diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useTxBatch.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useTxBatch.ts
index 43cc43d054..db16c357c8 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/useTxBatch.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useTxBatch.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function useTxBatchImpl (txs?: SubmittableExtrinsic<'promise'>[] | null | false,
   const [batchSize, setBatchSize] = useState(() => Math.floor(options?.max || 64));
 
   useEffect((): void => {
-    txs && txs.length && allAccounts[0] && api.call.transactionPaymentApi &&
+    txs && txs.length && allAccounts[0] && txs[0].hasPaymentInfo &&
       nextTick(async (): Promise<void> => {
         try {
           const paymentInfo = await txs[0].paymentInfo(allAccounts[0]);
diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/PaymentInfo.tsx b/packages/react-signer/src/PaymentInfo.tsx
index abfe49d5d6..1fa4461a01 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/PaymentInfo.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/PaymentInfo.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function PaymentInfo ({ accountId, className = '', extrinsic }: Props): React.Re
   const mountedRef = useIsMountedRef();
 
   useEffect((): void => {
-    accountId && extrinsic && api.call.transactionPaymentApi &&
+    accountId && extrinsic && extrinsic.hasPaymentInfo &&
       nextTick(async (): Promise<void> => {
         try {
           const info = await extrinsic.paymentInfo(accountId);