diff --git a/core/chains/config.go b/core/chains/config.go
index e7f16317cde..3556c33a785 100644
--- a/core/chains/config.go
+++ b/core/chains/config.go
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ package chains
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-
-	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-relay/pkg/logger"
-	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-relay/pkg/types"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -13,20 +10,7 @@ var (
 	ErrNotFound     = errors.New("not found")
 )
 
-type ChainConfig[N Node] interface {
-	GetChainStatus() (types.ChainStatus, error)
-	GetNodeStatus(name string) (types.NodeStatus, error)
-	NodeConfig[N]
-}
-
-type NodeConfig[N Node] interface {
-	ListNodes() (nodes []N, err error)
-	Node(name string) (N, error)
-}
-
 // ChainOpts holds options for configuring a Chain
-type ChainOpts[N Node] interface {
+type ChainOpts interface {
 	Validate() error
-	Logger() logger.Logger
-	ChainConfig() ChainConfig[N]
 }
diff --git a/core/chains/cosmos/chain.go b/core/chains/cosmos/chain.go
index 0f93df1b4ad..c2c7f25f843 100644
--- a/core/chains/cosmos/chain.go
+++ b/core/chains/cosmos/chain.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/cosmos/cosmostxm"
-	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/cosmos/types"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/internal"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/pg"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/services/relay"
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ type ChainOpts struct {
 	DB               *sqlx.DB
 	KeyStore         loop.Keystore
 	EventBroadcaster pg.EventBroadcaster
-	Config           types.Config
 }
 
 func (o *ChainOpts) Validate() (err error) {
@@ -79,20 +77,9 @@ func (o *ChainOpts) Validate() (err error) {
 	if o.EventBroadcaster == nil {
 		err = multierr.Append(err, required("EventBroadcaster"))
 	}
-	if o.Config == nil {
-		err = multierr.Append(err, required("Configs"))
-	}
 	return
 }
 
-func (o *ChainOpts) GetLogger() logger.Logger {
-	return o.Logger
-}
-
-func (o *ChainOpts) ChainConfig() chains.ChainConfig[db.Node] {
-	return o.Config
-}
-
 func NewChain(cfg *CosmosConfig, opts ChainOpts) (adapters.Chain, error) {
 	if !cfg.IsEnabled() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot create new chain with ID %s, the chain is disabled", *cfg.ChainID)
@@ -188,7 +175,7 @@ func (c *chain) getClient(name string) (cosmosclient.ReaderWriter, error) {
 	}
 	client, err := cosmosclient.NewClient(c.id, node.TendermintURL, DefaultRequestTimeout, logger.Named(c.lggr, "Client."+name))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create client: %w")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create client: %w", err)
 	}
 	c.lggr.Debugw("Created client", "name", node.Name, "tendermint-url", node.TendermintURL)
 	return client, nil
diff --git a/core/chains/cosmos/types/types.go b/core/chains/cosmos/types/types.go
index 496a4ee6859..69b086a9706 100644
--- a/core/chains/cosmos/types/types.go
+++ b/core/chains/cosmos/types/types.go
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 package types
 
-import (
-	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos/pkg/cosmos/db"
-
-	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains"
-)
-
-type Config interface {
-	chains.ChainConfig[db.Node]
-}
-
 // NewNode defines a new node to create.
 type NewNode struct {
 	Name          string `json:"name"`
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/chain.go b/core/chains/evm/chain.go
index bc5de62b3eb..39c92252c7f 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/chain.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/chain.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"net/url"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
@@ -55,8 +54,6 @@ type Chain interface {
 	BalanceMonitor() monitor.BalanceMonitor
 	LogPoller() logpoller.LogPoller
 	GasEstimator() gas.EvmFeeEstimator
-
-	//GetNodeStatus(ctx context.Context, name string) (relaytypes.NodeStatus, error)
 }
 
 var (
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ type LegacyChains struct {
 	*chains.ChainsKV[Chain]
 	dflt Chain
 
-	cfgs toml.EVMConfigs //evmtypes.Configs
+	cfgs toml.EVMConfigs
 }
 
 // LegacyChainContainer is container for EVM chains.
@@ -84,6 +81,9 @@ type LegacyChainContainer interface {
 	List(ids ...string) ([]Chain, error)
 	Slice() []Chain
 
+	// BCF-2516: this is only used for EVMORM. When we delete that
+	// we can promote/move the needed funcs from it to LegacyChainContainer
+	// so instead of EVMORM().XYZ() we'd have something like legacyChains.XYZ()
 	ChainNodeConfigs() evmtypes.Configs
 }
 
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ type RelayerConfig struct {
 	MailMon          *utils.MailboxMonitor
 	GasEstimator     gas.EvmFeeEstimator
 
-	init sync.Once
-	//operationalConfigs evmtypes.Configs
-
 	// TODO BCF-2513 remove test code from the API
 	// Gen-functions are useful for dependency injection by tests
 	GenEthClient      func(*big.Int) client.Client
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/chain_test.go b/core/chains/evm/chain_test.go
index 7657c830325..41f498b3e76 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/chain_test.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/chain_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/evm"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/evm/mocks"
@@ -25,8 +24,4 @@ func TestLegacyChains(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, c, got)
 
-	require.NotPanics(t, func() {
-		l = evm.NewLegacyChains(m, nil)
-		assert.NotNil(t, l.ChainNodeConfigs())
-	})
 }
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/config/toml/config.go b/core/chains/evm/config/toml/config.go
index 5edb80e270d..732c06e787b 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/config/toml/config.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/config/toml/config.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (cs EVMConfigs) totalChains() int {
 		if ch == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		total += 1
+		total++
 	}
 	return total
 }
diff --git a/core/chains/starknet/chain.go b/core/chains/starknet/chain.go
index cac6baa0deb..fead94cda60 100644
--- a/core/chains/starknet/chain.go
+++ b/core/chains/starknet/chain.go
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ func (o *ChainOpts) Validate() (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (o *ChainOpts) GetLogger() logger.Logger {
-	return o.Logger
-}
-
 var _ starkChain.Chain = (*chain)(nil)
 
 type chain struct {
diff --git a/core/services/chainlink/relayer_factory.go b/core/services/chainlink/relayer_factory.go
index 7943e34e239..b5e21593981 100644
--- a/core/services/chainlink/relayer_factory.go
+++ b/core/services/chainlink/relayer_factory.go
@@ -230,9 +230,8 @@ func (r *RelayerFactory) NewCosmos(ctx context.Context, config CosmosFactoryConf
 			KeyStore:         loopKs,
 			EventBroadcaster: config.EventBroadcaster,
 		}
-		//	opts.Config = cosmos.New // cosmos.NewConfigs(cosmos.CosmosConfigs{chainCfg})
-		chain, err := cosmos.NewChain(chainCfg, opts)
 
+		chain, err := cosmos.NewChain(chainCfg, opts)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load Cosmos chain %q: %w", relayId, err)
 		}