diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8030a4cd13ad2..c751f1dac33ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3221,8 +3221,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "node-template-runtime 2.0.0",
- "parity-scale-codec 1.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "parking_lot 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "sc-basic-authorship 0.8.0",
  "sc-cli 0.8.0",
  "sc-client 0.8.0",
@@ -3237,12 +3235,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-core 2.0.0",
  "sp-finality-grandpa 2.0.0",
  "sp-inherents 2.0.0",
- "sp-io 2.0.0",
  "sp-runtime 2.0.0",
  "sp-transaction-pool 2.0.0",
  "substrate-build-script-utils 2.0.0",
  "tokio 0.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "trie-root 0.15.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "vergen 3.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
diff --git a/bin/node-template/Cargo.toml b/bin/node-template/Cargo.toml
index f956bbb22193a..cf3d7509f45d3 100644
--- a/bin/node-template/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node-template/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ futures = "0.3.1"
 ctrlc = { version = "3.1.3", features = ["termination"] }
 log = "0.4.8"
 tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["rt-threaded"] }
-parking_lot = "0.9.0"
-codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.0.0" }
-trie-root = "0.15.2"
-sp-io = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../../primitives/io" }
 sc-cli = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../client/cli" }
 sp-core = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 sc-executor = { version = "0.8", path = "../../client/executor" }
diff --git a/bin/node-template/src/chain_spec.rs b/bin/node-template/src/chain_spec.rs
index fae9feaf5113b..6afb67547bd6c 100644
--- a/bin/node-template/src/chain_spec.rs
+++ b/bin/node-template/src/chain_spec.rs
@@ -56,17 +56,19 @@ impl Alternative {
 			Alternative::Development => ChainSpec::from_genesis(
 				"Development",
 				"dev",
-				|| testnet_genesis(vec![
-					get_authority_keys_from_seed("Alice"),
-				],
-				get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice"),
-				vec![
+				|| testnet_genesis(
+					vec![
+						get_authority_keys_from_seed("Alice"),
+					],
 					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Bob"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice//stash"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Bob//stash"),
-				],
-				true),
+					vec![
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Bob"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice//stash"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Bob//stash"),
+					],
+					true,
+				),
 				vec![],
 				None,
 				None,
@@ -76,26 +78,28 @@ impl Alternative {
 			Alternative::LocalTestnet => ChainSpec::from_genesis(
 				"Local Testnet",
 				"local_testnet",
-				|| testnet_genesis(vec![
-					get_authority_keys_from_seed("Alice"),
-					get_authority_keys_from_seed("Bob"),
-				],
-				get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice"),
-				vec![
+				|| testnet_genesis(
+					vec![
+						get_authority_keys_from_seed("Alice"),
+						get_authority_keys_from_seed("Bob"),
+					],
 					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Bob"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Charlie"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Dave"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Eve"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Ferdie"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice//stash"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Bob//stash"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Charlie//stash"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Dave//stash"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Eve//stash"),
-					get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Ferdie//stash"),
-				],
-				true),
+					vec![
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Bob"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Charlie"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Dave"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Eve"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Ferdie"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Alice//stash"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Bob//stash"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Charlie//stash"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Dave//stash"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Eve//stash"),
+						get_account_id_from_seed::<sr25519::Public>("Ferdie//stash"),
+					],
+					true,
+				),
 				vec![],
 				None,
 				None,