diff --git a/ci/test/03_test_script.sh b/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
index 0bb7bcbfa01..050d9e6a599 100755
--- a/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
+++ b/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "${RUN_IWYU}" == true ]]; then
   # TODO: Consider enforcing IWYU across the entire codebase.
-  FILES_WITH_ENFORCED_IWYU="/src/((crypto|index|kernel)/.*\\.cpp|node/blockstorage.cpp|node/utxo_snapshot.cpp|core_read.cpp|signet.cpp)"
+  FILES_WITH_ENFORCED_IWYU="/src/((crypto|index|kernel)/.*\\.cpp|node/blockstorage.cpp|node/utxo_snapshot.cpp|core_io.cpp|signet.cpp)"
   jq --arg patterns "$FILES_WITH_ENFORCED_IWYU" 'map(select(.file | test($patterns)))' "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}/compile_commands.json" > "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}/compile_commands_iwyu_errors.json"
   jq --arg patterns "$FILES_WITH_ENFORCED_IWYU" 'map(select(.file | test($patterns) | not))' "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}/compile_commands.json" > "${BASE_BUILD_DIR}/compile_commands_iwyu_warnings.json"
 
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/circular-dependencies.py b/contrib/devtools/circular-dependencies.py
index af19b3a05ef..7c058171730 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/circular-dependencies.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/circular-dependencies.py
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 import sys
 import re
 
-MAPPING = {
-    'core_read.cpp': 'core_io.cpp',
-    'core_write.cpp': 'core_io.cpp',
-}
-
 # Directories with header-based modules, where the assumption that .cpp files
 # define functions and variables declared in corresponding .h files is
 # incorrect.
@@ -19,8 +14,6 @@ HEADER_MODULE_PATHS = [
 ]
 
 def module_name(path):
-    if path in MAPPING:
-        path = MAPPING[path]
     if any(path.startswith(dirpath) for dirpath in HEADER_MODULE_PATHS):
         return path
     if path.endswith(".h"):
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a1e0c5f131a..cf1f26c9f24 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ add_library(bitcoin_common STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
   common/system.cpp
   common/url.cpp
   compressor.cpp
-  core_read.cpp
-  core_write.cpp
+  core_io.cpp
   deploymentinfo.cpp
   external_signer.cpp
   init/common.cpp
diff --git a/src/core_write.cpp b/src/core_io.cpp
similarity index 55%
rename from src/core_write.cpp
rename to src/core_io.cpp
index e4f23458c81..a789d5ca947 100644
--- a/src/core_write.cpp
+++ b/src/core_io.cpp
@@ -4,25 +4,282 @@
 
 #include <core_io.h>
 
-#include <common/system.h>
+#include <addresstype.h>
+#include <coins.h>
 #include <consensus/amount.h>
 #include <consensus/consensus.h>
 #include <consensus/validation.h>
 #include <key_io.h>
+#include <primitives/block.h> // IWYU pragma: keep
+#include <primitives/transaction.h>
 #include <script/descriptor.h>
+#include <script/interpreter.h>
 #include <script/script.h>
+#include <script/signingprovider.h>
 #include <script/solver.h>
 #include <serialize.h>
 #include <streams.h>
+#include <tinyformat.h>
+#include <uint256.h>
 #include <undo.h>
 #include <univalue.h>
 #include <util/check.h>
+#include <util/result.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
+#include <util/string.h>
+#include <util/translation.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <compare>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <exception>
+#include <functional>
 #include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <optional>
+#include <span>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
+#include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
+using util::SplitString;
+
+namespace {
+class OpCodeParser
+{
+private:
+    std::map<std::string, opcodetype> mapOpNames;
+
+public:
+    OpCodeParser()
+    {
+        for (unsigned int op = 0; op <= MAX_OPCODE; ++op) {
+            // Allow OP_RESERVED to get into mapOpNames
+            if (op < OP_NOP && op != OP_RESERVED) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            std::string strName = GetOpName(static_cast<opcodetype>(op));
+            if (strName == "OP_UNKNOWN") {
+                continue;
+            }
+            mapOpNames[strName] = static_cast<opcodetype>(op);
+            // Convenience: OP_ADD and just ADD are both recognized:
+            if (strName.starts_with("OP_")) {
+                mapOpNames[strName.substr(3)] = static_cast<opcodetype>(op);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    opcodetype Parse(const std::string& s) const
+    {
+        auto it = mapOpNames.find(s);
+        if (it == mapOpNames.end()) throw std::runtime_error("script parse error: unknown opcode");
+        return it->second;
+    }
+};
+
+opcodetype ParseOpCode(const std::string& s)
+{
+    static const OpCodeParser ocp;
+    return ocp.Parse(s);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+CScript ParseScript(const std::string& s)
+{
+    CScript result;
+
+    std::vector<std::string> words = SplitString(s, " \t\n");
+
+    for (const std::string& w : words) {
+        if (w.empty()) {
+            // Empty string, ignore. (SplitString doesn't combine multiple separators)
+        } else if (std::all_of(w.begin(), w.end(), ::IsDigit) ||
+                   (w.front() == '-' && w.size() > 1 && std::all_of(w.begin() + 1, w.end(), ::IsDigit)))
+        {
+            // Number
+            const auto num{ToIntegral<int64_t>(w)};
+
+            // limit the range of numbers ParseScript accepts in decimal
+            // since numbers outside -0xFFFFFFFF...0xFFFFFFFF are illegal in scripts
+            if (!num.has_value() || num > int64_t{0xffffffff} || num < -1 * int64_t{0xffffffff}) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("script parse error: decimal numeric value only allowed in the "
+                                         "range -0xFFFFFFFF...0xFFFFFFFF");
+            }
+
+            result << num.value();
+        } else if (w.starts_with("0x") && w.size() > 2 && IsHex(std::string(w.begin() + 2, w.end()))) {
+            // Raw hex data, inserted NOT pushed onto stack:
+            std::vector<unsigned char> raw = ParseHex(std::string(w.begin() + 2, w.end()));
+            result.insert(result.end(), raw.begin(), raw.end());
+        } else if (w.size() >= 2 && w.front() == '\'' && w.back() == '\'') {
+            // Single-quoted string, pushed as data. NOTE: this is poor-man's
+            // parsing, spaces/tabs/newlines in single-quoted strings won't work.
+            std::vector<unsigned char> value(w.begin() + 1, w.end() - 1);
+            result << value;
+        } else {
+            // opcode, e.g. OP_ADD or ADD:
+            result << ParseOpCode(w);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/// Check that all of the input and output scripts of a transaction contain valid opcodes
+static bool CheckTxScriptsSanity(const CMutableTransaction& tx)
+{
+    // Check input scripts for non-coinbase txs
+    if (!CTransaction(tx).IsCoinBase()) {
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tx.vin.size(); i++) {
+            if (!tx.vin[i].scriptSig.HasValidOps() || tx.vin[i].scriptSig.size() > MAX_SCRIPT_SIZE) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // Check output scripts
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tx.vout.size(); i++) {
+        if (!tx.vout[i].scriptPubKey.HasValidOps() || tx.vout[i].scriptPubKey.size() > MAX_SCRIPT_SIZE) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool DecodeTx(CMutableTransaction& tx, const std::vector<unsigned char>& tx_data, bool try_no_witness, bool try_witness)
+{
+    // General strategy:
+    // - Decode both with extended serialization (which interprets the 0x0001 tag as a marker for
+    //   the presence of witnesses) and with legacy serialization (which interprets the tag as a
+    //   0-input 1-output incomplete transaction).
+    //   - Restricted by try_no_witness (which disables legacy if false) and try_witness (which
+    //     disables extended if false).
+    //   - Ignore serializations that do not fully consume the hex string.
+    // - If neither succeeds, fail.
+    // - If only one succeeds, return that one.
+    // - If both decode attempts succeed:
+    //   - If only one passes the CheckTxScriptsSanity check, return that one.
+    //   - If neither or both pass CheckTxScriptsSanity, return the extended one.
+
+    CMutableTransaction tx_extended, tx_legacy;
+    bool ok_extended = false, ok_legacy = false;
+
+    // Try decoding with extended serialization support, and remember if the result successfully
+    // consumes the entire input.
+    if (try_witness) {
+        DataStream ssData(tx_data);
+        try {
+            ssData >> TX_WITH_WITNESS(tx_extended);
+            if (ssData.empty()) ok_extended = true;
+        } catch (const std::exception&) {
+            // Fall through.
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Optimization: if extended decoding succeeded and the result passes CheckTxScriptsSanity,
+    // don't bother decoding the other way.
+    if (ok_extended && CheckTxScriptsSanity(tx_extended)) {
+        tx = std::move(tx_extended);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Try decoding with legacy serialization, and remember if the result successfully consumes the entire input.
+    if (try_no_witness) {
+        DataStream ssData(tx_data);
+        try {
+            ssData >> TX_NO_WITNESS(tx_legacy);
+            if (ssData.empty()) ok_legacy = true;
+        } catch (const std::exception&) {
+            // Fall through.
+        }
+    }
+
+    // If legacy decoding succeeded and passes CheckTxScriptsSanity, that's our answer, as we know
+    // at this point that extended decoding either failed or doesn't pass the sanity check.
+    if (ok_legacy && CheckTxScriptsSanity(tx_legacy)) {
+        tx = std::move(tx_legacy);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // If extended decoding succeeded, and neither decoding passes sanity, return the extended one.
+    if (ok_extended) {
+        tx = std::move(tx_extended);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // If legacy decoding succeeded and extended didn't, return the legacy one.
+    if (ok_legacy) {
+        tx = std::move(tx_legacy);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // If none succeeded, we failed.
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool DecodeHexTx(CMutableTransaction& tx, const std::string& hex_tx, bool try_no_witness, bool try_witness)
+{
+    if (!IsHex(hex_tx)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::vector<unsigned char> txData(ParseHex(hex_tx));
+    return DecodeTx(tx, txData, try_no_witness, try_witness);
+}
+
+bool DecodeHexBlockHeader(CBlockHeader& header, const std::string& hex_header)
+{
+    if (!IsHex(hex_header)) return false;
+
+    const std::vector<unsigned char> header_data{ParseHex(hex_header)};
+    DataStream ser_header{header_data};
+    try {
+        ser_header >> header;
+    } catch (const std::exception&) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool DecodeHexBlk(CBlock& block, const std::string& strHexBlk)
+{
+    if (!IsHex(strHexBlk))
+        return false;
+
+    std::vector<unsigned char> blockData(ParseHex(strHexBlk));
+    DataStream ssBlock(blockData);
+    try {
+        ssBlock >> TX_WITH_WITNESS(block);
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception&) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+util::Result<int> SighashFromStr(const std::string& sighash)
+{
+    static const std::map<std::string, int> map_sighash_values = {
+        {std::string("DEFAULT"), int(SIGHASH_DEFAULT)},
+        {std::string("ALL"), int(SIGHASH_ALL)},
+        {std::string("ALL|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_ALL|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
+        {std::string("NONE"), int(SIGHASH_NONE)},
+        {std::string("NONE|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_NONE|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
+        {std::string("SINGLE"), int(SIGHASH_SINGLE)},
+        {std::string("SINGLE|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_SINGLE|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
+    };
+    const auto& it = map_sighash_values.find(sighash);
+    if (it != map_sighash_values.end()) {
+        return it->second;
+    } else {
+        return util::Error{Untranslated("'" + sighash + "' is not a valid sighash parameter.")};
+    }
+}
+
 UniValue ValueFromAmount(const CAmount amount)
 {
     static_assert(COIN > 1);
diff --git a/src/core_io.h b/src/core_io.h
index 113a961f500..904f5a8643b 100644
--- a/src/core_io.h
+++ b/src/core_io.h
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 #include <consensus/amount.h>
 #include <util/result.h>
 
+#include <functional>
 #include <string>
-#include <vector>
-#include <optional>
 
 class CBlock;
 class CBlockHeader;
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ enum class TxVerbosity {
     SHOW_DETAILS_AND_PREVOUT  //!< The same as previous option with information about prevouts if available
 };
 
-// core_read.cpp
 CScript ParseScript(const std::string& s);
 std::string ScriptToAsmStr(const CScript& script, bool fAttemptSighashDecode = false);
 [[nodiscard]] bool DecodeHexTx(CMutableTransaction& tx, const std::string& hex_tx, bool try_no_witness = false, bool try_witness = true);
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ bool DecodeHexBlockHeader(CBlockHeader&, const std::string& hex_header);
 
 [[nodiscard]] util::Result<int> SighashFromStr(const std::string& sighash);
 
-// core_write.cpp
 UniValue ValueFromAmount(CAmount amount);
 std::string FormatScript(const CScript& script);
 std::string EncodeHexTx(const CTransaction& tx);
diff --git a/src/core_read.cpp b/src/core_read.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 935f465983d..00000000000
--- a/src/core_read.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,264 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2009-present The Bitcoin Core developers
-// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-#include <core_io.h>
-
-#include <primitives/block.h> // IWYU pragma: keep
-#include <primitives/transaction.h>
-#include <script/interpreter.h>
-#include <script/script.h>
-#include <serialize.h>
-#include <streams.h>
-#include <util/result.h>
-#include <util/strencodings.h>
-#include <util/string.h>
-#include <util/translation.h>
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <compare>
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <exception>
-#include <map>
-#include <optional>
-#include <span>
-#include <stdexcept>
-#include <utility>
-#include <vector>
-
-using util::SplitString;
-
-namespace {
-class OpCodeParser
-{
-private:
-    std::map<std::string, opcodetype> mapOpNames;
-
-public:
-    OpCodeParser()
-    {
-        for (unsigned int op = 0; op <= MAX_OPCODE; ++op) {
-            // Allow OP_RESERVED to get into mapOpNames
-            if (op < OP_NOP && op != OP_RESERVED) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            std::string strName = GetOpName(static_cast<opcodetype>(op));
-            if (strName == "OP_UNKNOWN") {
-                continue;
-            }
-            mapOpNames[strName] = static_cast<opcodetype>(op);
-            // Convenience: OP_ADD and just ADD are both recognized:
-            if (strName.starts_with("OP_")) {
-                mapOpNames[strName.substr(3)] = static_cast<opcodetype>(op);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    opcodetype Parse(const std::string& s) const
-    {
-        auto it = mapOpNames.find(s);
-        if (it == mapOpNames.end()) throw std::runtime_error("script parse error: unknown opcode");
-        return it->second;
-    }
-};
-
-opcodetype ParseOpCode(const std::string& s)
-{
-    static const OpCodeParser ocp;
-    return ocp.Parse(s);
-}
-
-} // namespace
-
-CScript ParseScript(const std::string& s)
-{
-    CScript result;
-
-    std::vector<std::string> words = SplitString(s, " \t\n");
-
-    for (const std::string& w : words) {
-        if (w.empty()) {
-            // Empty string, ignore. (SplitString doesn't combine multiple separators)
-        } else if (std::all_of(w.begin(), w.end(), ::IsDigit) ||
-                   (w.front() == '-' && w.size() > 1 && std::all_of(w.begin() + 1, w.end(), ::IsDigit)))
-        {
-            // Number
-            const auto num{ToIntegral<int64_t>(w)};
-
-            // limit the range of numbers ParseScript accepts in decimal
-            // since numbers outside -0xFFFFFFFF...0xFFFFFFFF are illegal in scripts
-            if (!num.has_value() || num > int64_t{0xffffffff} || num < -1 * int64_t{0xffffffff}) {
-                throw std::runtime_error("script parse error: decimal numeric value only allowed in the "
-                                         "range -0xFFFFFFFF...0xFFFFFFFF");
-            }
-
-            result << num.value();
-        } else if (w.starts_with("0x") && w.size() > 2 && IsHex(std::string(w.begin() + 2, w.end()))) {
-            // Raw hex data, inserted NOT pushed onto stack:
-            std::vector<unsigned char> raw = ParseHex(std::string(w.begin() + 2, w.end()));
-            result.insert(result.end(), raw.begin(), raw.end());
-        } else if (w.size() >= 2 && w.front() == '\'' && w.back() == '\'') {
-            // Single-quoted string, pushed as data. NOTE: this is poor-man's
-            // parsing, spaces/tabs/newlines in single-quoted strings won't work.
-            std::vector<unsigned char> value(w.begin() + 1, w.end() - 1);
-            result << value;
-        } else {
-            // opcode, e.g. OP_ADD or ADD:
-            result << ParseOpCode(w);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return result;
-}
-
-// Check that all of the input and output scripts of a transaction contains valid opcodes
-static bool CheckTxScriptsSanity(const CMutableTransaction& tx)
-{
-    // Check input scripts for non-coinbase txs
-    if (!CTransaction(tx).IsCoinBase()) {
-        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tx.vin.size(); i++) {
-            if (!tx.vin[i].scriptSig.HasValidOps() || tx.vin[i].scriptSig.size() > MAX_SCRIPT_SIZE) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    // Check output scripts
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tx.vout.size(); i++) {
-        if (!tx.vout[i].scriptPubKey.HasValidOps() || tx.vout[i].scriptPubKey.size() > MAX_SCRIPT_SIZE) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-static bool DecodeTx(CMutableTransaction& tx, const std::vector<unsigned char>& tx_data, bool try_no_witness, bool try_witness)
-{
-    // General strategy:
-    // - Decode both with extended serialization (which interprets the 0x0001 tag as a marker for
-    //   the presence of witnesses) and with legacy serialization (which interprets the tag as a
-    //   0-input 1-output incomplete transaction).
-    //   - Restricted by try_no_witness (which disables legacy if false) and try_witness (which
-    //     disables extended if false).
-    //   - Ignore serializations that do not fully consume the hex string.
-    // - If neither succeeds, fail.
-    // - If only one succeeds, return that one.
-    // - If both decode attempts succeed:
-    //   - If only one passes the CheckTxScriptsSanity check, return that one.
-    //   - If neither or both pass CheckTxScriptsSanity, return the extended one.
-
-    CMutableTransaction tx_extended, tx_legacy;
-    bool ok_extended = false, ok_legacy = false;
-
-    // Try decoding with extended serialization support, and remember if the result successfully
-    // consumes the entire input.
-    if (try_witness) {
-        DataStream ssData(tx_data);
-        try {
-            ssData >> TX_WITH_WITNESS(tx_extended);
-            if (ssData.empty()) ok_extended = true;
-        } catch (const std::exception&) {
-            // Fall through.
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Optimization: if extended decoding succeeded and the result passes CheckTxScriptsSanity,
-    // don't bother decoding the other way.
-    if (ok_extended && CheckTxScriptsSanity(tx_extended)) {
-        tx = std::move(tx_extended);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    // Try decoding with legacy serialization, and remember if the result successfully consumes the entire input.
-    if (try_no_witness) {
-        DataStream ssData(tx_data);
-        try {
-            ssData >> TX_NO_WITNESS(tx_legacy);
-            if (ssData.empty()) ok_legacy = true;
-        } catch (const std::exception&) {
-            // Fall through.
-        }
-    }
-
-    // If legacy decoding succeeded and passes CheckTxScriptsSanity, that's our answer, as we know
-    // at this point that extended decoding either failed or doesn't pass the sanity check.
-    if (ok_legacy && CheckTxScriptsSanity(tx_legacy)) {
-        tx = std::move(tx_legacy);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    // If extended decoding succeeded, and neither decoding passes sanity, return the extended one.
-    if (ok_extended) {
-        tx = std::move(tx_extended);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    // If legacy decoding succeeded and extended didn't, return the legacy one.
-    if (ok_legacy) {
-        tx = std::move(tx_legacy);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    // If none succeeded, we failed.
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool DecodeHexTx(CMutableTransaction& tx, const std::string& hex_tx, bool try_no_witness, bool try_witness)
-{
-    if (!IsHex(hex_tx)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    std::vector<unsigned char> txData(ParseHex(hex_tx));
-    return DecodeTx(tx, txData, try_no_witness, try_witness);
-}
-
-bool DecodeHexBlockHeader(CBlockHeader& header, const std::string& hex_header)
-{
-    if (!IsHex(hex_header)) return false;
-
-    const std::vector<unsigned char> header_data{ParseHex(hex_header)};
-    DataStream ser_header{header_data};
-    try {
-        ser_header >> header;
-    } catch (const std::exception&) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool DecodeHexBlk(CBlock& block, const std::string& strHexBlk)
-{
-    if (!IsHex(strHexBlk))
-        return false;
-
-    std::vector<unsigned char> blockData(ParseHex(strHexBlk));
-    DataStream ssBlock(blockData);
-    try {
-        ssBlock >> TX_WITH_WITNESS(block);
-    }
-    catch (const std::exception&) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-util::Result<int> SighashFromStr(const std::string& sighash)
-{
-    static const std::map<std::string, int> map_sighash_values = {
-        {std::string("DEFAULT"), int(SIGHASH_DEFAULT)},
-        {std::string("ALL"), int(SIGHASH_ALL)},
-        {std::string("ALL|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_ALL|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
-        {std::string("NONE"), int(SIGHASH_NONE)},
-        {std::string("NONE|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_NONE|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
-        {std::string("SINGLE"), int(SIGHASH_SINGLE)},
-        {std::string("SINGLE|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_SINGLE|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
-    };
-    const auto& it = map_sighash_values.find(sighash);
-    if (it != map_sighash_values.end()) {
-        return it->second;
-    } else {
-        return util::Error{Untranslated("'" + sighash + "' is not a valid sighash parameter.")};
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 85011f4488a..eeae46302a3 100644
--- a/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ add_library(bitcoinkernel
   ../consensus/merkle.cpp
   ../consensus/tx_check.cpp
   ../consensus/tx_verify.cpp
-  ../core_read.cpp
   ../dbwrapper.cpp
   ../deploymentinfo.cpp
   ../deploymentstatus.cpp
@@ -72,8 +71,6 @@ add_library(bitcoinkernel
   ../util/rbf.cpp
   ../util/serfloat.cpp
   ../util/signalinterrupt.cpp
-  ../util/strencodings.cpp
-  ../util/string.cpp
   ../util/syserror.cpp
   ../util/threadnames.cpp
   ../util/time.cpp