diff --git a/crypto/encoding/amino.go b/crypto/encoding/amino.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cba9ae380..000000000
--- a/crypto/encoding/amino.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package encoding
-
-import (
-	emintcrypto "github.com/cosmos/ethermint/crypto"
-	amino "github.com/tendermint/go-amino"
-	tmcrypto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto"
-)
-
-var cdc = amino.NewCodec()
-
-func init() {
-	RegisterAmino(cdc)
-}
-
-// RegisterAmino registers all crypto related types in the given (amino) codec.
-func RegisterAmino(cdc *amino.Codec) {
-	// These are all written here instead of
-	cdc.RegisterInterface((*tmcrypto.PubKey)(nil), nil)
-	cdc.RegisterConcrete(emintcrypto.PubKeySecp256k1{}, emintcrypto.PubKeyAminoName, nil)
-
-	cdc.RegisterInterface((*tmcrypto.PrivKey)(nil), nil)
-	cdc.RegisterConcrete(emintcrypto.PrivKeySecp256k1{}, emintcrypto.PrivKeyAminoName, nil)
-}
-
-// PrivKeyFromBytes unmarshalls emint private key from encoded bytes
-func PrivKeyFromBytes(privKeyBytes []byte) (privKey tmcrypto.PrivKey, err error) {
-	err = cdc.UnmarshalBinaryBare(privKeyBytes, &privKey)
-	return
-}
-
-// PubKeyFromBytes unmarshalls emint public key from encoded bytes
-func PubKeyFromBytes(pubKeyBytes []byte) (pubKey tmcrypto.PubKey, err error) {
-	err = cdc.UnmarshalBinaryBare(pubKeyBytes, &pubKey)
-	return
-}
diff --git a/crypto/encoding/amino_test.go b/crypto/encoding/amino_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b946b2a9c..000000000
--- a/crypto/encoding/amino_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package encoding
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	emintcrypto "github.com/cosmos/ethermint/crypto"
-)
-
-func TestKeyEncodingDecoding(t *testing.T) {
-	// Priv Key encoding and decoding
-	privKey, err := emintcrypto.GenerateKey()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	privBytes := privKey.Bytes()
-
-	decodedPriv, err := PrivKeyFromBytes(privBytes)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, privKey, decodedPriv)
-
-	// Pub key encoding and decoding
-	pubKey := privKey.PubKey()
-	pubBytes := pubKey.Bytes()
-
-	decodedPub, err := PubKeyFromBytes(pubBytes)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, pubKey, decodedPub)
-}