diff --git a/codegen/src/api/mod.rs b/codegen/src/api/mod.rs
index 0a3dd05d0d..68ea2a4b2e 100644
--- a/codegen/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/codegen/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ impl RuntimeGenerator {
                 "frame_support::traits::misc::WrapperKeepOpaque",
                 parse_quote!(::subxt::WrapperKeepOpaque),
             ),
-            // We override this because it's used as a key in a BTreeMap, and so we
-            // need to implement some extra derives for it for that to compile.
-            (
-                "sp_npos_elections::ElectionScore",
-                parse_quote!(::subxt::ElectionScore),
-            ),
+            // BTreeMap and BTreeSet impose an `Ord` constraint on their key types. This
+            // can cause an issue with generated code that doesn't impl `Ord` by default.
+            // Decoding them to Vec by default (KeyedVec is just an alias for Vec with
+            // suitable type params) avoids these issues.
+            ("BTreeMap", parse_quote!(::subxt::KeyedVec)),
+            ("BTreeSet", parse_quote!(::std::vec::Vec)),
         ]
         .iter()
         .map(|(path, substitute): &(&str, syn::TypePath)| {
diff --git a/subxt/src/lib.rs b/subxt/src/lib.rs
index 5fb4bdf320..ccd8a91127 100644
--- a/subxt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/subxt/src/lib.rs
@@ -242,40 +242,7 @@ impl<T> PhantomDataSendSync<T> {
 unsafe impl<T> Send for PhantomDataSendSync<T> {}
 unsafe impl<T> Sync for PhantomDataSendSync<T> {}
 
-/// [`ElectionScore`] overrides any generated instance of `sp_npos_elections::ElectionScore` found
-/// in the metadata, so that we can add some extra derives required for it to be used as the key
-/// in a [`std::collections::BTreeMap`].
-#[derive(Encode, Decode, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct ElectionScore {
-    /// The minimal winner, in terms of total backing stake.
-    ///
-    /// This parameter should be maximized.
-    pub minimal_stake: u128,
-    /// The sum of the total backing of all winners.
-    ///
-    /// This parameter should maximized
-    pub sum_stake: u128,
-    /// The sum squared of the total backing of all winners, aka. the variance.
-    ///
-    /// Ths parameter should be minimized.
-    pub sum_stake_squared: u128,
-}
-
-// These are copied from the original impl; they don't affect encoding/decoding but help
-// to keep the ordering the same if we then work with the decoded results.
-impl Ord for ElectionScore {
-    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
-        // we delegate this to the lexicographic cmp of slices`, and to incorporate that we want the
-        // third element to be minimized, we swap them.
-        [self.minimal_stake, self.sum_stake, other.sum_stake_squared].cmp(&[
-            other.minimal_stake,
-            other.sum_stake,
-            self.sum_stake_squared,
-        ])
-    }
-}
-impl PartialOrd for ElectionScore {
-    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
-        Some(self.cmp(other))
-    }
-}
+/// This represents a key-value collection and is SCALE compatible
+/// with collections like BTreeMap. This has the same type params
+/// as `BTreeMap` which allows us to easily swap the two during codegen.
+pub type KeyedVec<K, V> = Vec<(K, V)>;
diff --git a/subxt/tests/integration/codegen/polkadot.rs b/subxt/tests/integration/codegen/polkadot.rs
index 290ffa0447..99641f1616 100644
--- a/subxt/tests/integration/codegen/polkadot.rs
+++ b/subxt/tests/integration/codegen/polkadot.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Note [jsdw]: generated from polkadot 0.9.13-82616422d0-aarch64-macos
 #[allow(dead_code, unused_imports, non_camel_case_types)]
 pub mod api {
     use super::api as root_mod;
@@ -20073,9 +20074,7 @@ pub mod api {
                     #[derive(
                         :: subxt :: codec :: Encode, :: subxt :: codec :: Decode, Debug,
                     )]
-                    pub struct BoundedBTreeMap<_0, _1>(
-                        pub ::std::collections::BTreeMap<_0, _1>,
-                    );
+                    pub struct BoundedBTreeMap<_0, _1>(pub ::subxt::KeyedVec<_0, _1>);
                 }
                 pub mod bounded_vec {
                     use super::runtime_types;
@@ -23047,7 +23046,7 @@ pub mod api {
             #[derive(:: subxt :: codec :: Encode, :: subxt :: codec :: Decode, Debug)]
             pub struct EraRewardPoints<_0> {
                 pub total: ::core::primitive::u32,
-                pub individual: ::std::collections::BTreeMap<_0, ::core::primitive::u32>,
+                pub individual: ::subxt::KeyedVec<_0, ::core::primitive::u32>,
             }
             #[derive(:: subxt :: codec :: Encode, :: subxt :: codec :: Decode, Debug)]
             pub struct Exposure<_0, _1> {