diff --git a/cardano-api/internal/Cardano/Api/Governance/Actions/ProposalProcedure.hs b/cardano-api/internal/Cardano/Api/Governance/Actions/ProposalProcedure.hs
index 1a37290361..06e2d82cd8 100644
--- a/cardano-api/internal/Cardano/Api/Governance/Actions/ProposalProcedure.hs
+++ b/cardano-api/internal/Cardano/Api/Governance/Actions/ProposalProcedure.hs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ createAnchor :: Url -> ByteString -> Anchor StandardCrypto
 createAnchor url anchorData =
   Ledger.Anchor
     { anchorUrl = url
-    , anchorDataHash = unsafeBytesToSafeHash anchorData
+    , anchorDataHash = hashAnchorData $ Ledger.AnchorData anchorData
     }
 
 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -249,14 +249,4 @@ fromCommitteeMember = (. coerceKeyRole) $ \case
   L.KeyHashObj keyhash -> StakeKeyHash keyhash
   L.ScriptHashObj _scripthash -> error "TODO script committee members not yet supported"
 
--- | TODO: I'm very unsure whether it's correct to use 'unsafeMakeSafeHash'
--- here? I've asked Alexey if maybe this doesn't need to actually be a
--- 'SafeHash', which would let us remove it.
-unsafeBytesToSafeHash
-  :: Crypto.HashAlgorithm (HASH c)
-  => ByteString
-  -> SafeHash c a
-unsafeBytesToSafeHash bs = case Crypto.hashFromBytes bs of
-  Nothing ->
-    error "unsafeBytesToSafeHash: input data is not a valid hash"
-  Just h -> unsafeMakeSafeHash h
+