diff --git a/core/database_util_test.go b/core/database_util_test.go
index ab4e45a478..aa87fa6f86 100644
--- a/core/database_util_test.go
+++ b/core/database_util_test.go
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func TestLookupStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			if hash != block.Hash() || number != block.NumberU64() || index != uint64(i) {
 				t.Fatalf("tx #%d [%x]: positional metadata mismatch: have %x/%d/%d, want %x/%v/%v", i, tx.Hash(), hash, number, index, block.Hash(), block.NumberU64(), i)
 			}
-			if tx.String() != txn.String() {
+			if tx.Hash() != txn.Hash() {
 				t.Fatalf("tx #%d [%x]: transaction mismatch: have %v, want %v", i, tx.Hash(), txn, tx)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/core/types/block.go b/core/types/block.go
index 92b868d9da..ae1b4299d3 100644
--- a/core/types/block.go
+++ b/core/types/block.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package types
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
 	"sort"
@@ -389,40 +388,6 @@ func (b *Block) Hash() common.Hash {
 	return v
 }
 
-func (b *Block) String() string {
-	str := fmt.Sprintf(`Block(#%v): Size: %v {
-MinerHash: %x
-%v
-Transactions:
-%v
-Uncles:
-%v
-}
-`, b.Number(), b.Size(), b.header.HashNoNonce(), b.header, b.transactions, b.uncles)
-	return str
-}
-
-func (h *Header) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(`Header(%x):
-[
-	ParentHash:	    %x
-	UncleHash:	    %x
-	Coinbase:	    %x
-	Root:		    %x
-	TxSha		    %x
-	ReceiptSha:	    %x
-	Bloom:		    %x
-	Difficulty:	    %v
-	Number:		    %v
-	GasLimit:	    %v
-	GasUsed:	    %v
-	Time:		    %v
-	Extra:		    %s
-	MixDigest:      %x
-	Nonce:		    %x
-]`, h.Hash(), h.ParentHash, h.UncleHash, h.Coinbase, h.Root, h.TxHash, h.ReceiptHash, h.Bloom, h.Difficulty, h.Number, h.GasLimit, h.GasUsed, h.Time, h.Extra, h.MixDigest, h.Nonce)
-}
-
 type Blocks []*Block
 
 type BlockBy func(b1, b2 *Block) bool
diff --git a/core/types/log.go b/core/types/log.go
index be5de38da7..b629b47ed5 100644
--- a/core/types/log.go
+++ b/core/types/log.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package types
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -95,10 +94,6 @@ func (l *Log) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (l *Log) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(`log: %x %x %x %x %d %x %d`, l.Address, l.Topics, l.Data, l.TxHash, l.TxIndex, l.BlockHash, l.Index)
-}
-
 // LogForStorage is a wrapper around a Log that flattens and parses the entire content of
 // a log including non-consensus fields.
 type LogForStorage Log
diff --git a/core/types/receipt.go b/core/types/receipt.go
index f945f6f6a2..613f03d50f 100644
--- a/core/types/receipt.go
+++ b/core/types/receipt.go
@@ -149,14 +149,6 @@ func (r *Receipt) Size() common.StorageSize {
 	return size
 }
 
-// String implements the Stringer interface.
-func (r *Receipt) String() string {
-	if len(r.PostState) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("receipt{status=%d cgas=%v bloom=%x logs=%v}", r.Status, r.CumulativeGasUsed, r.Bloom, r.Logs)
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("receipt{med=%x cgas=%v bloom=%x logs=%v}", r.PostState, r.CumulativeGasUsed, r.Bloom, r.Logs)
-}
-
 // ReceiptForStorage is a wrapper around a Receipt that flattens and parses the
 // entire content of a receipt, as opposed to only the consensus fields originally.
 type ReceiptForStorage Receipt
diff --git a/core/types/transaction.go b/core/types/transaction.go
index 5660582baf..70d757c94e 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package types
 import (
 	"container/heap"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -262,58 +261,6 @@ func (tx *Transaction) RawSignatureValues() (*big.Int, *big.Int, *big.Int) {
 	return tx.data.V, tx.data.R, tx.data.S
 }
 
-func (tx *Transaction) String() string {
-	var from, to string
-	if tx.data.V != nil {
-		// make a best guess about the signer and use that to derive
-		// the sender.
-		signer := deriveSigner(tx.data.V)
-		if f, err := Sender(signer, tx); err != nil { // derive but don't cache
-			from = "[invalid sender: invalid sig]"
-		} else {
-			from = fmt.Sprintf("%x", f[:])
-		}
-	} else {
-		from = "[invalid sender: nil V field]"
-	}
-
-	if tx.data.Recipient == nil {
-		to = "[contract creation]"
-	} else {
-		to = fmt.Sprintf("%x", tx.data.Recipient[:])
-	}
-	enc, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(&tx.data)
-	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-	TX(%x)
-	Contract: %v
-	From:     %s
-	To:       %s
-	Nonce:    %v
-	GasPrice: %#x
-	GasLimit  %#x
-	Value:    %#x
-	Data:     0x%x
-	V:        %#x
-	R:        %#x
-	S:        %#x
-	Hex:      %x
-`,
-		tx.Hash(),
-		tx.data.Recipient == nil,
-		from,
-		to,
-		tx.data.AccountNonce,
-		tx.data.Price,
-		tx.data.GasLimit,
-		tx.data.Amount,
-		tx.data.Payload,
-		tx.data.V,
-		tx.data.R,
-		tx.data.S,
-		enc,
-	)
-}
-
 // Transactions is a Transaction slice type for basic sorting.
 type Transactions []*Transaction
 
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index 6525aa212c..e2bfbaf307 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -1388,7 +1389,7 @@ func (api *PublicDebugAPI) PrintBlock(ctx context.Context, number uint64) (strin
 	if block == nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("block #%d not found", number)
 	}
-	return block.String(), nil
+	return spew.Sdump(block), nil
 }
 
 // SeedHash retrieves the seed hash of a block.
diff --git a/mobile/types.go b/mobile/types.go
index 4790afceff..24cd7ebf11 100644
--- a/mobile/types.go
+++ b/mobile/types.go
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ func (h *Header) EncodeJSON() (string, error) {
 	return string(data), err
 }
 
-// String implements the fmt.Stringer interface to print some semi-meaningful
-// data dump of the header for debugging purposes.
-func (h *Header) String() string {
-	return h.header.String()
-}
-
 func (h *Header) GetParentHash() *Hash   { return &Hash{h.header.ParentHash} }
 func (h *Header) GetUncleHash() *Hash    { return &Hash{h.header.UncleHash} }
 func (h *Header) GetCoinbase() *Address  { return &Address{h.header.Coinbase} }
@@ -174,12 +168,6 @@ func (b *Block) EncodeJSON() (string, error) {
 	return string(data), err
 }
 
-// String implements the fmt.Stringer interface to print some semi-meaningful
-// data dump of the block for debugging purposes.
-func (b *Block) String() string {
-	return b.block.String()
-}
-
 func (b *Block) GetParentHash() *Hash   { return &Hash{b.block.ParentHash()} }
 func (b *Block) GetUncleHash() *Hash    { return &Hash{b.block.UncleHash()} }
 func (b *Block) GetCoinbase() *Address  { return &Address{b.block.Coinbase()} }
@@ -249,12 +237,6 @@ func (tx *Transaction) EncodeJSON() (string, error) {
 	return string(data), err
 }
 
-// String implements the fmt.Stringer interface to print some semi-meaningful
-// data dump of the transaction for debugging purposes.
-func (tx *Transaction) String() string {
-	return tx.tx.String()
-}
-
 func (tx *Transaction) GetData() []byte      { return tx.tx.Data() }
 func (tx *Transaction) GetGas() int64        { return int64(tx.tx.Gas()) }
 func (tx *Transaction) GetGasPrice() *BigInt { return &BigInt{tx.tx.GasPrice()} }
@@ -347,12 +329,6 @@ func (r *Receipt) EncodeJSON() (string, error) {
 	return string(data), err
 }
 
-// String implements the fmt.Stringer interface to print some semi-meaningful
-// data dump of the transaction receipt for debugging purposes.
-func (r *Receipt) String() string {
-	return r.receipt.String()
-}
-
 func (r *Receipt) GetPostState() []byte         { return r.receipt.PostState }
 func (r *Receipt) GetCumulativeGasUsed() int64  { return int64(r.receipt.CumulativeGasUsed) }
 func (r *Receipt) GetBloom() *Bloom             { return &Bloom{r.receipt.Bloom} }