diff --git a/src/ecdsa.js b/src/ecdsa.js
index 71f0bbd..549eedb 100644
--- a/src/ecdsa.js
+++ b/src/ecdsa.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function sign (curve, hash, d) {
   return new ECSignature(r, s)
 }
 
-function verifyRaw (curve, e, signature, Q) {
+function verify (curve, hash, signature, Q) {
   var n = curve.n
   var G = curve.G
 
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ function verifyRaw (curve, e, signature, Q) {
   if (r.signum() <= 0 || r.compareTo(n) >= 0) return false
   if (s.signum() <= 0 || s.compareTo(n) >= 0) return false
 
+  // 1.4.2 H = Hash(M), already done by the user
+  // 1.4.3 e = H
+  var e = BigInteger.fromBuffer(hash)
+
   // Compute s^-1
   var sInv = s.modInverse(n)
 
@@ -140,14 +144,6 @@ function verifyRaw (curve, e, signature, Q) {
   return v.equals(r)
 }
 
-function verify (curve, hash, signature, Q) {
-  // 1.4.2 H = Hash(M), already done by the user
-  // 1.4.3 e = H
-  var e = BigInteger.fromBuffer(hash)
-
-  return verifyRaw(curve, e, signature, Q)
-}
-
 /**
   * Recover a public key from a signature.
   *
@@ -227,6 +223,5 @@ module.exports = {
   deterministicGenerateK: deterministicGenerateK,
   recoverPubKey: recoverPubKey,
   sign: sign,
-  verify: verify,
-  verifyRaw: verifyRaw
+  verify: verify
 }
diff --git a/test/ecdsa.js b/test/ecdsa.js
index a5ff8a5..94f0f40 100644
--- a/test/ecdsa.js
+++ b/test/ecdsa.js
@@ -158,30 +158,26 @@ describe('ecdsa', function () {
     })
   })
 
-  describe('verify/verifyRaw', function () {
+  describe('verify', function () {
     fixtures.valid.ecdsa.forEach(function (f) {
       it('verifies a valid signature for "' + f.message + '"', function () {
         var d = BigInteger.fromHex(f.d)
         var H = crypto.sha256(f.message)
-        var e = BigInteger.fromBuffer(H)
         var signature = new ECSignature(new BigInteger(f.signature.r), new BigInteger(f.signature.s))
         var Q = curve.G.multiply(d)
 
         assert(ecdsa.verify(curve, H, signature, Q))
-        assert(ecdsa.verifyRaw(curve, e, signature, Q))
       })
     })
 
-    fixtures.invalid.verifyRaw.forEach(function (f) {
+    fixtures.invalid.verify.forEach(function (f) {
       it('fails to verify with ' + f.description, function () {
         var H = crypto.sha256(f.message)
-        var e = BigInteger.fromBuffer(H)
         var d = BigInteger.fromHex(f.d)
         var signature = new ECSignature(new BigInteger(f.signature.r), new BigInteger(f.signature.s))
         var Q = curve.G.multiply(d)
 
         assert.equal(ecdsa.verify(curve, H, signature, Q), false)
-        assert.equal(ecdsa.verifyRaw(curve, e, signature, Q), false)
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/test/fixtures/ecdsa.json b/test/fixtures/ecdsa.json
index 57814c2..7bbcc85 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/ecdsa.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/ecdsa.json
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
         "i": 4
       }
     ],
-    "verifyRaw": [
+    "verify": [
       {
         "description": "The wrong signature",
         "d": "01",