diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/crypto/MerkleTree.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/crypto/MerkleTree.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..817ef515e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/crypto/MerkleTree.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package net.corda.core.crypto
+
+import java.util.*
+
+/**
+ * Creation and verification of a Merkle Tree for a Wire Transaction.
+ *
+ * See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree
+ *
+ * Transaction is split into following blocks: inputs, attachments' refs, outputs, commands, notary,
+ * signers, tx type, timestamp. Merkle Tree is kept in a recursive data structure. Building is done bottom up,
+ * from all leaves' hashes. If number of leaves is not a power of two, the tree is padded with zero hashes.
+ */
+sealed class MerkleTree(val hash: SecureHash) {
+    class Leaf(val value: SecureHash) : MerkleTree(value)
+    class Node(val value: SecureHash, val left: MerkleTree, val right: MerkleTree) : MerkleTree(value)
+
+    companion object {
+        private fun isPow2(num: Int): Boolean = num and (num-1) == 0
+
+        /**
+         * Merkle tree building using hashes, with zero hash padding to full power of 2.
+         */
+        @Throws(IllegalArgumentException::class)
+        fun getMerkleTree(allLeavesHashes: List<SecureHash>): MerkleTree {
+            val leaves = padWithZeros(allLeavesHashes).map { Leaf(it) }
+            return buildMerkleTree(leaves)
+        }
+
+        // If number of leaves in the tree is not a power of 2, we need to pad it with zero hashes.
+        private fun padWithZeros(allLeavesHashes: List<SecureHash>): List<SecureHash> {
+            var n = allLeavesHashes.size
+            if (isPow2(n)) return allLeavesHashes
+            val paddedHashes = ArrayList<SecureHash>(allLeavesHashes)
+            while (!isPow2(n)) {
+                paddedHashes.add(SecureHash.zeroHash)
+                n++
+            }
+            return paddedHashes
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Tailrecursive function for building a tree bottom up.
+         * @param lastNodesList MerkleTree nodes from previous level.
+         * @return Tree root.
+         */
+        private tailrec fun buildMerkleTree(lastNodesList: List<MerkleTree>): MerkleTree {
+            if (lastNodesList.isEmpty())
+                throw MerkleTreeException("Cannot calculate Merkle root on empty hash list.")
+            if (lastNodesList.size == 1) {
+                return lastNodesList[0] //Root reached.
+            } else {
+                val newLevelHashes: MutableList<MerkleTree> = ArrayList()
+                var i = 0
+                val n = lastNodesList.size
+                while (i < n) {
+                    val left = lastNodesList[i]
+                    require(i+1 <= n-1) { "Sanity check: number of nodes should be even." }
+                    val right = lastNodesList[i+1]
+                    val newHash = left.hash.hashConcat(right.hash)
+                    val combined = Node(newHash, left, right)
+                    newLevelHashes.add(combined)
+                    i += 2
+                }
+                return buildMerkleTree(newLevelHashes)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/crypto/PartialMerkleTree.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/crypto/PartialMerkleTree.kt
index d03767176c..488d4c52c7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/crypto/PartialMerkleTree.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/crypto/PartialMerkleTree.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package net.corda.core.crypto
 
-import net.corda.core.transactions.MerkleTree
+import net.corda.core.crypto.MerkleTree
 import net.corda.core.crypto.SecureHash.Companion.zeroHash
 import java.util.*
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/transactions/MerkleTransaction.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/transactions/MerkleTransaction.kt
index c0198ec456..2cd6811dd3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/transactions/MerkleTransaction.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/transactions/MerkleTransaction.kt
@@ -13,72 +13,6 @@ fun <T : Any> serializedHash(x: T): SecureHash {
     return x.serialize(kryo).hash
 }
 
-/**
- * Creation and verification of a Merkle Tree for a Wire Transaction.
- *
- * See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree
- *
- * Transaction is split into following blocks: inputs, attachments' refs, outputs, commands, notary,
- * signers, tx type, timestamp. Merkle Tree is kept in a recursive data structure. Building is done bottom up,
- * from all leaves' hashes. If number of leaves is not a power of two, the tree is padded with zero hashes.
- */
-sealed class MerkleTree(val hash: SecureHash) {
-    class Leaf(val value: SecureHash) : MerkleTree(value)
-    class Node(val value: SecureHash, val left: MerkleTree, val right: MerkleTree) : MerkleTree(value)
-
-    companion object {
-        private fun isPow2(num: Int): Boolean = num and (num-1) == 0
-
-        /**
-         * Merkle tree building using hashes, with zero hash padding to full power of 2.
-         */
-        @Throws(IllegalArgumentException::class)
-        fun getMerkleTree(allLeavesHashes: List<SecureHash>): MerkleTree {
-            val leaves = padWithZeros(allLeavesHashes).map { MerkleTree.Leaf(it) }
-            return buildMerkleTree(leaves)
-        }
-
-        // If number of leaves in the tree is not a power of 2, we need to pad it with zero hashes.
-        private fun padWithZeros(allLeavesHashes: List<SecureHash>): List<SecureHash> {
-            var n = allLeavesHashes.size
-            if (isPow2(n)) return allLeavesHashes
-            val paddedHashes = ArrayList<SecureHash>(allLeavesHashes)
-            while (!isPow2(n)) {
-                paddedHashes.add(zeroHash)
-                n++
-            }
-            return paddedHashes
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Tailrecursive function for building a tree bottom up.
-         * @param lastNodesList MerkleTree nodes from previous level.
-         * @return Tree root.
-         */
-        private tailrec fun buildMerkleTree(lastNodesList: List<MerkleTree>): MerkleTree {
-            if (lastNodesList.isEmpty())
-                throw MerkleTreeException("Cannot calculate Merkle root on empty hash list.")
-            if (lastNodesList.size == 1) {
-                return lastNodesList[0] //Root reached.
-            } else {
-                val newLevelHashes: MutableList<MerkleTree> = ArrayList()
-                var i = 0
-                val n = lastNodesList.size
-                while (i < n) {
-                    val left = lastNodesList[i]
-                    require(i+1 <= n-1) { "Sanity check: number of nodes should be even." }
-                    val right = lastNodesList[i+1]
-                    val newHash = left.hash.hashConcat(right.hash)
-                    val combined = Node(newHash, left, right)
-                    newLevelHashes.add(combined)
-                    i += 2
-                }
-                return buildMerkleTree(newLevelHashes)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /**
  * Interface implemented by WireTransaction and FilteredLeaves.
  * Property traversableList assures that we always calculate hashes in the same order, lets us define which
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/transactions/WireTransaction.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/transactions/WireTransaction.kt
index 583448f518..999f4ff41c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/transactions/WireTransaction.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/transactions/WireTransaction.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.corda.core.transactions
 import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Kryo
 import net.corda.core.contracts.*
 import net.corda.core.crypto.CompositeKey
+import net.corda.core.crypto.MerkleTree
 import net.corda.core.crypto.Party
 import net.corda.core.crypto.SecureHash
 import net.corda.core.indexOfOrThrow