diff --git a/substrate/Cargo.lock b/substrate/Cargo.lock
index fa7bc74ae1..1cd16f2897 100644
--- a/substrate/Cargo.lock
+++ b/substrate/Cargo.lock
@@ -8913,13 +8913,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "subkey"
 version = "2.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "frame-system",
- "node-primitives",
- "node-runtime",
  "sc-cli",
- "sp-core",
  "structopt",
- "substrate-frame-cli",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/Cargo.toml b/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/Cargo.toml
index fa0b345bc8..e445749c2c 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,13 +16,5 @@ name = "subkey"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-node-runtime = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../../node/runtime" }
-node-primitives = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../../node/primitives" }
 sc-cli = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../../client/cli" }
-substrate-frame-cli = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../../../utils/frame/frame-utilities-cli" }
 structopt = "0.3.14"
-frame-system = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../../../frame/system" }
-sp-core = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../../../primitives/core" }
-
-[features]
-bench = []
diff --git a/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/src/lib.rs b/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/src/lib.rs
index 5f7787f022..e7243fbd43 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ use sc_cli::{
 	Error, VanityCmd, SignCmd, VerifyCmd, GenerateNodeKeyCmd, GenerateCmd, InspectKeyCmd,
 	InspectNodeKeyCmd
 };
-use substrate_frame_cli::ModuleIdCmd;
-use sp_core::crypto::Ss58Codec;
 
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
 #[structopt(
@@ -44,9 +42,6 @@ pub enum Subkey {
 	/// Print the peer ID corresponding to the node key in the given file
 	InspectNodeKey(InspectNodeKeyCmd),
 
-	/// Inspect a module ID address
-	ModuleId(ModuleIdCmd),
-
 	/// Sign a message, with a given (secret) key.
 	Sign(SignCmd),
 
@@ -58,21 +53,14 @@ pub enum Subkey {
 }
 
 /// Run the subkey command, given the apropriate runtime.
-pub fn run<R>() -> Result<(), Error>
-	where
-		R: frame_system::Config,
-		R::AccountId: Ss58Codec
-{
+pub fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	match Subkey::from_args() {
-		Subkey::GenerateNodeKey(cmd) => cmd.run()?,
-		Subkey::Generate(cmd) => cmd.run()?,
-		Subkey::Inspect(cmd) => cmd.run()?,
-		Subkey::InspectNodeKey(cmd) => cmd.run()?,
-		Subkey::ModuleId(cmd) => cmd.run::<R>()?,
-		Subkey::Vanity(cmd) => cmd.run()?,
-		Subkey::Verify(cmd) => cmd.run()?,
-		Subkey::Sign(cmd) => cmd.run()?,
-	};
-
-	Ok(())
+		Subkey::GenerateNodeKey(cmd) => cmd.run(),
+		Subkey::Generate(cmd) => cmd.run(),
+		Subkey::Inspect(cmd) => cmd.run(),
+		Subkey::InspectNodeKey(cmd) => cmd.run(),
+		Subkey::Vanity(cmd) => cmd.run(),
+		Subkey::Verify(cmd) => cmd.run(),
+		Subkey::Sign(cmd) => cmd.run(),
+	}
 }
diff --git a/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/src/main.rs b/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/src/main.rs
index 39f2f9e2e5..2a0f085071 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/src/main.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/utils/subkey/src/main.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 //! Subkey utility, based on node_runtime.
 
-use node_runtime::Runtime;
-
 fn main() -> Result<(), sc_cli::Error> {
-	subkey::run::<Runtime>()
+	subkey::run()
 }