diff --git a/substrate/Cargo.lock b/substrate/Cargo.lock
index e9fbf3555a..31433d65cf 100644
--- a/substrate/Cargo.lock
+++ b/substrate/Cargo.lock
@@ -3731,7 +3731,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sr-primitives 2.0.0",
  "sr-std 2.0.0",
  "srml-session 2.0.0",
- "srml-staking 2.0.0",
  "srml-support 2.0.0",
  "srml-system 2.0.0",
  "srml-timestamp 2.0.0",
diff --git a/substrate/node/runtime/src/lib.rs b/substrate/node/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 9deaa5852a..d040515104 100644
--- a/substrate/node/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/node/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
 	// and set impl_version to equal spec_version. If only runtime
 	// implementation changes and behavior does not, then leave spec_version as
 	// is and increment impl_version.
-	spec_version: 140,
+	spec_version: 141,
 	impl_version: 141,
 	apis: RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,
 };
diff --git a/substrate/srml/babe/Cargo.toml b/substrate/srml/babe/Cargo.toml
index 76bd849a95..c922deb605 100644
--- a/substrate/srml/babe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/srml/babe/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.93", optional = true }
 inherents = { package = "substrate-inherents", path = "../../core/inherents", default-features = false }
 rstd = { package = "sr-std", path = "../../core/sr-std", default-features = false }
 sr-primitives = { path = "../../core/sr-primitives", default-features = false }
-staking = { package = "srml-staking", path = "../staking", default-features = false }
 srml-support = { path = "../support", default-features = false }
 system = { package = "srml-system", path = "../system", default-features = false }
 timestamp = { package = "srml-timestamp", path = "../timestamp", default-features = false }
@@ -38,5 +37,4 @@ std = [
 	"babe-primitives/std",
 	"session/std",
 	"runtime_io/std",
-	"staking/std",
 ]
diff --git a/substrate/srml/babe/src/lib.rs b/substrate/srml/babe/src/lib.rs
index 02099aace8..918400dd80 100644
--- a/substrate/srml/babe/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/srml/babe/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use rstd::{result, prelude::*};
 use srml_support::{decl_storage, decl_module, StorageValue, StorageMap, traits::FindAuthor, traits::Get};
 use timestamp::{OnTimestampSet};
 use sr_primitives::{generic::DigestItem, ConsensusEngineId};
-use sr_primitives::traits::{IsMember, SaturatedConversion, Saturating, RandomnessBeacon, Convert};
+use sr_primitives::traits::{IsMember, SaturatedConversion, Saturating, RandomnessBeacon};
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use timestamp::TimestampInherentData;
 use codec::{Encode, Decode};
@@ -298,16 +298,11 @@ impl<T: Trait> OnTimestampSet<T::Moment> for Module<T> {
 	fn on_timestamp_set(_moment: T::Moment) { }
 }
 
-impl<T: Trait + staking::Trait> session::OneSessionHandler<T::AccountId> for Module<T> {
+impl<T: Trait> session::OneSessionHandler<T::AccountId> for Module<T> {
 	type Key = AuthorityId;
 	fn on_new_session<'a, I: 'a>(_changed: bool, validators: I, queued_validators: I)
 		where I: Iterator<Item=(&'a T::AccountId, AuthorityId)>
 	{
-		use staking::BalanceOf;
-		let to_votes = |b: BalanceOf<T>| {
-			<T::CurrencyToVote as Convert<BalanceOf<T>, u64>>::convert(b)
-		};
-
 		// Update epoch index
 		let epoch_index = EpochIndex::get()
 			.checked_add(1)
@@ -316,8 +311,8 @@ impl<T: Trait + staking::Trait> session::OneSessionHandler<T::AccountId> for Mod
 		EpochIndex::put(epoch_index);
 
 		// Update authorities.
-		let authorities = validators.map(|(account, k)| {
-			(k, to_votes(staking::Module::<T>::stakers(account).total))
+		let authorities = validators.map(|(_account, k)| {
+			(k, 1)
 		}).collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
 		Authorities::put(authorities);
@@ -349,8 +344,8 @@ impl<T: Trait + staking::Trait> session::OneSessionHandler<T::AccountId> for Mod
 
 		// After we update the current epoch, we signal the *next* epoch change
 		// so that nodes can track changes.
-		let next_authorities = queued_validators.map(|(account, k)| {
-			(k, to_votes(staking::Module::<T>::stakers(account).total))
+		let next_authorities = queued_validators.map(|(_account, k)| {
+			(k, 1)
 		}).collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
 		let next_epoch_start_slot = EpochStartSlot::get().saturating_add(T::EpochDuration::get());