diff --git a/aptos-move/aptos-e2e-comparison-testing/src/execution.rs b/aptos-move/aptos-e2e-comparison-testing/src/execution.rs
index 9e88073be6929..0e8d84ec9d2e2 100644
--- a/aptos-move/aptos-e2e-comparison-testing/src/execution.rs
+++ b/aptos-move/aptos-e2e-comparison-testing/src/execution.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use aptos_types::{
     write_set::WriteSet,
 };
 use aptos_validator_interface::AptosValidatorInterface;
-use aptos_vm::{data_cache::AsMoveResolver, transaction_metadata::TransactionMetadata};
+use aptos_vm::data_cache::AsMoveResolver;
 use clap::ValueEnum;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use move_core_types::{account_address::AccountAddress, language_storage::ModuleId};
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ impl Execution {
                     load_packages_to_executor(&mut executor, package_info, compiled_package_cache);
                 }
                 let mut senders = vec![sender];
-                senders.extend(TransactionMetadata::new(signed_trans).secondary_signers);
+                senders.extend(signed_trans.authenticator().secondary_signer_addresses());
                 let enable_v7 = |features: &mut Features| {
                     if v2_flag {
                         features.enable(FeatureFlag::VM_BINARY_FORMAT_V7);
diff --git a/aptos-move/aptos-vm/src/aptos_vm.rs b/aptos-move/aptos-vm/src/aptos_vm.rs
index 771e8ee351590..eeba9494345f7 100644
--- a/aptos-move/aptos-vm/src/aptos_vm.rs
+++ b/aptos-move/aptos-vm/src/aptos_vm.rs
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ impl AptosVM {
         txn: &SignedTransaction,
         log_context: &AdapterLogSchema,
     ) -> (VMStatus, VMOutput) {
-        let balance = TransactionMetadata::new(txn).max_gas_amount();
+        let balance = txn.max_gas_amount().into();
         // TODO: would we end up having a diverging behavior by creating the gas meter at an earlier time?
         let mut gas_meter = unwrap_or_discard!(self.make_standard_gas_meter(balance, log_context));
 
@@ -1719,8 +1719,7 @@ impl AptosVM {
         G: AptosGasMeter,
         F: FnOnce(u64, VMGasParameters, StorageGasParameters, Gas) -> Result<G, VMStatus>,
     {
-        // TODO(Gas): avoid creating txn metadata twice.
-        let balance = TransactionMetadata::new(txn).max_gas_amount();
+        let balance = txn.max_gas_amount().into();
         let mut gas_meter = make_gas_meter(
             self.gas_feature_version,
             get_or_vm_startup_failure(&self.gas_params, log_context)?