diff --git a/app/scripts/keyrings/hd.js b/app/scripts/keyrings/hd.js
index 80b713b58..1b9796e07 100644
--- a/app/scripts/keyrings/hd.js
+++ b/app/scripts/keyrings/hd.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class HdKeyring extends EventEmitter {
   // For eth_sign, we need to sign transactions:
   signMessage (withAccount, data) {
     const wallet = this._getWalletForAccount(withAccount)
-    const message = ethUtil.removeHexPrefix(data)
+    const message = ethUtil.stripHexPrefix(data)
     var privKey = wallet.getPrivateKey()
     var msgSig = ethUtil.ecsign(new Buffer(message, 'hex'), privKey)
     var rawMsgSig = ethUtil.bufferToHex(sigUtil.concatSig(msgSig.v, msgSig.r, msgSig.s))