diff --git a/signer/Cargo.toml b/signer/Cargo.toml
index ddd6517d9d..e85fcaa8e4 100644
--- a/signer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/signer/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ hex = { workspace = true, features = ["alloc"] }
 cfg-if = { workspace = true }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 sp-crypto-hashing = { workspace = true }
-derive_more = { workspace = true }
+snafu = { workspace = true }
 pbkdf2 = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = { workspace = true }
 hmac = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/signer/src/crypto/secret_uri.rs b/signer/src/crypto/secret_uri.rs
index 5148311795..6ee344a3a0 100644
--- a/signer/src/crypto/secret_uri.rs
+++ b/signer/src/crypto/secret_uri.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 use super::DeriveJunction;
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
-use derive_more::Display;
 use regex::Regex;
 use secrecy::SecretString;
+use snafu::Snafu;
 
 // This code is taken from sp_core::crypto::DeriveJunction. The logic should be identical,
 // though the code is tweaked a touch!
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ impl core::str::FromStr for SecretUri {
 }
 
 /// This is returned if `FromStr` cannot parse a string into a `SecretUri`.
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Display)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Snafu)]
 pub enum SecretUriError {
     /// Parsing the secret URI from a string failed; wrong format.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid secret phrase format")]
+    #[snafu(display("Invalid secret phrase format"))]
     InvalidFormat,
 }
 
diff --git a/signer/src/ecdsa.rs b/signer/src/ecdsa.rs
index 8531d4b51c..4ccead970f 100644
--- a/signer/src/ecdsa.rs
+++ b/signer/src/ecdsa.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
 //! An ecdsa keypair implementation.
 use codec::Encode;
 
-use crate::crypto::{seed_from_entropy, DeriveJunction, SecretUri};
+use crate::{
+    crypto::{seed_from_entropy, DeriveJunction, SecretUri},
+    utils::DisplayError,
+};
 use core::str::FromStr;
-use derive_more::{Display, From};
 use hex::FromHex;
 use secp256k1::{ecdsa::RecoverableSignature, Message, Secp256k1, SecretKey};
 use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
+use snafu::Snafu;
 
 const SECRET_KEY_LENGTH: usize = 32;
 
@@ -213,22 +216,26 @@ pub(crate) mod internal {
 }
 
 /// An error handed back if creating a keypair fails.
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Display, From)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Snafu)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// Invalid seed.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)")]
-    #[from(ignore)]
+    #[snafu(display("Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)"))]
     InvalidSeed,
     /// Invalid seed.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid seed for ECDSA, contained soft junction")]
-    #[from(ignore)]
+    #[snafu(display("Invalid seed for ECDSA, contained soft junction"))]
     SoftJunction,
     /// Invalid phrase.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot parse phrase: {_0}")]
-    Phrase(bip39::Error),
+    #[snafu(display("Cannot parse phrase: {source}"), context(false))]
+    Phrase {
+        #[snafu(source(from(bip39::Error, DisplayError)))]
+        source: DisplayError<bip39::Error>,
+    },
     /// Invalid hex.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot parse hex string: {_0}")]
-    Hex(hex::FromHexError),
+    #[snafu(display("Cannot parse hex string: {source}"), context(false))]
+    Hex {
+        #[snafu(source(from(hex::FromHexError, DisplayError)))]
+        source: DisplayError<hex::FromHexError>,
+    },
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
diff --git a/signer/src/eth.rs b/signer/src/eth.rs
index 63d23bf384..9c920cb84d 100644
--- a/signer/src/eth.rs
+++ b/signer/src/eth.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ use alloc::format;
 use alloc::string::String;
 use core::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 use core::str::FromStr;
-use derive_more::Display;
 use keccak_hash::keccak;
 use secp256k1::Message;
+use snafu::Snafu;
 
 const SECRET_KEY_LENGTH: usize = 32;
 
@@ -215,13 +215,15 @@ pub fn verify<M: AsRef<[u8]>>(sig: &Signature, message: M, pubkey: &ecdsa::Publi
 }
 
 /// An error handed back if creating a keypair fails.
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Display)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Snafu)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// Invalid seed.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)")]
+    #[snafu(display("Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)"))]
     InvalidSeed,
     /// Invalid derivation path.
-    #[display(fmt = "Could not derive from path; some valeus in the path may have been >= 2^31?")]
+    #[snafu(display(
+        "Could not derive from path; some valeus in the path may have been >= 2^31?"
+    ))]
     DeriveFromPath,
 }
 
diff --git a/signer/src/sr25519.rs b/signer/src/sr25519.rs
index 9848cbdd68..86573ae98d 100644
--- a/signer/src/sr25519.rs
+++ b/signer/src/sr25519.rs
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@
 
 use core::str::FromStr;
 
-use crate::crypto::{seed_from_entropy, DeriveJunction, SecretUri};
+use crate::{
+    crypto::{seed_from_entropy, DeriveJunction, SecretUri},
+    utils::DisplayError,
+};
 
-use derive_more::{Display, From};
 use hex::FromHex;
 use schnorrkel::{
     derive::{ChainCode, Derivation},
     ExpansionMode, MiniSecretKey,
 };
 use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
+use snafu::Snafu;
 
 const SECRET_KEY_LENGTH: usize = schnorrkel::keys::MINI_SECRET_KEY_LENGTH;
 const SIGNING_CTX: &[u8] = b"substrate";
@@ -192,18 +195,23 @@ pub fn verify<M: AsRef<[u8]>>(sig: &Signature, message: M, pubkey: &PublicKey) -
 }
 
 /// An error handed back if creating a keypair fails.
-#[derive(Debug, Display, From)]
+#[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// Invalid seed.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)")]
-    #[from(ignore)]
+    #[snafu(display("Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)"))]
     InvalidSeed,
     /// Invalid phrase.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot parse phrase: {_0}")]
-    Phrase(bip39::Error),
+    #[snafu(display("Cannot parse phrase: {source}"), context(false))]
+    Phrase {
+        #[snafu(source(from(bip39::Error, DisplayError)))]
+        source: DisplayError<bip39::Error>,
+    },
     /// Invalid hex.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot parse hex string: {_0}")]
-    Hex(hex::FromHexError),
+    #[snafu(display("Cannot parse hex string: {source}"), context(false))]
+    Hex {
+        #[snafu(source(from(hex::FromHexError, DisplayError)))]
+        source: DisplayError<hex::FromHexError>,
+    },
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
diff --git a/signer/src/utils.rs b/signer/src/utils.rs
index e3cea3cfc8..532b208cf3 100644
--- a/signer/src/utils.rs
+++ b/signer/src/utils.rs
@@ -34,3 +34,28 @@ macro_rules! once_static_cloned {
         )+
     };
 }
+
+use core::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub struct DisplayError<T>(pub T);
+
+impl<T> Debug for DisplayError<T>
+where
+    T: Debug,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.0.fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Display for DisplayError<T>
+where
+    T: Display,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.0.fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> snafu::Error for DisplayError<T> where T: Display + Debug {}