diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/providers/MultiProvider.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/providers/MultiProvider.ts
index 6ffc94e8c0..533319e29c 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/providers/MultiProvider.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/providers/MultiProvider.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 } from 'ethers';
 import { Logger } from 'pino';
 
-import { buildArtifact as coreBuildArtifact } from '@hyperlane-xyz/core/buildArtifact.js';
 import {
   Address,
   addBufferToGasLimit,
@@ -18,9 +17,6 @@ import {
 } from '@hyperlane-xyz/utils';
 
 import { testChainMetadata, testChains } from '../consts/testChains.js';
-import { ContractVerifier } from '../deploy/verify/ContractVerifier.js';
-import { ExplorerLicenseType } from '../deploy/verify/types.js';
-import { getContractVerificationInput } from '../deploy/verify/utils.js';
 import { ChainMetadataManager } from '../metadata/ChainMetadataManager.js';
 import { ChainMetadata } from '../metadata/chainMetadataTypes.js';
 import { ChainMap, ChainName, ChainNameOrId } from '../types.js';
@@ -339,30 +335,6 @@ export class MultiProvider<MetaExt = {}> extends ChainMetadataManager<MetaExt> {
     // wait for deploy tx to be confirmed
     await this.handleTx(chainNameOrId, contract.deployTransaction);
 
-    // verify deployed contracts
-    try {
-      const chain = this.getChainName(chainNameOrId);
-      const explorerApi = this.getExplorerApi(chain);
-      const contractVerifier = new ContractVerifier(
-        this as MultiProvider,
-        { [chain]: explorerApi.apiKey ?? '' },
-        coreBuildArtifact,
-        ExplorerLicenseType.MIT,
-      );
-      const factoryName = factory.constructor.name;
-      console.log(`trying to verify ${factoryName}`);
-      const verificationInput = getContractVerificationInput({
-        name: factoryName.substring(0, factoryName.indexOf('__factory')),
-        contract,
-        bytecode: factory.bytecode,
-        expectedimplementation: contract.address,
-      });
-
-      contractVerifier.verifyContract(chain, verificationInput, this.logger);
-    } catch (e) {
-      this.logger.debug(`Failed to verify contracts in MultiProvider ${e}`);
-    }
-
     // return deployed contract
     return contract as Awaited<ReturnType<F['deploy']>>;
   }