diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 174560b..b2c56b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -897,7 +897,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "multihash 0.18.1",
  "quickcheck",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "ring",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",
  "sha2 0.10.7",
@@ -1317,6 +1316,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "multihash 0.19.0",
  "quick-protobuf",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "sha2 0.10.7",
  "thiserror",
  "zeroize",
@@ -2159,21 +2159,6 @@ version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "436b050e76ed2903236f032a59761c1eb99e1b0aead2c257922771dab1fc8c78"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ring"
-version = "0.16.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3053cf52e236a3ed746dfc745aa9cacf1b791d846bdaf412f60a8d7d6e17c8fc"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "spin",
- "untrusted",
- "web-sys",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rmp"
 version = "0.8.11"
@@ -2411,12 +2396,6 @@ version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a507befe795404456341dfab10cef66ead4c041f62b8b11bbb92bffe5d0953e0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "spin"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -2755,12 +2734,6 @@ version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d86a8dc7f45e4c1b0d30e43038c38f274e77af056aa5f74b93c2cf9eb3c1c836"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "untrusted"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a156c684c91ea7d62626509bce3cb4e1d9ed5c4d978f7b4352658f96a4c26b4a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -3233,16 +3206,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wast 60.0.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.63"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3bdd9ef4e984da1187bf8110c5cf5b845fbc87a23602cdf912386a76fcd3a7c2"
-dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wiggle"
 version = "6.0.2"
diff --git a/keypair/Cargo.toml b/keypair/Cargo.toml
index ccaf6e2..db2cd6d 100644
--- a/keypair/Cargo.toml
+++ b/keypair/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ multihash = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["identity"] }
 # rand fails to compile for restricted environments like NEAR contracts
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", optional = true }
 
-[target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
-ring = { version = "0.16.9", features = ["alloc", "std"], default-features = false }
-
 [features]
 default = ["rand"]
 rand = ["dep:rand", "ed25519-dalek/rand_core", "libp2p-identity/rand"]