diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
index 3272ea83cf..64feecb18d 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
@@ -5055,27 +5055,6 @@ int             dc_contact_is_verified       (dc_contact_t* contact);
 
 
 
-/**
- * Return the address that verified a contact
- *
- * The UI may use this in addition to a checkmark showing the verification status.
- * In case of verification chains,
- * the last contact in the chain is shown.
- * This is because of privacy reasons, but also as it would not help the user
- * to see a unknown name here - where one can mostly always ask the shown name
- * as it is directly known.
- *
- * @memberof dc_contact_t
- * @param contact The contact object.
- * @return 
- *    A string containing the verifiers address. If it is the same address as the contact itself,
- *    we verified the contact ourself. If it is an empty string, we don't have verifier 
- *    information or the contact is not verified.
- * @deprecated 2023-09-28, use dc_contact_get_verifier_id instead
- */
-char*           dc_contact_get_verifier_addr       (dc_contact_t* contact);
-
-
 /**
  * Return the contact ID that verified a contact.
  *
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
index fe8a9f553a..081e7198a7 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -4119,23 +4119,6 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_contact_is_verified(contact: *mut dc_contact_t) -> l
         .unwrap_or_default() as libc::c_int
 }
 
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_contact_get_verifier_addr(
-    contact: *mut dc_contact_t,
-) -> *mut libc::c_char {
-    if contact.is_null() {
-        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_contact_get_verifier_addr()");
-        return "".strdup();
-    }
-    let ffi_contact = &*contact;
-    let ctx = &*ffi_contact.context;
-    block_on(ffi_contact.contact.get_verifier_addr(ctx))
-        .context("failed to get verifier for contact")
-        .log_err(ctx)
-        .unwrap_or_default()
-        .strdup()
-}
-
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_contact_get_verifier_id(contact: *mut dc_contact_t) -> u32 {
     if contact.is_null() {
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
index 5e6cf6b945..f41f905e7b 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ pub struct ContactObject {
     /// in contact list items and in chat member list items.
     is_verified: bool,
 
-    /// The address that verified this contact
-    ///
-    /// Deprecated, use `verifier_id` instead.
-    verifier_addr: Option<String>,
-
     /// The ID of the contact that verified this contact.
     ///
     /// If this is present,
@@ -56,7 +51,6 @@ impl ContactObject {
         };
         let is_verified = contact.is_verified(context).await? == VerifiedStatus::BidirectVerified;
 
-        let verifier_addr = contact.get_verifier_addr(context).await?;
         let verifier_id = contact
             .get_verifier_id(context)
             .await?
@@ -74,7 +68,6 @@ impl ContactObject {
             name_and_addr: contact.get_name_n_addr(),
             is_blocked: contact.is_blocked(),
             is_verified,
-            verifier_addr,
             verifier_id,
             last_seen: contact.last_seen(),
             was_seen_recently: contact.was_seen_recently(),
diff --git a/src/contact.rs b/src/contact.rs
index 3c7df7056f..750b7a7627 100644
--- a/src/contact.rs
+++ b/src/contact.rs
@@ -1279,15 +1279,6 @@ impl Contact {
         Ok(VerifiedStatus::Unverified)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the address that verified the contact.
-    ///
-    /// Deprecated, use [Self::get_verifier_id] instead.
-    pub async fn get_verifier_addr(&self, context: &Context) -> Result<Option<String>> {
-        Ok(Peerstate::from_addr(context, self.get_addr())
-            .await?
-            .and_then(|peerstate| peerstate.get_verifier().map(|addr| addr.to_owned())))
-    }
-
     /// Returns the `ContactId` that verified the contact.
     ///
     /// If the function returns non-zero result,
@@ -1301,7 +1292,10 @@ impl Contact {
     /// Use [Self::is_verified] to check
     /// if a contact can be added to a verified chat instead.
     pub async fn get_verifier_id(&self, context: &Context) -> Result<Option<ContactId>> {
-        let Some(verifier_addr) = self.get_verifier_addr(context).await? else {
+        let Some(verifier_addr) = Peerstate::from_addr(context, self.get_addr())
+            .await?
+            .and_then(|peerstate| peerstate.get_verifier().map(|addr| addr.to_owned()))
+        else {
             return Ok(None);
         };
 
@@ -2765,7 +2759,6 @@ Hi."#;
 
         let contact_id = Contact::create(&alice, "Bob", "bob@example.net").await?;
         let contact = Contact::get_by_id(&alice, contact_id).await?;
-        assert!(contact.get_verifier_addr(&alice).await?.is_none());
         assert!(contact.get_verifier_id(&alice).await?.is_none());
 
         // Receive a message from Bob to create a peerstate.
@@ -2774,7 +2767,6 @@ Hi."#;
         alice.recv_msg(&sent_msg).await;
 
         let contact = Contact::get_by_id(&alice, contact_id).await?;
-        assert!(contact.get_verifier_addr(&alice).await?.is_none());
         assert!(contact.get_verifier_id(&alice).await?.is_none());
 
         Ok(())