diff --git a/dev/scripts/src/scripts/populateTxAndSign.ts b/dev/scripts/src/scripts/populateTxAndSign.ts
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index 8ace8b8560..0000000000
--- a/dev/scripts/src/scripts/populateTxAndSign.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2021-2024 Prosopo (UK) Ltd.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-// #!/usr/bin/env node
-// import { hexToString, hexToU8a, u8aToHex } from '@polkadot/util'
-// import { Environment } from '../src/env'
-// import { blake2AsU8a, encodeAddress } from '@polkadot/util-crypto'
-// import { Option, GenericAccountId } from '@polkadot/types'
-//
-// require('dotenv').config()
-
-// async function main () {
-//     const env = new Environment(undefined)
-//     await env.isReady()
-//     const contractApi = new ProsopoContractApi(env)
-//     const serviceOrigin = 'http://localhost:9229'
-//     const dappContract = '5FLSigC9HGRKVhB9FiEo4Y3koPsNmBmLJbpXg2mp1hXcS59Y'
-//     const mnemonic = '//Alice'
-//
-//     if (mnemonic) {
-//         const signerPair = env.network.keyring.addFromMnemonic(mnemonic)
-//         const senderAddress = signerPair.address
-//         const davePair = env.network.keyring.addFromMnemonic('//Dave')
-//         console.log(davePair.address)
-//         // let emptyOption: <T extends Codec> (typeName: keyof InterfaceTypes) => Option<T>;
-//         const args = [serviceOrigin, dappContract, new Option(env.network.registry, GenericAccountId)]
-//         const method = 'dappRegister'
-//         const encodedArgs = contractApi.encodeArgs(method, args)
-//         console.log(new Option(env.network.registry, GenericAccountId).toU8a())
-//         // console.log(u8aToHex(encodedArgs));
-//         console.log(encodedArgs)
-//         const populatedTx = await env.contract?.populateTransaction.dappRegister(...encodedArgs, { gasLimit: 8705000000 })
-//         console.log(encodeAddress(populatedTx!.callParams!.dest))
-//         console.log(populatedTx!.callParams!.gasLimit.toString())
-//         console.log(u8aToHex(populatedTx!.callParams!.inputData))
-//         const payload = u8aToHex(populatedTx!.callParams!.inputData)
-//         console.log('Payload generated with no signer present in environment\n')
-//         console.log(`Payload: ${payload}`)
-//         await env.changeSigner(mnemonic)
-//         const signature = signerPair.sign(hexToU8a(payload), { withType: true })
-//         console.log(`Signature: ${u8aToHex(signature)}`)
-//         console.log(`Decoding 0x42b45efa: ${hexToString('0x42b45efa')}`)
-//         console.log(`Decoding 0x1501: ${hexToString('0x1501')}`)
-//         // decodeU8a
-//         console.log(new Option(env.network.registry, GenericAccountId, null).toU8a())
-//         process.exit(0)
-//     }
-// }
-//
-// main()
-//     .catch((error) => {
-//         console.error(error)
-//         process.exit()
-//     })
diff --git a/packages/common/src/signer.ts b/packages/common/src/signer.ts
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index 6c30ba9913..0000000000
--- a/packages/common/src/signer.ts
+++ /dev/null
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-// Copyright 2021-2024 Prosopo (UK) Ltd.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-// Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/react-signer authors & contributors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-import { objectSpread } from '@polkadot/util/object'
-import type { KeyringPair } from '@polkadot/keyring/types'
-import type { Registry, SignerPayloadJSON } from '@polkadot/types/types'
-import type { Signer, SignerResult } from '@polkadot/api/types'
-
-let id = 0
-
-export default class AccountSigner implements Signer {
-    readonly #keyringPair: KeyringPair
-    readonly #registry: Registry
-
-    constructor(registry: Registry, keyringPair: KeyringPair) {
-        this.#keyringPair = keyringPair
-        this.#registry = registry
-    }
-
-    public async signPayload(payload: SignerPayloadJSON): Promise<SignerResult> {
-        return new Promise((resolve): void => {
-            const signed = this.#registry
-                .createType('ExtrinsicPayload', payload, { version: payload.version })
-                .sign(this.#keyringPair)
-
-            resolve(objectSpread({ id: ++id }, signed))
-        })
-    }
-}