diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 183d196a7b4..495b57b6471 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   kernel/mempool_removal_reason.h \
   kernel/messagestartchars.h \
   kernel/notifications_interface.h \
-  kernel/validation_cache_sizes.h \
   kernel/warning.h \
   key.h \
   key_io.h \
@@ -240,7 +239,6 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   node/txreconciliation.h \
   node/types.h \
   node/utxo_snapshot.h \
-  node/validation_cache_args.h \
   node/warnings.h \
   noui.h \
   outputtype.h \
@@ -445,7 +443,6 @@ libbitcoin_node_a_SOURCES = \
   node/transaction.cpp \
   node/txreconciliation.cpp \
   node/utxo_snapshot.cpp \
-  node/validation_cache_args.cpp \
   node/warnings.cpp \
   noui.cpp \
   policy/fees.cpp \
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-chainstate.cpp b/src/bitcoin-chainstate.cpp
index ecbdcd48bb3..98af162b4d4 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-chainstate.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-chainstate.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h>
 #include <kernel/checks.h>
 #include <kernel/context.h>
-#include <kernel/validation_cache_sizes.h>
 #include <kernel/warning.h>
 
 #include <consensus/validation.h>
@@ -63,13 +62,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     // properly
     assert(kernel::SanityChecks(kernel_context));
 
-    // Necessary for CheckInputScripts (eventually called by ProcessNewBlock),
-    // which will try the script cache first and fall back to actually
-    // performing the check with the signature cache.
-    kernel::ValidationCacheSizes validation_cache_sizes{};
-    Assert(InitSignatureCache(validation_cache_sizes.signature_cache_bytes));
-    Assert(InitScriptExecutionCache(validation_cache_sizes.script_execution_cache_bytes));
-
     ValidationSignals validation_signals{std::make_unique<util::ImmediateTaskRunner>()};
 
     class KernelNotifications : public kernel::Notifications
diff --git a/src/cuckoocache.h b/src/cuckoocache.h
index df320ed4653..83701793952 100644
--- a/src/cuckoocache.h
+++ b/src/cuckoocache.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <limits>
 #include <memory>
-#include <optional>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -360,16 +359,15 @@ public:
      * structure
      * @returns A pair of the maximum number of elements storable (see setup()
      * documentation for more detail) and the approximate total size of these
-     * elements in bytes or std::nullopt if the size requested is too large.
+     * elements in bytes.
      */
-    std::optional<std::pair<uint32_t, size_t>> setup_bytes(size_t bytes)
+    std::pair<uint32_t, size_t> setup_bytes(size_t bytes)
     {
-        size_t requested_num_elems = bytes / sizeof(Element);
-        if (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max() < requested_num_elems) {
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
+        uint32_t requested_num_elems(std::min<size_t>(
+            bytes / sizeof(Element),
+            std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()));
 
-        auto num_elems = setup(bytes/sizeof(Element));
+        auto num_elems = setup(requested_num_elems);
 
         size_t approx_size_bytes = num_elems * sizeof(Element);
         return std::make_pair(num_elems, approx_size_bytes);
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index acee0954bff..e4b65fbfa94 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <init.h>
 
 #include <kernel/checks.h>
-#include <kernel/validation_cache_sizes.h>
 
 #include <addrman.h>
 #include <banman.h>
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@
 #include <node/mempool_persist_args.h>
 #include <node/miner.h>
 #include <node/peerman_args.h>
-#include <node/validation_cache_args.h>
 #include <policy/feerate.h>
 #include <policy/fees.h>
 #include <policy/fees_args.h>
@@ -119,7 +117,6 @@
 using common::AmountErrMsg;
 using common::InvalidPortErrMsg;
 using common::ResolveErrMsg;
-using kernel::ValidationCacheSizes;
 
 using node::ApplyArgsManOptions;
 using node::BlockManager;
@@ -619,7 +616,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
     argsman.AddArg("-test=<option>", "Pass a test-only option. Options include : " + Join(TEST_OPTIONS_DOC, ", ") + ".", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     argsman.AddArg("-capturemessages", "Capture all P2P messages to disk", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     argsman.AddArg("-mocktime=<n>", "Replace actual time with " + UNIX_EPOCH_TIME + " (default: 0)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
-    argsman.AddArg("-maxsigcachesize=<n>", strprintf("Limit sum of signature cache and script execution cache sizes to <n> MiB (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_BYTES >> 20), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
+    argsman.AddArg("-maxsigcachesize=<n>", strprintf("Limit sum of signature cache and script execution cache sizes to <n> MiB (default: %u)", DEFAULT_VALIDATION_CACHE_BYTES >> 20), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     argsman.AddArg("-maxtipage=<n>",
                    strprintf("Maximum tip age in seconds to consider node in initial block download (default: %u)",
                              Ticks<std::chrono::seconds>(DEFAULT_MAX_TIP_AGE)),
@@ -1154,14 +1151,6 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info)
                   args.GetArg("-datadir", ""), fs::PathToString(fs::current_path()));
     }
 
-    ValidationCacheSizes validation_cache_sizes{};
-    ApplyArgsManOptions(args, validation_cache_sizes);
-    if (!InitSignatureCache(validation_cache_sizes.signature_cache_bytes)
-        || !InitScriptExecutionCache(validation_cache_sizes.script_execution_cache_bytes))
-    {
-        return InitError(strprintf(_("Unable to allocate memory for -maxsigcachesize: '%s' MiB"), args.GetIntArg("-maxsigcachesize", DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_BYTES >> 20)));
-    }
-
     assert(!node.scheduler);
     node.scheduler = std::make_unique<CScheduler>();
     auto& scheduler = *node.scheduler;
diff --git a/src/kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h b/src/kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h
index 076841c3c9d..1b605f3d55d 100644
--- a/src/kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h
+++ b/src/kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <arith_uint256.h>
 #include <dbwrapper.h>
+#include <script/sigcache.h>
 #include <txdb.h>
 #include <uint256.h>
 #include <util/time.h>
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ struct ChainstateManagerOpts {
     ValidationSignals* signals{nullptr};
     //! Number of script check worker threads. Zero means no parallel verification.
     int worker_threads_num{0};
+    size_t script_execution_cache_bytes{DEFAULT_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_CACHE_BYTES};
+    size_t signature_cache_bytes{DEFAULT_SIGNATURE_CACHE_BYTES};
 };
 
 } // namespace kernel
diff --git a/src/kernel/validation_cache_sizes.h b/src/kernel/validation_cache_sizes.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 72e4d1a52cc..00000000000
--- a/src/kernel/validation_cache_sizes.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
-// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-#ifndef BITCOIN_KERNEL_VALIDATION_CACHE_SIZES_H
-#define BITCOIN_KERNEL_VALIDATION_CACHE_SIZES_H
-
-#include <script/sigcache.h>
-
-#include <cstddef>
-#include <limits>
-
-namespace kernel {
-struct ValidationCacheSizes {
-    size_t signature_cache_bytes{DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_BYTES / 2};
-    size_t script_execution_cache_bytes{DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_BYTES / 2};
-};
-}
-
-#endif // BITCOIN_KERNEL_VALIDATION_CACHE_SIZES_H
diff --git a/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp b/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp
index bc4a815a3ed..39b5f3ad3e5 100644
--- a/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp
+++ b/src/node/chainstatemanager_args.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ util::Result<void> ApplyArgsManOptions(const ArgsManager& args, ChainstateManage
     opts.worker_threads_num = std::clamp(script_threads - 1, 0, MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS);
     LogPrintf("Script verification uses %d additional threads\n", opts.worker_threads_num);
 
+    if (auto max_size = args.GetIntArg("-maxsigcachesize")) {
+        // 1. When supplied with a max_size of 0, both the signature cache and
+        //    script execution cache create the minimum possible cache (2
+        //    elements). Therefore, we can use 0 as a floor here.
+        // 2. Multiply first, divide after to avoid integer truncation.
+        size_t clamped_size_each = std::max<int64_t>(*max_size, 0) * (1 << 20) / 2;
+        opts.script_execution_cache_bytes = clamped_size_each;
+        opts.signature_cache_bytes = clamped_size_each;
+    }
+
     return {};
 }
 } // namespace node
diff --git a/src/node/validation_cache_args.cpp b/src/node/validation_cache_args.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index ddf24f798de..00000000000
--- a/src/node/validation_cache_args.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
-// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-#include <node/validation_cache_args.h>
-
-#include <kernel/validation_cache_sizes.h>
-
-#include <common/args.h>
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <cstddef>
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <memory>
-#include <optional>
-
-using kernel::ValidationCacheSizes;
-
-namespace node {
-void ApplyArgsManOptions(const ArgsManager& argsman, ValidationCacheSizes& cache_sizes)
-{
-    if (auto max_size = argsman.GetIntArg("-maxsigcachesize")) {
-        // 1. When supplied with a max_size of 0, both InitSignatureCache and
-        //    InitScriptExecutionCache create the minimum possible cache (2
-        //    elements). Therefore, we can use 0 as a floor here.
-        // 2. Multiply first, divide after to avoid integer truncation.
-        size_t clamped_size_each = std::max<int64_t>(*max_size, 0) * (1 << 20) / 2;
-        cache_sizes = {
-            .signature_cache_bytes = clamped_size_each,
-            .script_execution_cache_bytes = clamped_size_each,
-        };
-    }
-}
-} // namespace node
diff --git a/src/node/validation_cache_args.h b/src/node/validation_cache_args.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f447c13b49f..00000000000
--- a/src/node/validation_cache_args.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
-// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-#ifndef BITCOIN_NODE_VALIDATION_CACHE_ARGS_H
-#define BITCOIN_NODE_VALIDATION_CACHE_ARGS_H
-
-class ArgsManager;
-namespace kernel {
-struct ValidationCacheSizes;
-};
-
-namespace node {
-void ApplyArgsManOptions(const ArgsManager& argsman, kernel::ValidationCacheSizes& cache_sizes);
-} // namespace node
-
-#endif // BITCOIN_NODE_VALIDATION_CACHE_ARGS_H
diff --git a/src/script/sigcache.cpp b/src/script/sigcache.cpp
index 7c6c282cc47..33531e6bf58 100644
--- a/src/script/sigcache.cpp
+++ b/src/script/sigcache.cpp
@@ -5,125 +5,80 @@
 
 #include <script/sigcache.h>
 
-#include <common/system.h>
+#include <crypto/sha256.h>
 #include <logging.h>
 #include <pubkey.h>
 #include <random.h>
+#include <script/interpreter.h>
+#include <span.h>
 #include <uint256.h>
 
-#include <cuckoocache.h>
-
-#include <algorithm>
 #include <mutex>
-#include <optional>
 #include <shared_mutex>
 #include <vector>
 
-namespace {
-/**
- * Valid signature cache, to avoid doing expensive ECDSA signature checking
- * twice for every transaction (once when accepted into memory pool, and
- * again when accepted into the block chain)
- */
-class CSignatureCache
+SignatureCache::SignatureCache(const size_t max_size_bytes)
 {
-private:
-     //! Entries are SHA256(nonce || 'E' or 'S' || 31 zero bytes || signature hash || public key || signature):
-    CSHA256 m_salted_hasher_ecdsa;
-    CSHA256 m_salted_hasher_schnorr;
-    typedef CuckooCache::cache<uint256, SignatureCacheHasher> map_type;
-    map_type setValid;
-    std::shared_mutex cs_sigcache;
+    uint256 nonce = GetRandHash();
+    // We want the nonce to be 64 bytes long to force the hasher to process
+    // this chunk, which makes later hash computations more efficient. We
+    // just write our 32-byte entropy, and then pad with 'E' for ECDSA and
+    // 'S' for Schnorr (followed by 0 bytes).
+    static constexpr unsigned char PADDING_ECDSA[32] = {'E'};
+    static constexpr unsigned char PADDING_SCHNORR[32] = {'S'};
+    m_salted_hasher_ecdsa.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
+    m_salted_hasher_ecdsa.Write(PADDING_ECDSA, 32);
+    m_salted_hasher_schnorr.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
+    m_salted_hasher_schnorr.Write(PADDING_SCHNORR, 32);
 
-public:
-    CSignatureCache()
-    {
-        uint256 nonce = GetRandHash();
-        // We want the nonce to be 64 bytes long to force the hasher to process
-        // this chunk, which makes later hash computations more efficient. We
-        // just write our 32-byte entropy, and then pad with 'E' for ECDSA and
-        // 'S' for Schnorr (followed by 0 bytes).
-        static constexpr unsigned char PADDING_ECDSA[32] = {'E'};
-        static constexpr unsigned char PADDING_SCHNORR[32] = {'S'};
-        m_salted_hasher_ecdsa.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
-        m_salted_hasher_ecdsa.Write(PADDING_ECDSA, 32);
-        m_salted_hasher_schnorr.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
-        m_salted_hasher_schnorr.Write(PADDING_SCHNORR, 32);
-    }
-
-    void
-    ComputeEntryECDSA(uint256& entry, const uint256 &hash, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, const CPubKey& pubkey) const
-    {
-        CSHA256 hasher = m_salted_hasher_ecdsa;
-        hasher.Write(hash.begin(), 32).Write(pubkey.data(), pubkey.size()).Write(vchSig.data(), vchSig.size()).Finalize(entry.begin());
-    }
-
-    void
-    ComputeEntrySchnorr(uint256& entry, const uint256 &hash, Span<const unsigned char> sig, const XOnlyPubKey& pubkey) const
-    {
-        CSHA256 hasher = m_salted_hasher_schnorr;
-        hasher.Write(hash.begin(), 32).Write(pubkey.data(), pubkey.size()).Write(sig.data(), sig.size()).Finalize(entry.begin());
-    }
-
-    bool
-    Get(const uint256& entry, const bool erase)
-    {
-        std::shared_lock<std::shared_mutex> lock(cs_sigcache);
-        return setValid.contains(entry, erase);
-    }
-
-    void Set(const uint256& entry)
-    {
-        std::unique_lock<std::shared_mutex> lock(cs_sigcache);
-        setValid.insert(entry);
-    }
-    std::optional<std::pair<uint32_t, size_t>> setup_bytes(size_t n)
-    {
-        return setValid.setup_bytes(n);
-    }
-};
-
-/* In previous versions of this code, signatureCache was a local static variable
- * in CachingTransactionSignatureChecker::VerifySignature.  We initialize
- * signatureCache outside of VerifySignature to avoid the atomic operation per
- * call overhead associated with local static variables even though
- * signatureCache could be made local to VerifySignature.
-*/
-static CSignatureCache signatureCache;
-} // namespace
-
-// To be called once in AppInitMain/BasicTestingSetup to initialize the
-// signatureCache.
-bool InitSignatureCache(size_t max_size_bytes)
-{
-    auto setup_results = signatureCache.setup_bytes(max_size_bytes);
-    if (!setup_results) return false;
-
-    const auto [num_elems, approx_size_bytes] = *setup_results;
+    const auto [num_elems, approx_size_bytes] = setValid.setup_bytes(max_size_bytes);
     LogPrintf("Using %zu MiB out of %zu MiB requested for signature cache, able to store %zu elements\n",
               approx_size_bytes >> 20, max_size_bytes >> 20, num_elems);
-    return true;
+}
+
+void SignatureCache::ComputeEntryECDSA(uint256& entry, const uint256& hash, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, const CPubKey& pubkey) const
+{
+    CSHA256 hasher = m_salted_hasher_ecdsa;
+    hasher.Write(hash.begin(), 32).Write(pubkey.data(), pubkey.size()).Write(vchSig.data(), vchSig.size()).Finalize(entry.begin());
+}
+
+void SignatureCache::ComputeEntrySchnorr(uint256& entry, const uint256& hash, Span<const unsigned char> sig, const XOnlyPubKey& pubkey) const
+{
+    CSHA256 hasher = m_salted_hasher_schnorr;
+    hasher.Write(hash.begin(), 32).Write(pubkey.data(), pubkey.size()).Write(sig.data(), sig.size()).Finalize(entry.begin());
+}
+
+bool SignatureCache::Get(const uint256& entry, const bool erase)
+{
+    std::shared_lock<std::shared_mutex> lock(cs_sigcache);
+    return setValid.contains(entry, erase);
+}
+
+void SignatureCache::Set(const uint256& entry)
+{
+    std::unique_lock<std::shared_mutex> lock(cs_sigcache);
+    setValid.insert(entry);
 }
 
 bool CachingTransactionSignatureChecker::VerifyECDSASignature(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, const CPubKey& pubkey, const uint256& sighash) const
 {
     uint256 entry;
-    signatureCache.ComputeEntryECDSA(entry, sighash, vchSig, pubkey);
-    if (signatureCache.Get(entry, !store))
+    m_signature_cache.ComputeEntryECDSA(entry, sighash, vchSig, pubkey);
+    if (m_signature_cache.Get(entry, !store))
         return true;
     if (!TransactionSignatureChecker::VerifyECDSASignature(vchSig, pubkey, sighash))
         return false;
     if (store)
-        signatureCache.Set(entry);
+        m_signature_cache.Set(entry);
     return true;
 }
 
 bool CachingTransactionSignatureChecker::VerifySchnorrSignature(Span<const unsigned char> sig, const XOnlyPubKey& pubkey, const uint256& sighash) const
 {
     uint256 entry;
-    signatureCache.ComputeEntrySchnorr(entry, sighash, sig, pubkey);
-    if (signatureCache.Get(entry, !store)) return true;
+    m_signature_cache.ComputeEntrySchnorr(entry, sighash, sig, pubkey);
+    if (m_signature_cache.Get(entry, !store)) return true;
     if (!TransactionSignatureChecker::VerifySchnorrSignature(sig, pubkey, sighash)) return false;
-    if (store) signatureCache.Set(entry);
+    if (store) m_signature_cache.Set(entry);
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/script/sigcache.h b/src/script/sigcache.h
index d33d60d5bcb..76802e6a7cc 100644
--- a/src/script/sigcache.h
+++ b/src/script/sigcache.h
@@ -6,32 +6,71 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_SCRIPT_SIGCACHE_H
 #define BITCOIN_SCRIPT_SIGCACHE_H
 
+#include <consensus/amount.h>
+#include <crypto/sha256.h>
+#include <cuckoocache.h>
 #include <script/interpreter.h>
 #include <span.h>
+#include <uint256.h>
 #include <util/hasher.h>
 
-#include <optional>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <shared_mutex>
 #include <vector>
 
+class CPubKey;
+class CTransaction;
+class XOnlyPubKey;
+
 // DoS prevention: limit cache size to 32MiB (over 1000000 entries on 64-bit
 // systems). Due to how we count cache size, actual memory usage is slightly
 // more (~32.25 MiB)
-static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_MAX_SIG_CACHE_BYTES{32 << 20};
+static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_VALIDATION_CACHE_BYTES{32 << 20};
+static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_SIGNATURE_CACHE_BYTES{DEFAULT_VALIDATION_CACHE_BYTES / 2};
+static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_CACHE_BYTES{DEFAULT_VALIDATION_CACHE_BYTES / 2};
+static_assert(DEFAULT_VALIDATION_CACHE_BYTES == DEFAULT_SIGNATURE_CACHE_BYTES + DEFAULT_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_CACHE_BYTES);
 
-class CPubKey;
+/**
+ * Valid signature cache, to avoid doing expensive ECDSA signature checking
+ * twice for every transaction (once when accepted into memory pool, and
+ * again when accepted into the block chain)
+ */
+class SignatureCache
+{
+private:
+    //! Entries are SHA256(nonce || 'E' or 'S' || 31 zero bytes || signature hash || public key || signature):
+    CSHA256 m_salted_hasher_ecdsa;
+    CSHA256 m_salted_hasher_schnorr;
+    typedef CuckooCache::cache<uint256, SignatureCacheHasher> map_type;
+    map_type setValid;
+    std::shared_mutex cs_sigcache;
+
+public:
+    SignatureCache(size_t max_size_bytes);
+
+    SignatureCache(const SignatureCache&) = delete;
+    SignatureCache& operator=(const SignatureCache&) = delete;
+
+    void ComputeEntryECDSA(uint256& entry, const uint256 &hash, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, const CPubKey& pubkey) const;
+
+    void ComputeEntrySchnorr(uint256& entry, const uint256 &hash, Span<const unsigned char> sig, const XOnlyPubKey& pubkey) const;
+
+    bool Get(const uint256& entry, const bool erase);
+
+    void Set(const uint256& entry);
+};
 
 class CachingTransactionSignatureChecker : public TransactionSignatureChecker
 {
 private:
     bool store;
+    SignatureCache& m_signature_cache;
 
 public:
-    CachingTransactionSignatureChecker(const CTransaction* txToIn, unsigned int nInIn, const CAmount& amountIn, bool storeIn, PrecomputedTransactionData& txdataIn) : TransactionSignatureChecker(txToIn, nInIn, amountIn, txdataIn, MissingDataBehavior::ASSERT_FAIL), store(storeIn) {}
+    CachingTransactionSignatureChecker(const CTransaction* txToIn, unsigned int nInIn, const CAmount& amountIn, bool storeIn, SignatureCache& signature_cache, PrecomputedTransactionData& txdataIn) : TransactionSignatureChecker(txToIn, nInIn, amountIn, txdataIn, MissingDataBehavior::ASSERT_FAIL), store(storeIn), m_signature_cache(signature_cache)  {}
 
     bool VerifyECDSASignature(const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, const CPubKey& vchPubKey, const uint256& sighash) const override;
     bool VerifySchnorrSignature(Span<const unsigned char> sig, const XOnlyPubKey& pubkey, const uint256& sighash) const override;
 };
 
-[[nodiscard]] bool InitSignatureCache(size_t max_size_bytes);
-
 #endif // BITCOIN_SCRIPT_SIGCACHE_H
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/script_sigcache.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/script_sigcache.cpp
index 5fdbc9e1069..3248ebc4afa 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/script_sigcache.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/script_sigcache.cpp
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@
 
 namespace {
 const BasicTestingSetup* g_setup;
+SignatureCache* g_signature_cache;
 } // namespace
 
 void initialize_script_sigcache()
 {
     static const auto testing_setup = MakeNoLogFileContext<>();
+    static SignatureCache signature_cache{DEFAULT_SIGNATURE_CACHE_BYTES};
     g_setup = testing_setup.get();
+    g_signature_cache = &signature_cache;
 }
 
 FUZZ_TARGET(script_sigcache, .init = initialize_script_sigcache)
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ FUZZ_TARGET(script_sigcache, .init = initialize_script_sigcache)
     const CAmount amount = ConsumeMoney(fuzzed_data_provider);
     const bool store = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBool();
     PrecomputedTransactionData tx_data;
-    CachingTransactionSignatureChecker caching_transaction_signature_checker{mutable_transaction ? &tx : nullptr, n_in, amount, store, tx_data};
+    CachingTransactionSignatureChecker caching_transaction_signature_checker{mutable_transaction ? &tx : nullptr, n_in, amount, store, *g_signature_cache, tx_data};
     if (fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBool()) {
         const auto random_bytes = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBytes<unsigned char>(64);
         const XOnlyPubKey pub_key(ConsumeUInt256(fuzzed_data_provider));
diff --git a/src/test/script_p2sh_tests.cpp b/src/test/script_p2sh_tests.cpp
index 54dcc218b98..f91203cc48f 100644
--- a/src/test/script_p2sh_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/script_p2sh_tests.cpp
@@ -113,13 +113,14 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sign)
     }
     // All of the above should be OK, and the txTos have valid signatures
     // Check to make sure signature verification fails if we use the wrong ScriptSig:
+    SignatureCache signature_cache{DEFAULT_SIGNATURE_CACHE_BYTES};
     for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
         PrecomputedTransactionData txdata(txTo[i]);
         for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
         {
             CScript sigSave = txTo[i].vin[0].scriptSig;
             txTo[i].vin[0].scriptSig = txTo[j].vin[0].scriptSig;
-            bool sigOK = CScriptCheck(txFrom.vout[txTo[i].vin[0].prevout.n], CTransaction(txTo[i]), 0, SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC, false, &txdata)();
+            bool sigOK = CScriptCheck(txFrom.vout[txTo[i].vin[0].prevout.n], CTransaction(txTo[i]), signature_cache, 0, SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC, false, &txdata)();
             if (i == j)
                 BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(sigOK, strprintf("VerifySignature %d %d", i, j));
             else
diff --git a/src/test/script_tests.cpp b/src/test/script_tests.cpp
index 39b53295e77..0d309469ef3 100644
--- a/src/test/script_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/script_tests.cpp
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static std::vector<unsigned int> AllConsensusFlags()
 /** Precomputed list of all valid combinations of consensus-relevant script validation flags. */
 static const std::vector<unsigned int> ALL_CONSENSUS_FLAGS = AllConsensusFlags();
 
-static void AssetTest(const UniValue& test)
+static void AssetTest(const UniValue& test, SignatureCache& signature_cache)
 {
     BOOST_CHECK(test.isObject());
 
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ static void AssetTest(const UniValue& test)
         CTransaction tx(mtx);
         PrecomputedTransactionData txdata;
         txdata.Init(tx, std::vector<CTxOut>(prevouts));
-        CachingTransactionSignatureChecker txcheck(&tx, idx, prevouts[idx].nValue, true, txdata);
+        CachingTransactionSignatureChecker txcheck(&tx, idx, prevouts[idx].nValue, true, signature_cache, txdata);
 
         for (const auto flags : ALL_CONSENSUS_FLAGS) {
             // "final": true tests are valid for all flags. Others are only valid with flags that are
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ static void AssetTest(const UniValue& test)
         CTransaction tx(mtx);
         PrecomputedTransactionData txdata;
         txdata.Init(tx, std::vector<CTxOut>(prevouts));
-        CachingTransactionSignatureChecker txcheck(&tx, idx, prevouts[idx].nValue, true, txdata);
+        CachingTransactionSignatureChecker txcheck(&tx, idx, prevouts[idx].nValue, true, signature_cache, txdata);
 
         for (const auto flags : ALL_CONSENSUS_FLAGS) {
             // If a test is supposed to fail with test_flags, it should also fail with any superset thereof.
@@ -1577,6 +1577,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(script_assets_test)
 {
     // See src/test/fuzz/script_assets_test_minimizer.cpp for information on how to generate
     // the script_assets_test.json file used by this test.
+    SignatureCache signature_cache{DEFAULT_SIGNATURE_CACHE_BYTES};
 
     const char* dir = std::getenv("DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA");
     BOOST_WARN_MESSAGE(dir != nullptr, "Variable DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA unset, skipping script_assets_test");
@@ -1597,7 +1598,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(script_assets_test)
     BOOST_CHECK(tests.size() > 0);
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < tests.size(); i++) {
-        AssetTest(tests[i]);
+        AssetTest(tests[i], signature_cache);
     }
     file.close();
 }
diff --git a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
index 34176626f06..a7fda5865c1 100644
--- a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <policy/settings.h>
 #include <script/script.h>
 #include <script/script_error.h>
+#include <script/sigcache.h>
 #include <script/sign.h>
 #include <script/signingprovider.h>
 #include <script/solver.h>
@@ -578,9 +579,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_big_witness_transaction)
         coins.emplace_back(std::move(coin));
     }
 
+    SignatureCache signature_cache{DEFAULT_SIGNATURE_CACHE_BYTES};
+
     for(uint32_t i = 0; i < mtx.vin.size(); i++) {
         std::vector<CScriptCheck> vChecks;
-        vChecks.emplace_back(coins[tx.vin[i].prevout.n].out, tx, i, SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, false, &txdata);
+        vChecks.emplace_back(coins[tx.vin[i].prevout.n].out, tx, signature_cache, i, SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, false, &txdata);
         control.Add(std::move(vChecks));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp b/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
index 78ef96a15d9..e3b215ad838 100644
--- a/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <consensus/validation.h>
 #include <key.h>
 #include <random.h>
+#include <script/sigcache.h>
 #include <script/sign.h>
 #include <script/signingprovider.h>
 #include <test/util/setup_common.h>
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ struct Dersig100Setup : public TestChain100Setup {
 bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState& state,
                        const CCoinsViewCache& inputs, unsigned int flags, bool cacheSigStore,
                        bool cacheFullScriptStore, PrecomputedTransactionData& txdata,
+                       ValidationCache& validation_cache,
                        std::vector<CScriptCheck>* pvChecks) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main);
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(txvalidationcache_tests)
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(tx_mempool_block_doublespend, Dersig100Setup)
 // should fail.
 // Capture this interaction with the upgraded_nop argument: set it when evaluating
 // any script flag that is implemented as an upgraded NOP code.
-static void ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(const CTransaction &tx, uint32_t failing_flags, bool add_to_cache, CCoinsViewCache& active_coins_tip) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main)
+static void ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(const CTransaction &tx, uint32_t failing_flags, bool add_to_cache, CCoinsViewCache& active_coins_tip, ValidationCache& validation_cache) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main)
 {
     PrecomputedTransactionData txdata;
 
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ static void ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(const CTransaction &tx, uint32_t fail
             // WITNESS requires P2SH
             test_flags |= SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH;
         }
-        bool ret = CheckInputScripts(tx, state, &active_coins_tip, test_flags, true, add_to_cache, txdata, nullptr);
+        bool ret = CheckInputScripts(tx, state, &active_coins_tip, test_flags, true, add_to_cache, txdata, validation_cache, nullptr);
         // CheckInputScripts should succeed iff test_flags doesn't intersect with
         // failing_flags
         bool expected_return_value = !(test_flags & failing_flags);
@@ -150,13 +152,13 @@ static void ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(const CTransaction &tx, uint32_t fail
         if (ret && add_to_cache) {
             // Check that we get a cache hit if the tx was valid
             std::vector<CScriptCheck> scriptchecks;
-            BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(tx, state, &active_coins_tip, test_flags, true, add_to_cache, txdata, &scriptchecks));
+            BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(tx, state, &active_coins_tip, test_flags, true, add_to_cache, txdata, validation_cache, &scriptchecks));
             BOOST_CHECK(scriptchecks.empty());
         } else {
             // Check that we get script executions to check, if the transaction
             // was invalid, or we didn't add to cache.
             std::vector<CScriptCheck> scriptchecks;
-            BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(tx, state, &active_coins_tip, test_flags, true, add_to_cache, txdata, &scriptchecks));
+            BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(tx, state, &active_coins_tip, test_flags, true, add_to_cache, txdata, validation_cache, &scriptchecks));
             BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(scriptchecks.size(), tx.vin.size());
         }
     }
@@ -214,20 +216,20 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, Dersig100Setup)
         TxValidationState state;
         PrecomputedTransactionData ptd_spend_tx;
 
-        BOOST_CHECK(!CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(spend_tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG, true, true, ptd_spend_tx, nullptr));
+        BOOST_CHECK(!CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(spend_tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG, true, true, ptd_spend_tx, m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache, nullptr));
 
         // If we call again asking for scriptchecks (as happens in
         // ConnectBlock), we should add a script check object for this -- we're
         // not caching invalidity (if that changes, delete this test case).
         std::vector<CScriptCheck> scriptchecks;
-        BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(spend_tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG, true, true, ptd_spend_tx, &scriptchecks));
+        BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(spend_tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG, true, true, ptd_spend_tx, m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache, &scriptchecks));
         BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(scriptchecks.size(), 1U);
 
         // Test that CheckInputScripts returns true iff DERSIG-enforcing flags are
         // not present.  Don't add these checks to the cache, so that we can
         // test later that block validation works fine in the absence of cached
         // successes.
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(spend_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG | SCRIPT_VERIFY_LOW_S | SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC, false, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip());
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(spend_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG | SCRIPT_VERIFY_LOW_S | SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC, false, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache);
     }
 
     // And if we produce a block with this tx, it should be valid (DERSIG not
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, Dersig100Setup)
         std::vector<unsigned char> vchSig2(p2pk_scriptPubKey.begin(), p2pk_scriptPubKey.end());
         invalid_under_p2sh_tx.vin[0].scriptSig << vchSig2;
 
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(invalid_under_p2sh_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip());
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(invalid_under_p2sh_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache);
     }
 
     // Test CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY
@@ -276,13 +278,13 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, Dersig100Setup)
         vchSig.push_back((unsigned char)SIGHASH_ALL);
         invalid_with_cltv_tx.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << vchSig << 101;
 
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(invalid_with_cltv_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip());
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(invalid_with_cltv_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache);
 
         // Make it valid, and check again
         invalid_with_cltv_tx.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << vchSig << 100;
         TxValidationState state;
         PrecomputedTransactionData txdata;
-        BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(invalid_with_cltv_tx), state, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY, true, true, txdata, nullptr));
+        BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(invalid_with_cltv_tx), state, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY, true, true, txdata, m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache, nullptr));
     }
 
     // TEST CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY
@@ -304,13 +306,13 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, Dersig100Setup)
         vchSig.push_back((unsigned char)SIGHASH_ALL);
         invalid_with_csv_tx.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << vchSig << 101;
 
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(invalid_with_csv_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip());
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(invalid_with_csv_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache);
 
         // Make it valid, and check again
         invalid_with_csv_tx.vin[0].scriptSig = CScript() << vchSig << 100;
         TxValidationState state;
         PrecomputedTransactionData txdata;
-        BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(invalid_with_csv_tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY, true, true, txdata, nullptr));
+        BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(invalid_with_csv_tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY, true, true, txdata, m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache, nullptr));
     }
 
     // TODO: add tests for remaining script flags
@@ -333,11 +335,11 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, Dersig100Setup)
         UpdateInput(valid_with_witness_tx.vin[0], sigdata);
 
         // This should be valid under all script flags.
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(valid_with_witness_tx), 0, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip());
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(valid_with_witness_tx), 0, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache);
 
         // Remove the witness, and check that it is now invalid.
         valid_with_witness_tx.vin[0].scriptWitness.SetNull();
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(valid_with_witness_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip());
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(valid_with_witness_tx), SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache);
     }
 
     {
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, Dersig100Setup)
         }
 
         // This should be valid under all script flags
-        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(tx), 0, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip());
+        ValidateCheckInputsForAllFlags(CTransaction(tx), 0, true, m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache);
 
         // Check that if the second input is invalid, but the first input is
         // valid, the transaction is not cached.
@@ -372,12 +374,12 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(checkinputs_test, Dersig100Setup)
         TxValidationState state;
         PrecomputedTransactionData txdata;
         // This transaction is now invalid under segwit, because of the second input.
-        BOOST_CHECK(!CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, true, true, txdata, nullptr));
+        BOOST_CHECK(!CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, true, true, txdata, m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache, nullptr));
 
         std::vector<CScriptCheck> scriptchecks;
         // Make sure this transaction was not cached (ie because the first
         // input was valid)
-        BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, true, true, txdata, &scriptchecks));
+        BOOST_CHECK(CheckInputScripts(CTransaction(tx), state, &m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().CoinsTip(), SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, true, true, txdata, m_node.chainman->m_validation_cache, &scriptchecks));
         // Should get 2 script checks back -- caching is on a whole-transaction basis.
         BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(scriptchecks.size(), 2U);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
index 52981bd2dca..5633757b97e 100644
--- a/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 
 #include <test/util/setup_common.h>
 
-#include <kernel/validation_cache_sizes.h>
-
 #include <addrman.h>
 #include <banman.h>
 #include <chainparams.h>
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <node/mempool_args.h>
 #include <node/miner.h>
 #include <node/peerman_args.h>
-#include <node/validation_cache_args.h>
 #include <node/warnings.h>
 #include <noui.h>
 #include <policy/fees.h>
@@ -68,7 +65,6 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 using kernel::BlockTreeDB;
-using kernel::ValidationCacheSizes;
 using node::ApplyArgsManOptions;
 using node::BlockAssembler;
 using node::BlockManager;
@@ -191,11 +187,6 @@ BasicTestingSetup::BasicTestingSetup(const ChainType chainType, const std::vecto
     m_node.ecc_context = std::make_unique<ECC_Context>();
     SetupEnvironment();
 
-    ValidationCacheSizes validation_cache_sizes{};
-    ApplyArgsManOptions(*m_node.args, validation_cache_sizes);
-    Assert(InitSignatureCache(validation_cache_sizes.signature_cache_bytes));
-    Assert(InitScriptExecutionCache(validation_cache_sizes.script_execution_cache_bytes));
-
     m_node.chain = interfaces::MakeChain(m_node);
     static bool noui_connected = false;
     if (!noui_connected) {
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index b390a59a064..939759f0dfd 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ const CBlockIndex* Chainstate::FindForkInGlobalIndex(const CBlockLocator& locato
 bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState& state,
                        const CCoinsViewCache& inputs, unsigned int flags, bool cacheSigStore,
                        bool cacheFullScriptStore, PrecomputedTransactionData& txdata,
+                       ValidationCache& validation_cache,
                        std::vector<CScriptCheck>* pvChecks = nullptr)
                        EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main);
 
@@ -394,7 +395,8 @@ void Chainstate::MaybeUpdateMempoolForReorg(
 * */
 static bool CheckInputsFromMempoolAndCache(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState& state,
                 const CCoinsViewCache& view, const CTxMemPool& pool,
-                unsigned int flags, PrecomputedTransactionData& txdata, CCoinsViewCache& coins_tip)
+                unsigned int flags, PrecomputedTransactionData& txdata, CCoinsViewCache& coins_tip,
+                ValidationCache& validation_cache)
                 EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main, pool.cs)
 {
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
@@ -426,7 +428,7 @@ static bool CheckInputsFromMempoolAndCache(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationS
     }
 
     // Call CheckInputScripts() to cache signature and script validity against current tip consensus rules.
-    return CheckInputScripts(tx, state, view, flags, /* cacheSigStore= */ true, /* cacheFullScriptStore= */ true, txdata);
+    return CheckInputScripts(tx, state, view, flags, /* cacheSigStore= */ true, /* cacheFullScriptStore= */ true, txdata, validation_cache);
 }
 
 namespace {
@@ -716,6 +718,11 @@ private:
         return true;
     }
 
+    ValidationCache& GetValidationCache()
+    {
+        return m_active_chainstate.m_chainman.m_validation_cache;
+    }
+
 private:
     CTxMemPool& m_pool;
     CCoinsViewCache m_view;
@@ -1231,13 +1238,13 @@ bool MemPoolAccept::PolicyScriptChecks(const ATMPArgs& args, Workspace& ws)
 
     // Check input scripts and signatures.
     // This is done last to help prevent CPU exhaustion denial-of-service attacks.
-    if (!CheckInputScripts(tx, state, m_view, scriptVerifyFlags, true, false, ws.m_precomputed_txdata)) {
+    if (!CheckInputScripts(tx, state, m_view, scriptVerifyFlags, true, false, ws.m_precomputed_txdata, GetValidationCache())) {
         // SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK requires SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS, so we
         // need to turn both off, and compare against just turning off CLEANSTACK
         // to see if the failure is specifically due to witness validation.
         TxValidationState state_dummy; // Want reported failures to be from first CheckInputScripts
-        if (!tx.HasWitness() && CheckInputScripts(tx, state_dummy, m_view, scriptVerifyFlags & ~(SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS | SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK), true, false, ws.m_precomputed_txdata) &&
-                !CheckInputScripts(tx, state_dummy, m_view, scriptVerifyFlags & ~SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK, true, false, ws.m_precomputed_txdata)) {
+        if (!tx.HasWitness() && CheckInputScripts(tx, state_dummy, m_view, scriptVerifyFlags & ~(SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS | SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK), true, false, ws.m_precomputed_txdata, GetValidationCache()) &&
+                !CheckInputScripts(tx, state_dummy, m_view, scriptVerifyFlags & ~SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK, true, false, ws.m_precomputed_txdata, GetValidationCache())) {
             // Only the witness is missing, so the transaction itself may be fine.
             state.Invalid(TxValidationResult::TX_WITNESS_STRIPPED,
                     state.GetRejectReason(), state.GetDebugMessage());
@@ -1273,7 +1280,7 @@ bool MemPoolAccept::ConsensusScriptChecks(const ATMPArgs& args, Workspace& ws)
     // transactions into the mempool can be exploited as a DoS attack.
     unsigned int currentBlockScriptVerifyFlags{GetBlockScriptFlags(*m_active_chainstate.m_chain.Tip(), m_active_chainstate.m_chainman)};
     if (!CheckInputsFromMempoolAndCache(tx, state, m_view, m_pool, currentBlockScriptVerifyFlags,
-                                        ws.m_precomputed_txdata, m_active_chainstate.CoinsTip())) {
+                                        ws.m_precomputed_txdata, m_active_chainstate.CoinsTip(), GetValidationCache())) {
         LogPrintf("BUG! PLEASE REPORT THIS! CheckInputScripts failed against latest-block but not STANDARD flags %s, %s\n", hash.ToString(), state.ToString());
         return Assume(false);
     }
@@ -2084,29 +2091,23 @@ void UpdateCoins(const CTransaction& tx, CCoinsViewCache& inputs, CTxUndo &txund
 bool CScriptCheck::operator()() {
     const CScript &scriptSig = ptxTo->vin[nIn].scriptSig;
     const CScriptWitness *witness = &ptxTo->vin[nIn].scriptWitness;
-    return VerifyScript(scriptSig, m_tx_out.scriptPubKey, witness, nFlags, CachingTransactionSignatureChecker(ptxTo, nIn, m_tx_out.nValue, cacheStore, *txdata), &error);
+    return VerifyScript(scriptSig, m_tx_out.scriptPubKey, witness, nFlags, CachingTransactionSignatureChecker(ptxTo, nIn, m_tx_out.nValue, cacheStore, *m_signature_cache, *txdata), &error);
 }
 
-static CuckooCache::cache<uint256, SignatureCacheHasher> g_scriptExecutionCache;
-static CSHA256 g_scriptExecutionCacheHasher;
-
-bool InitScriptExecutionCache(size_t max_size_bytes)
+ValidationCache::ValidationCache(const size_t script_execution_cache_bytes, const size_t signature_cache_bytes)
+    : m_signature_cache{signature_cache_bytes}
 {
     // Setup the salted hasher
     uint256 nonce = GetRandHash();
     // We want the nonce to be 64 bytes long to force the hasher to process
     // this chunk, which makes later hash computations more efficient. We
     // just write our 32-byte entropy twice to fill the 64 bytes.
-    g_scriptExecutionCacheHasher.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
-    g_scriptExecutionCacheHasher.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
+    m_script_execution_cache_hasher.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
+    m_script_execution_cache_hasher.Write(nonce.begin(), 32);
 
-    auto setup_results = g_scriptExecutionCache.setup_bytes(max_size_bytes);
-    if (!setup_results) return false;
-
-    const auto [num_elems, approx_size_bytes] = *setup_results;
+    const auto [num_elems, approx_size_bytes] = m_script_execution_cache.setup_bytes(script_execution_cache_bytes);
     LogPrintf("Using %zu MiB out of %zu MiB requested for script execution cache, able to store %zu elements\n",
-              approx_size_bytes >> 20, max_size_bytes >> 20, num_elems);
-    return true;
+              approx_size_bytes >> 20, script_execution_cache_bytes >> 20, num_elems);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2131,6 +2132,7 @@ bool InitScriptExecutionCache(size_t max_size_bytes)
 bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState& state,
                        const CCoinsViewCache& inputs, unsigned int flags, bool cacheSigStore,
                        bool cacheFullScriptStore, PrecomputedTransactionData& txdata,
+                       ValidationCache& validation_cache,
                        std::vector<CScriptCheck>* pvChecks)
 {
     if (tx.IsCoinBase()) return true;
@@ -2145,10 +2147,10 @@ bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState& state,
     // properly commits to the scriptPubKey in the inputs view of that
     // transaction).
     uint256 hashCacheEntry;
-    CSHA256 hasher = g_scriptExecutionCacheHasher;
+    CSHA256 hasher = validation_cache.ScriptExecutionCacheHasher();
     hasher.Write(UCharCast(tx.GetWitnessHash().begin()), 32).Write((unsigned char*)&flags, sizeof(flags)).Finalize(hashCacheEntry.begin());
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main); //TODO: Remove this requirement by making CuckooCache not require external locks
-    if (g_scriptExecutionCache.contains(hashCacheEntry, !cacheFullScriptStore)) {
+    if (validation_cache.m_script_execution_cache.contains(hashCacheEntry, !cacheFullScriptStore)) {
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -2175,7 +2177,7 @@ bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState& state,
         // spent being checked as a part of CScriptCheck.
 
         // Verify signature
-        CScriptCheck check(txdata.m_spent_outputs[i], tx, i, flags, cacheSigStore, &txdata);
+        CScriptCheck check(txdata.m_spent_outputs[i], tx, validation_cache.m_signature_cache, i, flags, cacheSigStore, &txdata);
         if (pvChecks) {
             pvChecks->emplace_back(std::move(check));
         } else if (!check()) {
@@ -2188,7 +2190,7 @@ bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState& state,
                 // splitting the network between upgraded and
                 // non-upgraded nodes by banning CONSENSUS-failing
                 // data providers.
-                CScriptCheck check2(txdata.m_spent_outputs[i], tx, i,
+                CScriptCheck check2(txdata.m_spent_outputs[i], tx, validation_cache.m_signature_cache, i,
                         flags & ~STANDARD_NOT_MANDATORY_VERIFY_FLAGS, cacheSigStore, &txdata);
                 if (check2())
                     return state.Invalid(TxValidationResult::TX_NOT_STANDARD, strprintf("non-mandatory-script-verify-flag (%s)", ScriptErrorString(check.GetScriptError())));
@@ -2209,7 +2211,7 @@ bool CheckInputScripts(const CTransaction& tx, TxValidationState& state,
     if (cacheFullScriptStore && !pvChecks) {
         // We executed all of the provided scripts, and were told to
         // cache the result. Do so now.
-        g_scriptExecutionCache.insert(hashCacheEntry);
+        validation_cache.m_script_execution_cache.insert(hashCacheEntry);
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -2667,7 +2669,7 @@ bool Chainstate::ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, BlockValidationState& state,
             std::vector<CScriptCheck> vChecks;
             bool fCacheResults = fJustCheck; /* Don't cache results if we're actually connecting blocks (still consult the cache, though) */
             TxValidationState tx_state;
-            if (fScriptChecks && !CheckInputScripts(tx, tx_state, view, flags, fCacheResults, fCacheResults, txsdata[i], parallel_script_checks ? &vChecks : nullptr)) {
+            if (fScriptChecks && !CheckInputScripts(tx, tx_state, view, flags, fCacheResults, fCacheResults, txsdata[i], m_chainman.m_validation_cache, parallel_script_checks ? &vChecks : nullptr)) {
                 // Any transaction validation failure in ConnectBlock is a block consensus failure
                 state.Invalid(BlockValidationResult::BLOCK_CONSENSUS,
                               tx_state.GetRejectReason(), tx_state.GetDebugMessage());
@@ -6249,7 +6251,8 @@ ChainstateManager::ChainstateManager(const util::SignalInterrupt& interrupt, Opt
     : m_script_check_queue{/*batch_size=*/128, options.worker_threads_num},
       m_interrupt{interrupt},
       m_options{Flatten(std::move(options))},
-      m_blockman{interrupt, std::move(blockman_options)}
+      m_blockman{interrupt, std::move(blockman_options)},
+      m_validation_cache{m_options.script_execution_cache_bytes, m_options.signature_cache_bytes}
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index 2f5f2e2b95d..9f99ba796bf 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 #include <attributes.h>
 #include <chain.h>
 #include <checkqueue.h>
-#include <kernel/chain.h>
 #include <consensus/amount.h>
+#include <cuckoocache.h>
 #include <deploymentstatus.h>
+#include <kernel/chain.h>
 #include <kernel/chainparams.h>
 #include <kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h>
 #include <kernel/cs_main.h> // IWYU pragma: export
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <policy/packages.h>
 #include <policy/policy.h>
 #include <script/script_error.h>
+#include <script/sigcache.h>
 #include <sync.h>
 #include <txdb.h>
 #include <txmempool.h> // For CTxMemPool::cs
@@ -340,10 +342,11 @@ private:
     bool cacheStore;
     ScriptError error{SCRIPT_ERR_UNKNOWN_ERROR};
     PrecomputedTransactionData *txdata;
+    SignatureCache* m_signature_cache;
 
 public:
-    CScriptCheck(const CTxOut& outIn, const CTransaction& txToIn, unsigned int nInIn, unsigned int nFlagsIn, bool cacheIn, PrecomputedTransactionData* txdataIn) :
-        m_tx_out(outIn), ptxTo(&txToIn), nIn(nInIn), nFlags(nFlagsIn), cacheStore(cacheIn), txdata(txdataIn) { }
+    CScriptCheck(const CTxOut& outIn, const CTransaction& txToIn, SignatureCache& signature_cache, unsigned int nInIn, unsigned int nFlagsIn, bool cacheIn, PrecomputedTransactionData* txdataIn) :
+        m_tx_out(outIn), ptxTo(&txToIn), nIn(nInIn), nFlags(nFlagsIn), cacheStore(cacheIn), txdata(txdataIn), m_signature_cache(&signature_cache) { }
 
     CScriptCheck(const CScriptCheck&) = delete;
     CScriptCheck& operator=(const CScriptCheck&) = delete;
@@ -360,8 +363,28 @@ static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_assignable_v<CScriptCheck>);
 static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible_v<CScriptCheck>);
 static_assert(std::is_nothrow_destructible_v<CScriptCheck>);
 
-/** Initializes the script-execution cache */
-[[nodiscard]] bool InitScriptExecutionCache(size_t max_size_bytes);
+/**
+ * Convenience class for initializing and passing the script execution cache
+ * and signature cache.
+ */
+class ValidationCache
+{
+private:
+    //! Pre-initialized hasher to avoid having to recreate it for every hash calculation.
+    CSHA256 m_script_execution_cache_hasher;
+
+public:
+    CuckooCache::cache<uint256, SignatureCacheHasher> m_script_execution_cache;
+    SignatureCache m_signature_cache;
+
+    ValidationCache(size_t script_execution_cache_bytes, size_t signature_cache_bytes);
+
+    ValidationCache(const ValidationCache&) = delete;
+    ValidationCache& operator=(const ValidationCache&) = delete;
+
+    //! Return a copy of the pre-initialized hasher.
+    CSHA256 ScriptExecutionCacheHasher() const { return m_script_execution_cache_hasher; }
+};
 
 /** Functions for validating blocks and updating the block tree */
 
@@ -796,7 +819,6 @@ private:
     friend ChainstateManager;
 };
 
-
 enum class SnapshotCompletionResult {
     SUCCESS,
     SKIPPED,
@@ -970,6 +992,8 @@ public:
     //! chainstate to avoid duplicating block metadata.
     node::BlockManager m_blockman;
 
+    ValidationCache m_validation_cache;
+
     /**
      * Whether initial block download has ended and IsInitialBlockDownload
      * should return false from now on.