diff --git a/src/kernel/mempool_entry.h b/src/kernel/mempool_entry.h
index 51a1f26642f..40aa77b5769 100644
--- a/src/kernel/mempool_entry.h
+++ b/src/kernel/mempool_entry.h
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ public:
     typedef std::set<CTxMemPoolEntryRef, CompareIteratorByHash> Children;
 
 private:
-    CTxMemPoolEntry(const CTxMemPoolEntry&) = default;
-    struct ExplicitCopyTag {
-        explicit ExplicitCopyTag() = default;
-    };
+    CTxMemPoolEntry(const CTxMemPoolEntry&) = delete;
 
     const CTransactionRef tx;
     mutable Parents m_parents;
@@ -127,13 +124,10 @@ public:
           nModFeesWithAncestors{nFee},
           nSigOpCostWithAncestors{sigOpCost} {}
 
-    CTxMemPoolEntry(ExplicitCopyTag, const CTxMemPoolEntry& entry) : CTxMemPoolEntry(entry) {}
     CTxMemPoolEntry& operator=(const CTxMemPoolEntry&) = delete;
-    CTxMemPoolEntry(CTxMemPoolEntry&&) = delete;
+    CTxMemPoolEntry(CTxMemPoolEntry&&) = default;
     CTxMemPoolEntry& operator=(CTxMemPoolEntry&&) = delete;
 
-    static constexpr ExplicitCopyTag ExplicitCopy{};
-
     const CTransaction& GetTx() const { return *this->tx; }
     CTransactionRef GetSharedTx() const { return this->tx; }
     const CAmount& GetFee() const { return nFee; }
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/policy_estimator.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/policy_estimator.cpp
index 8455a23284d..cfd50cf80d9 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/policy_estimator.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/policy_estimator.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ FUZZ_TARGET(policy_estimator, .init = initialize_policy_estimator)
                         break;
                     }
                     const CTransaction tx{*mtx};
-                    mempool_entries.emplace_back(CTxMemPoolEntry::ExplicitCopy, ConsumeTxMemPoolEntry(fuzzed_data_provider, tx, current_height));
+                    mempool_entries.push_back(ConsumeTxMemPoolEntry(fuzzed_data_provider, tx, current_height));
                 }
                 std::vector<RemovedMempoolTransactionInfo> txs;
                 txs.reserve(mempool_entries.size());