diff --git a/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml
index 2e197b4e6..e44dfc726 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main_ci.yml
@@ -61,17 +61,6 @@ jobs:
   #####################
   # Jobs without matrix
   #####################
-  audit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@ec3a7ce113134d7a93b817d10a8272cb61118579 # v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@eeb10cff27034e7acf239c5d29f62154018672fd # v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 'lts/*'
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-          cache: 'npm'
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run audit
   coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e0a146dbb..057cebca1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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-      "bin": {
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-      "engines": {
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-      "engines": {
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-      "funding": {
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-      }
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@@ -4107,44 +4026,6 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.truncate/-/lodash.truncate-4.4.2.tgz",
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-    "slice-ansi": {
-      "version": "4.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/slice-ansi/-/slice-ansi-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qMCMfhY040cVHT43K9BFygqYbUPFZKHOg7K73mtTWJRb8pyP3fzf4Ixd5SzdEJQ6MRUg/WBnOLxghZtKKurENQ==",
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-        "astral-regex": "^2.0.0",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/table/-/table-6.8.1.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "ajv": "^8.0.1",
-        "lodash.truncate": "^4.4.2",
-        "slice-ansi": "^4.0.0",
-        "string-width": "^4.2.3",
-        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "ajv": {
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-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.11.2.tgz",
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-            "json-schema-traverse": "^1.0.0",
-            "require-from-string": "^2.0.2",
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-        "json-schema-traverse": {
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c061f5881..77f8bce1a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "bitcoinjs"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "audit": "better-npm-audit audit -l high",
     "build": "npm run clean && tsc -p ./tsconfig.json && npm run formatjs",
     "build:tests": "npm run clean:jstests && tsc -p ./test/tsconfig.json",
     "clean": "rimraf src",
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@
     "@types/randombytes": "^2.0.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.45.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.45.0",
-    "better-npm-audit": "^3.7.3",
     "bip32": "^4.0.0",
     "bip39": "^3.1.0",
     "bip65": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/src/transaction.d.ts b/src/transaction.d.ts
index 118fa57f1..af512ee8e 100644
--- a/src/transaction.d.ts
+++ b/src/transaction.d.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export declare class Transaction {
     addInput(hash: Buffer, index: number, sequence?: number, scriptSig?: Buffer): number;
     addOutput(scriptPubKey: Buffer, value: number): number;
     hasWitnesses(): boolean;
+    stripWitnesses(): void;
     weight(): number;
     virtualSize(): number;
     byteLength(_ALLOW_WITNESS?: boolean): number;
diff --git a/src/transaction.js b/src/transaction.js
index 2b74f3788..13863aca9 100644
--- a/src/transaction.js
+++ b/src/transaction.js
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ class Transaction {
       return x.witness.length !== 0;
     });
   }
+  stripWitnesses() {
+    this.ins.forEach(input => {
+      input.witness = EMPTY_WITNESS; // Set witness data to an empty array
+    });
+  }
   weight() {
     const base = this.byteLength(false);
     const total = this.byteLength(true);
diff --git a/test/transaction.spec.ts b/test/transaction.spec.ts
index 991557ba3..fcc23e477 100644
--- a/test/transaction.spec.ts
+++ b/test/transaction.spec.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ describe('Transaction', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('stripWitnesses', () => {
+    fixtures.valid.forEach(f => {
+      it('removes witness from the transaction if it exists', () => {
+        const T = Transaction.fromHex(f.whex ? f.whex : f.hex);
+        T.stripWitnesses();
+        assert.strictEqual(T.hasWitnesses(), false);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('weight/virtualSize', () => {
     it('computes virtual size', () => {
       fixtures.valid.forEach(f => {
diff --git a/ts_src/transaction.ts b/ts_src/transaction.ts
index 665583ec5..7161083cf 100644
--- a/ts_src/transaction.ts
+++ b/ts_src/transaction.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@ export class Transaction {
     });
   }
 
+  stripWitnesses(): void {
+    this.ins.forEach(input => {
+      input.witness = EMPTY_WITNESS; // Set witness data to an empty array
+    });
+  }
+
   weight(): number {
     const base = this.byteLength(false);
     const total = this.byteLength(true);