diff --git a/node/src/integration-test/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/vault/VaultObserverExceptionTest.kt b/node/src/integration-test/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/vault/VaultObserverExceptionTest.kt
index 55e2cc5e94..77f913b5cf 100644
--- a/node/src/integration-test/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/vault/VaultObserverExceptionTest.kt
+++ b/node/src/integration-test/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/vault/VaultObserverExceptionTest.kt
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import com.r3.dbfailure.workflows.DbListenerService.MakeServiceThrowErrorFlow
 import com.r3.dbfailure.workflows.SendStateFlow
 import com.r3.transactionfailure.workflows.ErrorHandling
 import com.r3.transactionfailure.workflows.ErrorHandling.CheckpointAfterErrorFlow
-import net.corda.core.CordaRuntimeException
 import net.corda.core.contracts.StateAndRef
 import net.corda.core.contracts.UniqueIdentifier
+import net.corda.core.flows.FlowException
 import net.corda.core.flows.FlowLogic
 import net.corda.core.flows.StartableByRPC
 import net.corda.core.identity.Party
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ class VaultObserverExceptionTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `Subscribing to NodeVaultService rawUpdates from a flow is not allowed` () {
+    fun `Accessing NodeVaultService rawUpdates from a flow is not allowed` () {
         val user = User("user", "foo", setOf(Permissions.all()))
         driver(DriverParameters(startNodesInProcess = true,
             cordappsForAllNodes = listOf(
@@ -751,10 +751,9 @@ class VaultObserverExceptionTest {
 
             val flowHandle = aliceNode.rpc.startFlow(::SubscribingRawUpdatesFlow)
 
-            assertFailsWith<CordaRuntimeException>(
-                "Flow ${SubscribingRawUpdatesFlow::class.java.name} tried to subscribe an Rx.Observer to VaultService.rawUpdates " +
-                        "- Rx.Observables should only be subscribed outside the context of a flow " +
-                        "- the subscription did not succeed "
+            assertFailsWith<FlowException>(
+                "Flow ${SubscribingRawUpdatesFlow::class.java.name} tried to access VaultService.rawUpdates " +
+                        "- Rx.Observables should only be accessed to outside the context of a flow "
             ) {
                 flowHandle.returnValue.getOrThrow(30.seconds)
             }
@@ -830,10 +829,11 @@ class VaultObserverExceptionTest {
     @StartableByRPC
     class SubscribingRawUpdatesFlow: FlowLogic<Unit>() {
         override fun call() {
-            val rawUpdates = serviceHub.vaultService.rawUpdates
-            logger.info("Accessing rawUpdates in a flow is fine! ")
+            logger.info("Accessing rawUpdates within a flow will throw! ")
+            val rawUpdates = serviceHub.vaultService.rawUpdates // throws
+            logger.info("Code flow should never reach this logging or the following segment! ")
             rawUpdates.subscribe {
-                println("However, adding a subscription will make the flow fail!")
+                println("Code flow should never get in here!")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/internal/FlowSafeSubject.kt b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/internal/FlowSafeSubject.kt
index 7f1756c377..3880e5bce6 100644
--- a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/internal/FlowSafeSubject.kt
+++ b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/internal/FlowSafeSubject.kt
@@ -32,19 +32,6 @@ class FlowSafeSubject<T, R>(private val actual: Subject<T, R>) : Observer<T> by
         }
     }) {
 
-    override fun hasObservers(): Boolean {
-        return actual.hasObservers()
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * The [PreventSubscriptionsSubject] is used to prevent any subscriptions to its underlying [Subject].
- */
-class PreventSubscriptionsSubject<T, R>(private val actual: Subject<T, R>, errorAction: () -> Exception) : Observer<T> by actual,
-    Subject<T, R>(OnSubscribe<R> { _ ->
-        throw errorAction()
-    }) {
-
     override fun hasObservers(): Boolean {
         return actual.hasObservers()
     }
diff --git a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/vault/NodeVaultService.kt b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/vault/NodeVaultService.kt
index 9b859c3e47..e5526b283c 100644
--- a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/vault/NodeVaultService.kt
+++ b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/vault/NodeVaultService.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import net.corda.core.serialization.SingletonSerializeAsToken
 import net.corda.core.transactions.*
 import net.corda.core.utilities.*
 import net.corda.node.internal.FlowSafeSubject
-import net.corda.node.internal.PreventSubscriptionsSubject
 import net.corda.node.services.api.SchemaService
 import net.corda.node.services.api.VaultServiceInternal
 import net.corda.node.services.schema.PersistentStateService
@@ -218,20 +217,16 @@ class NodeVaultService(
                 // because the Observer could reference flow's properties, essentially fiber's properties then,
                 // since it does not unsubscribe on flow's/ fiber's completion,
                 // it could prevent the flow/ fiber -object- get garbage collected.
-                return PreventSubscriptionsSubject(_rawUpdatesPublisher) {
-                    log.error(
-                        "Flow ${it.logic::class.java.name} tried to subscribe an Rx.Observer to VaultService.rawUpdates " +
-                                "- Rx.Observables should only be subscribed to outside the context of a flow " +
-                                "- the subscription did not succeed " +
-                                "- aborting the flow "
-                    )
+                log.error(
+                    "Flow ${it.logic::class.java.name} tried to access VaultService.rawUpdates " +
+                            "- Rx.Observables should only be accessed to outside the context of a flow " +
+                            "- aborting the flow "
+                )
 
-                    FlowException(
-                        "Flow ${it.logic::class.java.name} tried to subscribe an Rx.Observer to VaultService.rawUpdates " +
-                                "- Rx.Observables should only be subscribed to outside the context of a flow " +
-                                "- the subscription did not succeed "
-                    )
-                }
+                throw FlowException(
+                    "Flow ${it.logic::class.java.name} tried to access VaultService.rawUpdates " +
+                            "- Rx.Observables should only be accessed to outside the context of a flow "
+                )
             }
             // we are not inside a flow, we are most likely inside a CordaService;
             // we will expose, by default, subscribing of -non unsubscribing- rx.Observers to rawUpdates.