diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b79ab7112..e22139c93 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8962,7 +8962,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "hex",
  "libp2p 0.54.1",
- "libp2p-identity",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "polka-storage-proofs",
  "polka-storage-provider-common",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8a27825dd..96c4a40de 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ itertools = "0.13.0"
 jsonrpsee = { version = "0.24.7" }
 libp2p = { version = "0.54", default-features = false }
 libp2p-core = "0.42.0"
-libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.10", default-features = false }
 libp2p-swarm = "0.45.1"
 log = { version = "0.4.21", default-features = false }
 multihash-codetable = { version = "0.1.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/maat/Cargo.toml b/maat/Cargo.toml
index e0bf4dbc8..e609c6f8f 100644
--- a/maat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/maat/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ codec = { workspace = true }
 futures.workspace = true
 hex = { workspace = true }
 libp2p = { workspace = true, features = ["ecdsa", "identify"] }
-libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["ecdsa", "rand"] }
 polka-storage-proofs = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "substrate"] }
 polka-storage-provider-common = { workspace = true }
 primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }