diff --git a/src/kernel/chainparams.cpp b/src/kernel/chainparams.cpp
index 18c2026a884c1..0f128d4c56261 100644
--- a/src/kernel/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/chainparams.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static CBlock CreateGenesisBlock(const char* pszTimestamp, const CScript& genesi
 static CBlock CreateGenesisBlock(uint32_t nTime, uint32_t nNonce, uint32_t nBits, int32_t nVersion, const CAmount& genesisReward)
 {
     const char* pszTimestamp = "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks";
-    const CScript genesisOutputScript = CScript() << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f"_hex_v_u8 << OP_CHECKSIG;
+    const CScript genesisOutputScript = CScript() << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f"_hex << OP_CHECKSIG;
     return CreateGenesisBlock(pszTimestamp, genesisOutputScript, nTime, nNonce, nBits, nVersion, genesisReward);
 }
 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class CTestNet4Params : public CChainParams {
         m_assumed_chain_state_size = 0;
 
         const char* testnet4_genesis_msg = "03/May/2024 000000000000000000001ebd58c244970b3aa9d783bb001011fbe8ea8e98e00e";
-        const CScript testnet4_genesis_script = CScript() << "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"_hex_v_u8 << OP_CHECKSIG;
+        const CScript testnet4_genesis_script = CScript() << "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"_hex << OP_CHECKSIG;
         genesis = CreateGenesisBlock(testnet4_genesis_msg,
                 testnet4_genesis_script,
                 1714777860,
diff --git a/src/test/miner_tests.cpp b/src/test/miner_tests.cpp
index 9f35690460602..6cf2757b2d56b 100644
--- a/src/test/miner_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/miner_tests.cpp
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ void MinerTestingSetup::TestPrioritisedMining(const CScript& scriptPubKey, const
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreateNewBlock_validity)
 {
     // Note that by default, these tests run with size accounting enabled.
-    CScript scriptPubKey = CScript() << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f"_hex_v_u8 << OP_CHECKSIG;
+    CScript scriptPubKey = CScript() << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f"_hex << OP_CHECKSIG;
     std::unique_ptr<CBlockTemplate> pblocktemplate;
 
     CTxMemPool& tx_mempool{*m_node.mempool};
diff --git a/src/test/script_tests.cpp b/src/test/script_tests.cpp
index 0e2a1631ce4d0..8c3806d22f3eb 100644
--- a/src/test/script_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/script_tests.cpp
@@ -1368,6 +1368,13 @@ static CScript ScriptFromHex(const std::string& str)
     return ToScript(*Assert(TryParseHex(str)));
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(script_byte_array_u8_vector_equivalence)
+{
+    const CScript scriptPubKey1 = CScript() << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f"_hex_v_u8 << OP_CHECKSIG;
+    const CScript scriptPubKey2 = CScript() << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f"_hex << OP_CHECKSIG;
+    BOOST_CHECK(scriptPubKey1 == scriptPubKey2);
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(script_FindAndDelete)
 {
     // Exercise the FindAndDelete functionality
@@ -1421,7 +1428,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(script_FindAndDelete)
     // prefix, leaving 02ff03 which is push-two-bytes:
     s = ToScript("0302ff030302ff03"_hex);
     d = ToScript("03"_hex);
-    expect = CScript() << "ff03"_hex_v_u8 << "ff03"_hex_v_u8;
+    expect = CScript() << "ff03"_hex << "ff03"_hex;
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FindAndDelete(s, d), 2);
     BOOST_CHECK(s == expect);
 
diff --git a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
index 462abd5222e80..3430a5bbfa0b2 100644
--- a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
@@ -852,24 +852,24 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IsStandard)
     CheckIsNotStandard(t, "scriptpubkey");
 
     // MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY-byte TxoutType::NULL_DATA (standard)
-    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef3804678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38"_hex_v_u8;
+    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef3804678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38"_hex;
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY, t.vout[0].scriptPubKey.size());
     CheckIsStandard(t);
 
     // MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY+1-byte TxoutType::NULL_DATA (non-standard)
-    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef3804678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef3800"_hex_v_u8;
+    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef3804678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef3800"_hex;
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY + 1, t.vout[0].scriptPubKey.size());
     CheckIsNotStandard(t, "scriptpubkey");
 
     // Data payload can be encoded in any way...
-    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << ""_hex_v_u8;
+    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << ""_hex;
     CheckIsStandard(t);
-    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "00"_hex_v_u8 << "01"_hex_v_u8;
+    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "00"_hex << "01"_hex;
     CheckIsStandard(t);
     // OP_RESERVED *is* considered to be a PUSHDATA type opcode by IsPushOnly()!
-    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << OP_RESERVED << -1 << 0 << "01"_hex_v_u8 << 2 << 3 << 4 << 5 << 6 << 7 << 8 << 9 << 10 << 11 << 12 << 13 << 14 << 15 << 16;
+    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << OP_RESERVED << -1 << 0 << "01"_hex << 2 << 3 << 4 << 5 << 6 << 7 << 8 << 9 << 10 << 11 << 12 << 13 << 14 << 15 << 16;
     CheckIsStandard(t);
-    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << 0 << "01"_hex_v_u8 << 2 << "ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"_hex_v_u8;
+    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << 0 << "01"_hex << 2 << "ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"_hex;
     CheckIsStandard(t);
 
     // ...so long as it only contains PUSHDATA's
@@ -883,13 +883,13 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IsStandard)
 
     // Only one TxoutType::NULL_DATA permitted in all cases
     t.vout.resize(2);
-    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38"_hex_v_u8;
+    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38"_hex;
     t.vout[0].nValue = 0;
-    t.vout[1].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38"_hex_v_u8;
+    t.vout[1].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38"_hex;
     t.vout[1].nValue = 0;
     CheckIsNotStandard(t, "multi-op-return");
 
-    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38"_hex_v_u8;
+    t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN << "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38"_hex;
     t.vout[1].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_RETURN;
     CheckIsNotStandard(t, "multi-op-return");
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/test/ismine_tests.cpp b/src/wallet/test/ismine_tests.cpp
index 8deab74facfc9..f6688ed30a030 100644
--- a/src/wallet/test/ismine_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/test/ismine_tests.cpp
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ismine_standard)
         BOOST_CHECK(keystore.GetLegacyScriptPubKeyMan()->AddKey(keys[0]));
 
         scriptPubKey.clear();
-        scriptPubKey << OP_0 << "aabb"_hex_v_u8;
+        scriptPubKey << OP_0 << "aabb"_hex;
 
         result = keystore.GetLegacyScriptPubKeyMan()->IsMine(scriptPubKey);
         BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(result, ISMINE_NO);
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ismine_standard)
         BOOST_CHECK(keystore.GetLegacyScriptPubKeyMan()->AddKey(keys[0]));
 
         scriptPubKey.clear();
-        scriptPubKey << OP_16 << "aabb"_hex_v_u8;
+        scriptPubKey << OP_16 << "aabb"_hex;
 
         result = keystore.GetLegacyScriptPubKeyMan()->IsMine(scriptPubKey);
         BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(result, ISMINE_NO);