diff --git a/api/src/transactions.rs b/api/src/transactions.rs
index 56495de0ad2c6..24e4a1c26c87a 100644
--- a/api/src/transactions.rs
+++ b/api/src/transactions.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ use aptos_api_types::{
     AsConverter, EncodeSubmissionRequest, GasEstimation, GasEstimationBcs, HashValue,
     HexEncodedBytes, LedgerInfo, MoveType, PendingTransaction, SubmitTransactionRequest,
     Transaction, TransactionData, TransactionOnChainData, TransactionsBatchSingleSubmissionFailure,
-    TransactionsBatchSubmissionResult, UserTransaction, VerifyInput, VerifyInputWithRecursion,
-    MAX_RECURSIVE_TYPES_ALLOWED, U64,
+    TransactionsBatchSubmissionResult, UserTransaction, VerifyInput, VerifyInputWithRecursion, U64,
 };
 use aptos_crypto::{hash::CryptoHash, signing_message};
 use aptos_types::{
@@ -1041,10 +1040,12 @@ impl TransactionsApi {
         ledger_info: &LedgerInfo,
         data: SubmitTransactionPost,
     ) -> Result<SignedTransaction, SubmitTransactionError> {
+        pub const MAX_SIGNED_TRANSACTION_DEPTH: usize = 16;
+
         match data {
             SubmitTransactionPost::Bcs(data) => {
                 let signed_transaction: SignedTransaction =
-                    bcs::from_bytes_with_limit(&data.0, MAX_RECURSIVE_TYPES_ALLOWED as usize)
+                    bcs::from_bytes_with_limit(&data.0, MAX_SIGNED_TRANSACTION_DEPTH)
                         .context("Failed to deserialize input into SignedTransaction")
                         .map_err(|err| {
                             SubmitTransactionError::bad_request_with_code(
diff --git a/api/types/src/move_types.rs b/api/types/src/move_types.rs
index 45a1c0111e118..3b0efb62b9bd6 100644
--- a/api/types/src/move_types.rs
+++ b/api/types/src/move_types.rs
@@ -523,12 +523,7 @@ pub enum MoveType {
 
 /// Maximum number of recursive types - Same as (non-public)
 /// move_core_types::safe_serialize::MAX_TYPE_TAG_NESTING
-/// We keep 16 for legacy tests
-pub const MAX_RECURSIVE_TYPES_ALLOWED: u8 = if cfg!(test) {
-    16
-} else {
-    8 // = move_core_types::safe_serialize::MAX_TYPE_TAG_NESTING
-};
+pub const MAX_RECURSIVE_TYPES_ALLOWED: u8 = 8;
 
 impl VerifyInputWithRecursion for MoveType {
     fn verify(&self, recursion_count: u8) -> anyhow::Result<()> {