diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
index b77b63385..7fc8075ff 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ class BitcoinApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
       });
   }
 
+  protected $validateAddress(address: string): Promise<IBitcoinApi.AddressInformation> {
+    return this.bitcoindClient.validateAddress(address);
+  }
+
   private async $calculateFeeFromInputs(transaction: IEsploraApi.Transaction, addPrevout: boolean): Promise<IEsploraApi.Transaction> {
     if (transaction.vin[0].is_coinbase) {
       transaction.fee = 0;
diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-base.api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-base.api.ts
index 22c8daaed..a79a1a311 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-base.api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-base.api.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ class BitcoinBaseApi {
     return this.bitcoindClient.getRawMemPool(true);
   }
 
-  $validateAddress(address: string): Promise<IBitcoinApi.AddressInformation> {
-    return this.bitcoindClient.validateAddress(address);
-  }
-
 }
 
 export default new BitcoinBaseApi();
diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/electrum-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/electrum-api.ts
index ee8395178..6c275356b 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/electrum-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/electrum-api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { IBitcoinApi } from './bitcoin-api.interface';
 import { IEsploraApi } from './esplora-api.interface';
 import { IElectrumApi } from './electrum-api.interface';
 import BitcoinApi from './bitcoin-api';
-import bitcoinBaseApi from './bitcoin-base.api';
 import mempool from '../mempool';
 import logger from '../../logger';
 import * as ElectrumClient from '@mempool/electrum-client';
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ class BitcoindElectrsApi extends BitcoinApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
   }
 
   async $getAddress(address: string): Promise<IEsploraApi.Address> {
-    const addressInfo = await bitcoinBaseApi.$validateAddress(address);
+    const addressInfo = await this.$validateAddress(address);
     if (!addressInfo || !addressInfo.isvalid) {
       return ({
         'address': address,
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ class BitcoindElectrsApi extends BitcoinApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
   }
 
   async $getAddressTransactions(address: string, lastSeenTxId: string): Promise<IEsploraApi.Transaction[]> {
-    const addressInfo = await bitcoinBaseApi.$validateAddress(address);
+    const addressInfo = await this.$validateAddress(address);
     if (!addressInfo || !addressInfo.isvalid) {
      return [];
     }