diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/deserialize_transaction.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/deserialize_transaction.rs
index 7f4a5d04..b0cd7ab5 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/deserialize_transaction.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/deserialize_transaction.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ fn do_test(data: &[u8]) {
         Ok(mut tx) => {
             let ser = bitcoin::consensus::encode::serialize(&tx);
             assert_eq!(&ser[..], data);
-            let len = ser.len() as u64;
+            let len = ser.len();
             let calculated_weight = tx.get_weight();
             for input in &mut tx.input {
                 input.witness = vec![];
             }
-            let no_witness_len = bitcoin::consensus::encode::serialize(&tx).len() as u64;
+            let no_witness_len = bitcoin::consensus::encode::serialize(&tx).len();
             // For 0-input transactions, `no_witness_len` will be incorrect because
             // we serialize as segwit even after "stripping the witnesses". We need
             // to drop two bytes (i.e. eight weight)
diff --git a/src/blockdata/transaction.rs b/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
index ff59f8a1..f79b3069 100644
--- a/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
+++ b/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
@@ -368,40 +368,40 @@ impl Transaction {
     /// witness, this is the non-witness consensus-serialized size multiplied by 3 plus the
     /// with-witness consensus-serialized size.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn get_weight(&self) -> u64 {
+    pub fn get_weight(&self) -> usize {
         let mut input_weight = 0;
         let mut inputs_with_witnesses = 0;
         for input in &self.input {
             input_weight += 4*(32 + 4 + 4 + // outpoint (32+4) + nSequence
-                VarInt(input.script_sig.len() as u64).encoded_length() +
-                input.script_sig.len() as u64);
+                VarInt(input.script_sig.len() as u64).len() +
+                input.script_sig.len());
             if !input.witness.is_empty() {
                 inputs_with_witnesses += 1;
-                input_weight += VarInt(input.witness.len() as u64).encoded_length();
+                input_weight += VarInt(input.witness.len() as u64).len();
                 for elem in &input.witness {
-                    input_weight += VarInt(elem.len() as u64).encoded_length() + elem.len() as u64;
+                    input_weight += VarInt(elem.len() as u64).len() + elem.len();
                 }
             }
         }
         let mut output_size = 0;
         for output in &self.output {
             output_size += 8 + // value
-                VarInt(output.script_pubkey.len() as u64).encoded_length() +
-                output.script_pubkey.len() as u64;
+                VarInt(output.script_pubkey.len() as u64).len() +
+                output.script_pubkey.len();
         }
         let non_input_size =
         // version:
         4 +
         // count varints:
-        VarInt(self.input.len() as u64).encoded_length() +
-        VarInt(self.output.len() as u64).encoded_length() +
+        VarInt(self.input.len() as u64).len() +
+        VarInt(self.output.len() as u64).len() +
         output_size +
         // lock_time
         4;
         if inputs_with_witnesses == 0 {
             non_input_size * 4 + input_weight
         } else {
-            non_input_size * 4 + input_weight + self.input.len() as u64 - inputs_with_witnesses + 2
+            non_input_size * 4 + input_weight + self.input.len() - inputs_with_witnesses + 2
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/consensus/encode.rs b/src/consensus/encode.rs
index b2c10c88..fba5cf53 100644
--- a/src/consensus/encode.rs
+++ b/src/consensus/encode.rs
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ impl VarInt {
     /// Returns 1 for 0...0xFC, 3 for 0xFD...(2^16-1), 5 for 0x10000...(2^32-1),
     /// and 9 otherwise.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn encoded_length(&self) -> u64 {
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
         match self.0 {
             0...0xFC             => { 1 }
             0xFD...0xFFFF        => { 3 }