@@ -382,20 +382,6 @@ impl VoteState {
         Ok(vote_state)
     }
 
-    // this only exists for the sake of the feature gated upgrade to the new parser; do not use it
-    #[doc(hidden)]
-    #[allow(clippy::used_underscore_binding)]
-    pub fn deserialize_with_bincode(_input: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, InstructionError> {
-        #[cfg(not(target_os = "solana"))]
-        {
-            bincode::deserialize::<VoteStateVersions>(_input)
-                .map(|versioned| versioned.convert_to_current())
-                .map_err(|_| InstructionError::InvalidAccountData)
-        }
-        #[cfg(target_os = "solana")]
-        unimplemented!()
-    }
-
     /// Deserializes the input buffer into the provided `VoteState`
     ///
     /// This function is exposed to allow deserialization in a BPF context directly into boxed memory.
diff --git a/vote/src/vote_account.rs b/vote/src/vote_account.rs
index 9e26fd751c45ab..53d9e71cba9f3a 100644
--- a/vote/src/vote_account.rs
+++ b/vote/src/vote_account.rs
@@ -65,13 +65,10 @@ impl VoteAccount {
     }
 
     pub fn vote_state(&self) -> Result<&VoteState, &Error> {
-        // VoteState::deserialize_with_bincode deserializes a VoteStateVersions and then
-        // calls VoteStateVersions::convert_to_current.
+        // VoteState::deserialize deserializes a VoteStateVersions directly into VoteState
         self.0
             .vote_state
-            .get_or_init(|| {
-                VoteState::deserialize_with_bincode(self.0.account.data()).map_err(Error::from)
-            })
+            .get_or_init(|| VoteState::deserialize(self.0.account.data()).map_err(Error::from))
             .as_ref()
     }