diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs
index 48eab34d1..9dfeee123 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ module Hledger.Data.Amount (
   withInternalPrecision,
   setAmountDecimalPoint,
   withDecimalPoint,
+  amountStripPrices,
   canonicaliseAmount,
   -- * MixedAmount
   nullmixedamt,
@@ -376,6 +377,10 @@ setAmountDecimalPoint mc a@Amount{ astyle=s } = a{ astyle=s{asdecimalpoint=mc} }
 withDecimalPoint :: Amount -> Maybe Char -> Amount
 withDecimalPoint = flip setAmountDecimalPoint
 
+-- | Strip all prices from an Amount
+amountStripPrices :: Amount -> Amount
+amountStripPrices a = a{aprice=Nothing}
+
 showAmountPrice :: Amount -> WideBuilder
 showAmountPrice amt = case aprice amt of
     Nothing              -> mempty
@@ -914,8 +919,9 @@ mixedAmountSetPrecision p = mapMixedAmount (amountSetPrecision p)
 mixedAmountSetFullPrecision :: MixedAmount -> MixedAmount
 mixedAmountSetFullPrecision = mapMixedAmount amountSetFullPrecision
 
+-- | Strip all prices from a MixedAmount.
 mixedAmountStripPrices :: MixedAmount -> MixedAmount
-mixedAmountStripPrices = mapMixedAmount (\a -> a{aprice=Nothing})
+mixedAmountStripPrices = mapMixedAmount amountStripPrices
 
 -- | Canonicalise a mixed amount's display styles using the provided commodity style map.
 canonicaliseMixedAmount :: M.Map CommoditySymbol AmountStyle -> MixedAmount -> MixedAmount
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
index b8867166d..53df742df 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
@@ -875,13 +875,13 @@ journalBalanceTransactions assrt j' =
 balanceTransactionAndCheckAssertionsB :: Either Posting Transaction -> Balancing s ()
 balanceTransactionAndCheckAssertionsB (Left p@Posting{}) =
   -- update the account's running balance and check the balance assertion if any
-  void $ addAmountAndCheckAssertionB $ removePrices p
+  void . addAmountAndCheckAssertionB $ postingStripPrices p
 balanceTransactionAndCheckAssertionsB (Right t@Transaction{tpostings=ps}) = do
   -- make sure we can handle the balance assignments
   mapM_ checkIllegalBalanceAssignmentB ps
   -- for each posting, infer its amount from the balance assignment if applicable,
   -- update the account's running balance and check the balance assertion if any
-  ps' <- forM ps $ \p -> pure (removePrices p) >>= addOrAssignAmountAndCheckAssertionB
+  ps' <- mapM (addOrAssignAmountAndCheckAssertionB . postingStripPrices) ps
   -- infer any remaining missing amounts, and make sure the transaction is now fully balanced
   styles <- R.reader bsStyles
   case balanceTransactionHelper styles t{tpostings=ps'} of
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
index c06bbbf16..b980b6744 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module Hledger.Data.Posting (
   postingAllTags,
   transactionAllTags,
   relatedPostings,
-  removePrices,
+  postingStripPrices,
   postingApplyAliases,
   -- * date operations
   postingDate,
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ sumPostings :: [Posting] -> MixedAmount
 sumPostings = foldl' (\amt p -> maPlus amt $ pamount p) nullmixedamt
 
 -- | Remove all prices of a posting
-removePrices :: Posting -> Posting
-removePrices = postingTransformAmount (mapMixedAmount $ \a -> a{aprice=Nothing})
+postingStripPrices :: Posting -> Posting
+postingStripPrices = postingTransformAmount mixedAmountStripPrices
 
 -- | Get a posting's (primary) date - it's own primary date if specified,
 -- otherwise the parent transaction's primary date, or the null date if
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs
index 052d5be1c..600d1bcac 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ postingsReport rspec@ReportSpec{rsOpts=ropts@ReportOpts{..}} j = items
             reportPeriodOrJournalLastDay rspec j
 
       -- Posting report does not use prices after valuation, so remove them.
-      displaypsnoprices = map (\(p,md) -> (removePrices p, md)) displayps
+      displaypsnoprices = map (\(p,md) -> (postingStripPrices p, md)) displayps
 
       -- Posting report items ready for display.
       items =