diff --git a/crypto/ciphersuite/src/dalek.rs b/crypto/ciphersuite/src/dalek.rs
index a04195b2..bd9c70c1 100644
--- a/crypto/ciphersuite/src/dalek.rs
+++ b/crypto/ciphersuite/src/dalek.rs
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ macro_rules! dalek_curve {
         $Point::generator()
       }
 
-      fn reduce_512(mut scalar: [u8; 64]) -> Self::F {
-        let res = Scalar::from_bytes_mod_order_wide(&scalar);
-        scalar.zeroize();
-        res
-      }
-
       fn hash_to_F(dst: &[u8], data: &[u8]) -> Self::F {
         Scalar::from_hash(Sha512::new_with_prefix(&[dst, data].concat()))
       }
diff --git a/crypto/ciphersuite/src/ed448.rs b/crypto/ciphersuite/src/ed448.rs
index 0b19ffa5..8a927251 100644
--- a/crypto/ciphersuite/src/ed448.rs
+++ b/crypto/ciphersuite/src/ed448.rs
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@ impl Ciphersuite for Ed448 {
     Point::generator()
   }
 
-  fn reduce_512(mut scalar: [u8; 64]) -> Self::F {
-    let res = Self::hash_to_F(b"Ciphersuite-reduce_512", &scalar);
-    scalar.zeroize();
-    res
-  }
-
   fn hash_to_F(dst: &[u8], data: &[u8]) -> Self::F {
     Scalar::wide_reduce(Self::H::digest([dst, data].concat()).as_ref().try_into().unwrap())
   }
diff --git a/crypto/ciphersuite/src/kp256.rs b/crypto/ciphersuite/src/kp256.rs
index a1f64ae4..ceb8ee84 100644
--- a/crypto/ciphersuite/src/kp256.rs
+++ b/crypto/ciphersuite/src/kp256.rs
@@ -31,22 +31,6 @@ macro_rules! kp_curve {
         $lib::ProjectivePoint::GENERATOR
       }
 
-      fn reduce_512(scalar: [u8; 64]) -> Self::F {
-        let mut modulus = [0; 64];
-        modulus[32 ..].copy_from_slice(&(Self::F::ZERO - Self::F::ONE).to_bytes());
-        let modulus = U512::from_be_slice(&modulus).checked_add(&U512::ONE).unwrap();
-
-        let mut wide =
-          U512::from_be_bytes(scalar).rem(&NonZero::new(modulus).unwrap()).to_be_bytes();
-
-        let mut array = *GenericArray::from_slice(&wide[32 ..]);
-        let res = $lib::Scalar::from_repr(array).unwrap();
-
-        wide.zeroize();
-        array.zeroize();
-        res
-      }
-
       fn hash_to_F(dst: &[u8], msg: &[u8]) -> Self::F {
         // While one of these two libraries does support directly hashing to the Scalar field, the
         // other doesn't. While that's probably an oversight, this is a universally working method
diff --git a/crypto/ciphersuite/src/lib.rs b/crypto/ciphersuite/src/lib.rs
index 6519a413..fd0c9194 100644
--- a/crypto/ciphersuite/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crypto/ciphersuite/src/lib.rs
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ pub trait Ciphersuite:
   // While group does provide this in its API, privacy coins may want to use a custom basepoint
   fn generator() -> Self::G;
 
-  /// Reduce 512 bits into a uniform scalar.
-  ///
-  /// If 512 bits is insufficient to perform a reduction into a uniform scalar, the ciphersuite
-  /// will perform a hash to sample the necessary bits.
-  fn reduce_512(scalar: [u8; 64]) -> Self::F;
-
   /// Hash the provided domain-separation tag and message to a scalar. Ciphersuites MAY naively
   /// prefix the tag to the message, enabling transpotion between the two. Accordingly, this
   /// function should NOT be used in any scheme where one tag is a valid substring of another
diff --git a/crypto/dkg/promote/src/tests.rs b/crypto/dkg/promote/src/tests.rs
index b46dfbbf..a748f61d 100644
--- a/crypto/dkg/promote/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crypto/dkg/promote/src/tests.rs
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ impl<C: Ciphersuite> Ciphersuite for AltGenerator<C> {
     C::G::generator() * <C as Ciphersuite>::hash_to_F(b"DKG Promotion Test", b"generator")
   }
 
-  fn reduce_512(scalar: [u8; 64]) -> Self::F {
-    <C as Ciphersuite>::reduce_512(scalar)
-  }
-
   fn hash_to_F(dst: &[u8], data: &[u8]) -> Self::F {
     <C as Ciphersuite>::hash_to_F(dst, data)
   }