diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
index 87ab7a940..73589392b 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
@@ -329,38 +329,6 @@ export default class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     return { gasLimit, simulationFails }
   }
 
-  /**
-    Creates a new txMeta with the same txParams as the original
-    to allow the user to resign the transaction with a higher gas values
-    @param {number} originalTxId - the id of the txMeta that
-    you want to attempt to retry
-    @param {string} [gasPrice] - Optional gas price to be increased to use as the retry
-    transaction's gas price
-    @returns {txMeta}
-  */
-
-  async retryTransaction (originalTxId, gasPrice) {
-    const originalTxMeta = this.txStateManager.getTx(originalTxId)
-    const { txParams } = originalTxMeta
-    const lastGasPrice = gasPrice || originalTxMeta.txParams.gasPrice
-    const lastGasPriceBN = new ethUtil.BN(ethUtil.stripHexPrefix(lastGasPrice), 16)
-    // essentially lastGasPrice * 1.1
-    const lastGasPriceBNBumped = lastGasPriceBN
-      .mul(new ethUtil.BN(110, 10))
-      .div(new ethUtil.BN(100, 10))
-    txParams.gasPrice = `0x${lastGasPriceBNBumped.toString(16)}`
-
-    const txMeta = this.txStateManager.generateTxMeta({
-      txParams: originalTxMeta.txParams,
-      lastGasPrice,
-      loadingDefaults: false,
-      type: TRANSACTION_TYPE_RETRY,
-    })
-    this.addTx(txMeta)
-    this.emit('newUnapprovedTx', txMeta)
-    return txMeta
-  }
-
   /**
    * Creates a new approved transaction to attempt to cancel a previously submitted transaction. The
    * new transaction contains the same nonce as the previous, is a basic ETH transfer of 0x value to
diff --git a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
index 7a3aaea93..3e1cbedac 100644
--- a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
+++ b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
@@ -520,7 +520,6 @@ export default class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
       cancelTransaction: nodeify(txController.cancelTransaction, txController),
       updateTransaction: nodeify(txController.updateTransaction, txController),
       updateAndApproveTransaction: nodeify(txController.updateAndApproveTransaction, txController),
-      retryTransaction: nodeify(this.retryTransaction, this),
       createCancelTransaction: nodeify(this.createCancelTransaction, this),
       createSpeedUpTransaction: nodeify(this.createSpeedUpTransaction, this),
       getFilteredTxList: nodeify(txController.getFilteredTxList, txController),
@@ -1373,18 +1372,6 @@ export default class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
   // END (VAULT / KEYRING RELATED METHODS)
   //=============================================================================
 
-  /**
-   * Allows a user to try to speed up a transaction by retrying it
-   * with higher gas.
-   *
-   * @param {string} txId - The ID of the transaction to speed up.
-   */
-  async retryTransaction (txId, gasPrice) {
-    await this.txController.retryTransaction(txId, gasPrice)
-    const state = await this.getState()
-    return state
-  }
-
   /**
    * Allows a user to attempt to cancel a previously submitted transaction by creating a new
    * transaction.
diff --git a/test/unit/app/controllers/transactions/tx-controller-test.js b/test/unit/app/controllers/transactions/tx-controller-test.js
index f6c773b9d..fc0d000e1 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/controllers/transactions/tx-controller-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/controllers/transactions/tx-controller-test.js
@@ -482,29 +482,6 @@ describe('Transaction Controller', function () {
     })
   })
 
-  describe('#retryTransaction', function () {
-    it('should create a new txMeta with the same txParams as the original one but with a higher gasPrice', async function () {
-      const txParams = {
-        gasPrice: '0xee6b2800',
-        nonce: '0x00',
-        from: '0xB09d8505E1F4EF1CeA089D47094f5DD3464083d4',
-        to: '0xB09d8505E1F4EF1CeA089D47094f5DD3464083d4',
-        data: '0x0',
-      }
-      txController.txStateManager._saveTxList([
-        { id: 1, status: 'submitted', metamaskNetworkId: currentNetworkId, txParams, history: [{}] },
-      ])
-      const txMeta = await txController.retryTransaction(1)
-      assert.equal(txMeta.txParams.gasPrice, '0x10642ac00', 'gasPrice should have a %10 gasPrice bump')
-      assert.equal(txMeta.txParams.nonce, txParams.nonce, 'nonce should be the same')
-      assert.equal(txMeta.txParams.from, txParams.from, 'from should be the same')
-      assert.equal(txMeta.txParams.to, txParams.to, 'to should be the same')
-      assert.equal(txMeta.txParams.data, txParams.data, 'data should be the same')
-      assert.ok(('lastGasPrice' in txMeta), 'should have the key `lastGasPrice`')
-      assert.equal(txController.txStateManager.getTxList().length, 2)
-    })
-  })
-
   describe('#_markNonceDuplicatesDropped', function () {
     it('should mark all nonce duplicates as dropped without marking the confirmed transaction as dropped', function () {
       txController.txStateManager._saveTxList([
diff --git a/ui/app/store/actions.js b/ui/app/store/actions.js
index 1bb0d3f9f..10c9a937d 100644
--- a/ui/app/store/actions.js
+++ b/ui/app/store/actions.js
@@ -1350,29 +1350,6 @@ export function clearPendingTokens () {
   }
 }
 
-export function retryTransaction (txId, gasPrice) {
-  log.debug(`background.retryTransaction`)
-  let newTxId
-
-  return (dispatch) => {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      background.retryTransaction(txId, gasPrice, (err, newState) => {
-        if (err) {
-          dispatch(displayWarning(err.message))
-          return reject(err)
-        }
-
-        const { currentNetworkTxList } = newState
-        const { id } = currentNetworkTxList[currentNetworkTxList.length - 1]
-        newTxId = id
-        resolve(newState)
-      })
-    })
-      .then((newState) => dispatch(updateMetamaskState(newState)))
-      .then(() => newTxId)
-  }
-}
-
 export function createCancelTransaction (txId, customGasPrice) {
   log.debug('background.cancelTransaction')
   let newTxId