diff --git a/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.tsx b/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.tsx
index 73bb818bb58..a2afa04ef74 100644
--- a/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import MatrixClientContext from "../../../contexts/MatrixClientContext";
 import { RightPanelPhases } from "../../../stores/right-panel/RightPanelStorePhases";
 import EncryptionPanel from "./EncryptionPanel";
 import { useAsyncMemo } from "../../../hooks/useAsyncMemo";
-import { legacyVerifyUser, verifyDevice, verifyUser } from "../../../verification";
+import { verifyDevice, verifyUser } from "../../../verification";
 import { Action } from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 import { useIsEncrypted } from "../../../hooks/useIsEncrypted";
 import BaseCard from "./BaseCard";
@@ -1551,13 +1551,7 @@ const BasicUserInfo: React.FC<{
                     <AccessibleButton
                         kind="link"
                         className="mx_UserInfo_field mx_UserInfo_verifyButton"
-                        onClick={() => {
-                            if (hasCrossSigningKeys) {
-                                verifyUser(cli, member as User);
-                            } else {
-                                legacyVerifyUser(cli, member as User);
-                            }
-                        }}
+                        onClick={() => verifyUser(cli, member as User)}
                     >
                         {_t("action|verify")}
                     </AccessibleButton>
diff --git a/src/verification.ts b/src/verification.ts
index 5b6d011ba10..f043e099d84 100644
--- a/src/verification.ts
+++ b/src/verification.ts
@@ -66,21 +66,6 @@ export async function verifyDevice(matrixClient: MatrixClient, user: User, devic
     });
 }
 
-export async function legacyVerifyUser(matrixClient: MatrixClient, user: User): Promise<void> {
-    if (matrixClient.isGuest()) {
-        dis.dispatch({ action: "require_registration" });
-        return;
-    }
-    // if cross-signing is not explicitly disabled, check if it should be enabled first.
-    if (matrixClient.getCryptoTrustCrossSignedDevices()) {
-        if (!(await enable4SIfNeeded(matrixClient))) {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-    const verificationRequestPromise = matrixClient.requestVerification(user.userId);
-    setRightPanel({ member: user, verificationRequestPromise });
-}
-
 export async function verifyUser(matrixClient: MatrixClient, user: User): Promise<void> {
     if (matrixClient.isGuest()) {
         dis.dispatch({ action: "require_registration" });
diff --git a/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts b/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts
index d9f4f3f5a65..643f0baa728 100644
--- a/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts
+++ b/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ export function createTestClient(): MatrixClient {
         getDeviceId: jest.fn().mockReturnValue("ABCDEFGHI"),
         getStoredCrossSigningForUser: jest.fn(),
         getStoredDevice: jest.fn(),
-        requestVerification: jest.fn(),
         deviceId: "ABCDEFGHI",
         getDevices: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ devices: [{ device_id: "ABCDEFGHI" }] }),
         getSessionId: jest.fn().mockReturnValue("iaszphgvfku"),