diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
index 964b3a311de..b570d101e4a 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
@@ -669,15 +669,6 @@ func DeleteReceipts(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, hash common.Hash, number uint64) {
 	}
 }
 
-// storedReceiptRLP is the storage encoding of a receipt.
-// Re-definition in core/types/receipt.go.
-// TODO: Re-use the existing definition.
-type storedReceiptRLP struct {
-	PostStateOrStatus []byte
-	CumulativeGasUsed uint64
-	Logs              []*types.Log
-}
-
 // ReceiptLogs is a barebone version of ReceiptForStorage which only keeps
 // the list of logs. When decoding a stored receipt into this object we
 // avoid creating the bloom filter.
@@ -687,7 +678,7 @@ type receiptLogs struct {
 
 // DecodeRLP implements rlp.Decoder.
 func (r *receiptLogs) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
-	var stored storedReceiptRLP
+	var stored types.StoredReceiptRLP
 	if err := s.Decode(&stored); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/core/types/receipt.go b/core/types/receipt.go
index 4f96fde59c4..3984b91a72c 100644
--- a/core/types/receipt.go
+++ b/core/types/receipt.go
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ type Receipt struct {
 	TransactionIndex uint        `json:"transactionIndex"`
 }
 
+// StoredReceiptRLP is the storage encoding of a receipt.
+type StoredReceiptRLP struct {
+	PostStateOrStatus []byte
+	CumulativeGasUsed uint64
+	Logs              []*Log
+}
+
 type receiptMarshaling struct {
 	Type              hexutil.Uint64
 	PostState         hexutil.Bytes
@@ -94,13 +101,6 @@ type receiptRLP struct {
 	Logs              []*Log
 }
 
-// storedReceiptRLP is the storage encoding of a receipt.
-type storedReceiptRLP struct {
-	PostStateOrStatus []byte
-	CumulativeGasUsed uint64
-	Logs              []*Log
-}
-
 // NewReceipt creates a barebone transaction receipt, copying the init fields.
 // Deprecated: create receipts using a struct literal instead.
 func NewReceipt(root []byte, failed bool, cumulativeGasUsed uint64) *Receipt {
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func (r *ReceiptForStorage) EncodeRLP(_w io.Writer) error {
 // DecodeRLP implements rlp.Decoder, and loads both consensus and implementation
 // fields of a receipt from an RLP stream.
 func (r *ReceiptForStorage) DecodeRLP(s *rlp.Stream) error {
-	var stored storedReceiptRLP
+	var stored StoredReceiptRLP
 	if err := s.Decode(&stored); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}