diff --git a/solidity/contract-deployer.ts b/solidity/contract-deployer.ts
index 7d347454d..cadce7aae 100644
--- a/solidity/contract-deployer.ts
+++ b/solidity/contract-deployer.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import axios, { AxiosError, AxiosRequestConfig, AxiosResponse } from "axios";
 import { exit } from "process";
 import { start } from "node:repl";
 import { SSL_OP_EPHEMERAL_RSA } from "node:constants";
-import  hre from "hardhat";
 
 const args = commandLineArgs([
   // the ethernum node used to deploy the contract
@@ -188,10 +187,6 @@ async function deploy() {
 
   
   let cudosAccessControl:any
-  // const AcArts = getContractArtifacts("artifacts/contracts/CudosAccessControls.sol/CudosAccessControls.json");
-  // const AcFactory = new ethers.ContractFactory(AcArts.abi, AcArts.bytecode, wallet);
-
-  // console.log("Deploying AccessControl contract...")
   cudosAccessControl = args["cudos-access-control"];
 
   console.log("Starting Gravity contract deploy");
@@ -246,20 +241,6 @@ async function deploy() {
   console.log("Gravity deployed at Address - ", gravity.address);
   await submitGravityAddress(gravity.address);
 
-  
-  await gravity.deployTransaction.wait(10)
-  console.log("Verifying contract on Etherscan...");
-
-  await hre.run("verify:verify", {
-    address: gravity.address,
-    constructorArguments: [
-      gravityId,
-      vote_power,
-      eth_addresses,
-      powers,
-      cudosAccessControl
-    ],
-  });
 }
 
 function getContractArtifacts(path: string): { bytecode: string; abi: string } {
diff --git a/solidity/hardhat.config.ts b/solidity/hardhat.config.ts
index 19dcf7579..1383d4bc2 100644
--- a/solidity/hardhat.config.ts
+++ b/solidity/hardhat.config.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import "@nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle";
 import "hardhat-gas-reporter";
 import "hardhat-typechain";
 import { task } from "hardhat/config";
-import "@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan";
 
 task("accounts", "Prints the list of accounts", async (args, hre) => {
   const accounts = await hre.ethers.getSigners();
@@ -851,7 +850,4 @@ module.exports = {
   mocha: {
     timeout: 2000000
   },
-  etherscan: {
-    apiKey: "2MD12YN15Z3CKRNJE3RCMAJ1QUN3W1CDXC"
-  }
 };