diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 589b07377b..ef503c9755 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4855,7 +4855,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitvec",
  "blake2",
  "derive-where",
- "derive_more",
  "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
  "hex",
@@ -4924,7 +4923,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
  "bitvec",
  "criterion",
- "derive_more",
  "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -4939,7 +4937,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bip32",
  "bip39",
  "cfg-if",
- "derive_more",
  "getrandom",
  "hex",
  "hex-literal",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 865b1e3241..47e054a3e4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 console_error_panic_hook = "0.1.7"
 darling = "0.20.8"
 derive-where = "1.2.7"
-derive_more = "0.99.17"
 either = { version = "1.11.0", default-features = false }
 frame-metadata = { version = "16.0.0", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3.30", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index e1e08f1fea..7e6019ff61 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ scale-encode = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive
 frame-metadata = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 subxt-metadata = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 derive-where = { workspace = true }
-derive_more = { workspace = true }
 hex = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["raw_value", "alloc"] }
diff --git a/core/src/error.rs b/core/src/error.rs
index f9f8b0a629..9824c49a84 100644
--- a/core/src/error.rs
+++ b/core/src/error.rs
@@ -4,134 +4,168 @@
 
 //! The errors that can be emitted in this crate.
 
+use core::fmt::Display;
+
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use alloc::string::String;
-use derive_more::{Display, From};
 use subxt_metadata::StorageHasher;
 
 /// The error emitted when something goes wrong.
-#[derive(Debug, Display, From)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// Codec error.
-    #[display(fmt = "Scale codec error: {_0}")]
     Codec(codec::Error),
     /// Metadata error.
-    #[display(fmt = "Metadata Error: {_0}")]
     Metadata(MetadataError),
     /// Storage address error.
-    #[display(fmt = "Storage Error: {_0}")]
     StorageAddress(StorageAddressError),
     /// Error decoding to a [`crate::dynamic::Value`].
-    #[display(fmt = "Error decoding into dynamic value: {_0}")]
     Decode(scale_decode::Error),
     /// Error encoding from a [`crate::dynamic::Value`].
-    #[display(fmt = "Error encoding from dynamic value: {_0}")]
     Encode(scale_encode::Error),
     /// Error constructing the appropriate extrinsic params.
-    #[display(fmt = "Extrinsic params error: {_0}")]
     ExtrinsicParams(ExtrinsicParamsError),
     /// Block body error.
-    #[display(fmt = "Error working with block body: {_0}")]
     Block(BlockError),
 }
 
+impl core::fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Error::Codec(e) => write!(f, "Scale codec error: {e}"),
+            Error::Metadata(e) => write!(f, "Metadata Error: {e}"),
+            Error::StorageAddress(e) => write!(f, "Storage Error: {e}"),
+            Error::Decode(e) => write!(f, "Error decoding into dynamic value: {e}"),
+            Error::Encode(e) => write!(f, "Error encoding from dynamic value: {e}"),
+            Error::ExtrinsicParams(e) => write!(f, "Extrinsic params error: {e}"),
+            Error::Block(e) => write!(f, "Error working with block_body: {}", e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for Error {}
 
-impl From<scale_decode::visitor::DecodeError> for Error {
-    fn from(value: scale_decode::visitor::DecodeError) -> Self {
-        Error::Decode(value.into())
-    }
-}
+impl_from!(ExtrinsicParamsError => Error::ExtrinsicParams);
+impl_from!(BlockError => Error::Block);
+impl_from!(MetadataError => Error::Metadata);
+impl_from!(scale_decode::Error => Error::Decode);
+impl_from!(scale_decode::visitor::DecodeError => Error::Decode);
+impl_from!(scale_encode::Error => Error::Encode);
+impl_from!(StorageAddressError => Error::StorageAddress);
+impl_from!(codec::Error => Error::Codec);
 
 /// Block error
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Display, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum BlockError {
     /// Extrinsic type ID cannot be resolved with the provided metadata.
-    #[display(
-        fmt = "Extrinsic type ID cannot be resolved with the provided metadata. Make sure this is a valid metadata"
-    )]
     MissingType,
     /// Unsupported signature.
-    #[display(fmt = "Unsupported extrinsic version, only version 4 is supported currently")]
     /// The extrinsic has an unsupported version.
     UnsupportedVersion(u8),
     /// Decoding error.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot decode extrinsic: {_0}")]
     DecodingError(codec::Error),
 }
 
+impl Display for BlockError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            BlockError::MissingType => write!(f, "Extrinsic type ID cannot be resolved with the provided metadata. Make sure this is a valid metadata"),
+            BlockError::UnsupportedVersion(_) => write!(f, "Unsupported extrinsic version, only version 4 is supported currently"),
+            BlockError::DecodingError(e) => write!(f, "Cannot decode extrinsic: {e}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for BlockError {}
 
 /// Something went wrong trying to access details in the metadata.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Display)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum MetadataError {
     /// The DispatchError type isn't available in the metadata
-    #[display(fmt = "The DispatchError type isn't available")]
     DispatchErrorNotFound,
     /// Type not found in metadata.
-    #[display(fmt = "Type with ID {_0} not found")]
     TypeNotFound(u32),
     /// Pallet not found (index).
-    #[display(fmt = "Pallet with index {_0} not found")]
     PalletIndexNotFound(u8),
     /// Pallet not found (name).
-    #[display(fmt = "Pallet with name {_0} not found")]
     PalletNameNotFound(String),
     /// Variant not found.
-    #[display(fmt = "Variant with index {_0} not found")]
     VariantIndexNotFound(u8),
     /// Constant not found.
-    #[display(fmt = "Constant with name {_0} not found")]
     ConstantNameNotFound(String),
     /// Call not found.
-    #[display(fmt = "Call with name {_0} not found")]
     CallNameNotFound(String),
     /// Runtime trait not found.
-    #[display(fmt = "Runtime trait with name {_0} not found")]
     RuntimeTraitNotFound(String),
     /// Runtime method not found.
-    #[display(fmt = "Runtime method with name {_0} not found")]
     RuntimeMethodNotFound(String),
     /// Call type not found in metadata.
-    #[display(fmt = "Call type not found in pallet with index {_0}")]
     CallTypeNotFoundInPallet(u8),
     /// Event type not found in metadata.
-    #[display(fmt = "Event type not found in pallet with index {_0}")]
     EventTypeNotFoundInPallet(u8),
     /// Storage details not found in metadata.
-    #[display(fmt = "Storage details not found in pallet with name {_0}")]
     StorageNotFoundInPallet(String),
     /// Storage entry not found.
-    #[display(fmt = "Storage entry {_0} not found")]
     StorageEntryNotFound(String),
     /// The generated interface used is not compatible with the node.
-    #[display(fmt = "The generated code is not compatible with the node")]
     IncompatibleCodegen,
     /// Custom value not found.
-    #[display(fmt = "Custom value with name {_0} not found")]
     CustomValueNameNotFound(String),
 }
+impl Display for MetadataError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            MetadataError::DispatchErrorNotFound => {
+                write!(f, "The DispatchError type isn't available")
+            }
+            MetadataError::TypeNotFound(e) => write!(f, "Type with ID {e} not found"),
+            MetadataError::PalletIndexNotFound(e) => write!(f, "Pallet with index {e} not found"),
+            MetadataError::PalletNameNotFound(e) => write!(f, "Pallet with name {e} not found"),
+            MetadataError::VariantIndexNotFound(e) => write!(f, "Variant with index {e} not found"),
+            MetadataError::ConstantNameNotFound(e) => write!(f, "Constant with name {e} not found"),
+            MetadataError::CallNameNotFound(e) => write!(f, "Call with name {e} not found"),
+            MetadataError::RuntimeTraitNotFound(e) => {
+                write!(f, "Runtime trait with name {e} not found")
+            }
+            MetadataError::RuntimeMethodNotFound(e) => {
+                write!(f, "Runtime method with name {e} not found")
+            }
+            MetadataError::CallTypeNotFoundInPallet(e) => {
+                write!(f, "Call type not found in pallet with index {e}")
+            }
+            MetadataError::EventTypeNotFoundInPallet(e) => {
+                write!(f, "Event type not found in pallet with index {e}")
+            }
+            MetadataError::StorageNotFoundInPallet(e) => {
+                write!(f, "Storage details not found in pallet with name {e}")
+            }
+            MetadataError::StorageEntryNotFound(e) => write!(f, "Storage entry {e} not found"),
+            MetadataError::IncompatibleCodegen => {
+                write!(f, "The generated code is not compatible with the node")
+            }
+            MetadataError::CustomValueNameNotFound(e) => {
+                write!(f, "Custom value with name {e} not found")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for MetadataError {}
 
 /// Something went wrong trying to encode or decode a storage address.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Display)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum StorageAddressError {
     /// Storage lookup does not have the expected number of keys.
-    #[display(fmt = "Storage lookup requires {expected} keys but more keys have been provided.")]
     TooManyKeys {
         /// The number of keys provided in the storage address.
         expected: usize,
     },
     /// This storage entry in the metadata does not have the correct number of hashers to fields.
-    #[display(
-        fmt = "Storage entry in metadata does not have the correct number of hashers to fields"
-    )]
     WrongNumberOfHashers {
         /// The number of hashers in the metadata for this storage entry.
         hashers: usize,
@@ -139,20 +173,12 @@ pub enum StorageAddressError {
         fields: usize,
     },
     /// We weren't given enough bytes to decode the storage address/key.
-    #[display(fmt = "Not enough remaining bytes to decode the storage address/key")]
     NotEnoughBytes,
     /// We have leftover bytes after decoding the storage address.
-    #[display(fmt = "We have leftover bytes after decoding the storage address")]
     TooManyBytes,
     /// The bytes of a storage address are not the expected address for decoding the storage keys of the address.
-    #[display(
-        fmt = "Storage address bytes are not the expected format. Addresses need to be at least 16 bytes (pallet ++ entry) and follow a structure given by the hashers defined in the metadata"
-    )]
     UnexpectedAddressBytes,
     /// An invalid hasher was used to reconstruct a value from a chunk of bytes that is part of a storage address. Hashers where the hash does not contain the original value are invalid for this purpose.
-    #[display(
-        fmt = "An invalid hasher was used to reconstruct a value with type ID {ty_id} from a hash formed by a {hasher:?} hasher. This is only possible for concat-style hashers or the identity hasher"
-    )]
     HasherCannotReconstructKey {
         /// Type id of the key's type.
         ty_id: u32,
@@ -161,17 +187,47 @@ pub enum StorageAddressError {
     },
 }
 
+impl Display for StorageAddressError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            StorageAddressError::TooManyKeys { expected } => write!(
+                f,
+                "Storage lookup requires {expected} keys but more keys have been provided."
+            ),
+            StorageAddressError::WrongNumberOfHashers { .. } => write!(
+                f,
+                "Storage entry in metadata does not have the correct number of hashers to fields"
+            ),
+            StorageAddressError::NotEnoughBytes => write!(
+                f,
+                "Not enough remaining bytes to decode the storage address/key"
+            ),
+            StorageAddressError::TooManyBytes => write!(
+                f,
+                "We have leftover bytes after decoding the storage address"
+            ),
+            StorageAddressError::UnexpectedAddressBytes => write!(
+                f,
+                "Storage address bytes are not the expected format. Addresses need to be at least 16 bytes (pallet ++ entry) and follow a structure given by the hashers defined in the metadata"
+            ),
+            StorageAddressError::HasherCannotReconstructKey { ty_id, hasher } => write!(
+                f,
+                "An invalid hasher was used to reconstruct a value with type ID {ty_id} from a hash formed by a {hasher:?} hasher. This is only possible for concat-style hashers or the identity hasher"
+            ),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for StorageAddressError {}
 
 /// An error that can be emitted when trying to construct an instance of [`crate::config::ExtrinsicParams`],
 /// encode data from the instance, or match on signed extensions.
-#[derive(Display, Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum ExtrinsicParamsError {
     /// Cannot find a type id in the metadata. The context provides some additional
     /// information about the source of the error (eg the signed extension name).
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot find type id '{type_id} in the metadata (context: {context})")]
     MissingTypeId {
         /// Type ID.
         type_id: u32,
@@ -179,15 +235,29 @@ pub enum ExtrinsicParamsError {
         context: &'static str,
     },
     /// A signed extension in use on some chain was not provided.
-    #[display(
-        fmt = "The chain expects a signed extension with the name {_0}, but we did not provide one"
-    )]
     UnknownSignedExtension(String),
     /// Some custom error.
-    #[display(fmt = "Error constructing extrinsic parameters: {_0}")]
     Custom(Box<dyn CustomError>),
 }
 
+impl Display for ExtrinsicParamsError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            ExtrinsicParamsError::MissingTypeId { type_id, context } => write!(
+                f,
+                "Cannot find type id '{type_id} in the metadata (context: {context})"
+            ),
+            ExtrinsicParamsError::UnknownSignedExtension(e) => write!(
+                f,
+                "The chain expects a signed extension with the name {e}, but we did not provide one"
+            ),
+            ExtrinsicParamsError::Custom(e) => {
+                write!(f, "Error constructing extrinsic parameters: {e}")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Anything implementing this trait can be used in [`ExtrinsicParamsError::Custom`].
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 pub trait CustomError: std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static {}
diff --git a/core/src/macros.rs b/core/src/macros.rs
index 8e25742c88..7b0117c959 100644
--- a/core/src/macros.rs
+++ b/core/src/macros.rs
@@ -18,4 +18,14 @@ macro_rules! cfg_substrate_compat {
 	};
 }
 
+macro_rules! impl_from {
+    ($module_path:path => $delegate_ty:ident :: $variant:ident) => {
+        impl From<$module_path> for $delegate_ty {
+            fn from(val: $module_path) -> Self {
+                $delegate_ty::$variant(val.into())
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 pub(crate) use {cfg_feature, cfg_substrate_compat};
diff --git a/core/src/utils/account_id.rs b/core/src/utils/account_id.rs
index d5cd65d6b6..008455bd39 100644
--- a/core/src/utils/account_id.rs
+++ b/core/src/utils/account_id.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 //! This doesn't contain much functionality itself, but is easy to convert to/from an `sp_core::AccountId32`
 //! for instance, to gain functionality without forcing a dependency on Substrate crates here.
 
+use core::fmt::Display;
+
 use alloc::format;
 use alloc::string::String;
 use alloc::vec;
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use codec::{Decode, Encode};
-use derive_more::Display;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// A 32-byte cryptographic identifier. This is a simplified version of Substrate's
@@ -105,19 +106,26 @@ impl AccountId32 {
 }
 
 /// An error obtained from trying to interpret an SS58 encoded string into an AccountId32
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, Debug, Display)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
 pub enum FromSs58Error {
-    #[display(fmt = "Base 58 requirement is violated")]
     BadBase58,
-    #[display(fmt = "Length is bad")]
     BadLength,
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid checksum")]
     InvalidChecksum,
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid SS58 prefix byte.")]
     InvalidPrefix,
 }
 
+impl Display for FromSs58Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            FromSs58Error::BadBase58 => write!(f, "Base 58 requirement is violated"),
+            FromSs58Error::BadLength => write!(f, "Length is bad"),
+            FromSs58Error::InvalidChecksum => write!(f, "Invalid checksum"),
+            FromSs58Error::InvalidPrefix => write!(f, "Invalid SS58 prefix byte."),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for FromSs58Error {}
 
diff --git a/metadata/Cargo.toml b/metadata/Cargo.toml
index 1423122ed5..b080adb8b5 100644
--- a/metadata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metadata/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ frame-metadata = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["curr
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 sp-crypto-hashing = { workspace = true }
 hashbrown = { workspace = true }
-derive_more = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 bitvec = { workspace = true, features = ["alloc"] }
diff --git a/metadata/src/from_into/mod.rs b/metadata/src/from_into/mod.rs
index 1a950e1d5a..13bb2f40c2 100644
--- a/metadata/src/from_into/mod.rs
+++ b/metadata/src/from_into/mod.rs
@@ -2,34 +2,53 @@
 // This file is dual-licensed as Apache-2.0 or GPL-3.0.
 // see LICENSE for license details.
 
+use core::fmt::Display;
+
 use alloc::string::String;
-use derive_more::Display;
 
 mod v14;
 mod v15;
 
 /// An error emitted if something goes wrong converting [`frame_metadata`]
 /// types into [`crate::Metadata`].
-#[derive(Debug, Display, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum TryFromError {
     /// Type missing from type registry
-    #[display(fmt = "Type id {_0} is expected but not found in the type registry")]
     TypeNotFound(u32),
     /// Type was not a variant/enum type
-    #[display(fmt = "Type {_0} was not a variant/enum type, but is expected to be one")]
     VariantExpected(u32),
     /// An unsupported metadata version was provided.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot convert v{_0} metadata into Metadata type")]
     UnsupportedMetadataVersion(u32),
     /// Type name missing from type registry
-    #[display(fmt = "Type name {_0} is expected but not found in the type registry")]
     TypeNameNotFound(String),
     /// Invalid type path.
-    #[display(fmt = "Type has an invalid path {_0}")]
     InvalidTypePath(String),
 }
 
+impl Display for TryFromError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            TryFromError::TypeNotFound(e) => write!(
+                f,
+                "Type id {e} is expected but not found in the type registry"
+            ),
+            TryFromError::VariantExpected(e) => write!(
+                f,
+                "Type {e} was not a variant/enum type, but is expected to be one"
+            ),
+            TryFromError::UnsupportedMetadataVersion(e) => {
+                write!(f, "Cannot convert v{e} metadata into Metadata type")
+            }
+            TryFromError::TypeNameNotFound(e) => write!(
+                f,
+                "Type name {e} is expected but not found in the type registry"
+            ),
+            TryFromError::InvalidTypePath(e) => write!(f, "Type has an invalid path {e}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for TryFromError {}
 
diff --git a/signer/Cargo.toml b/signer/Cargo.toml
index ddd6517d9d..5461fac007 100644
--- a/signer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/signer/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ hex = { workspace = true, features = ["alloc"] }
 cfg-if = { workspace = true }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 sp-crypto-hashing = { workspace = true }
-derive_more = { workspace = true }
 pbkdf2 = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = { workspace = true }
 hmac = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/signer/src/crypto/secret_uri.rs b/signer/src/crypto/secret_uri.rs
index 5148311795..dd287d2874 100644
--- a/signer/src/crypto/secret_uri.rs
+++ b/signer/src/crypto/secret_uri.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 // This file is dual-licensed as Apache-2.0 or GPL-3.0.
 // see LICENSE for license details.
 
+use core::fmt::Display;
+
 use super::DeriveJunction;
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
-use derive_more::Display;
 use regex::Regex;
 use secrecy::SecretString;
 
@@ -117,13 +118,20 @@ impl core::str::FromStr for SecretUri {
 }
 
 /// This is returned if `FromStr` cannot parse a string into a `SecretUri`.
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Display)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub enum SecretUriError {
     /// Parsing the secret URI from a string failed; wrong format.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid secret phrase format")]
     InvalidFormat,
 }
 
+impl Display for SecretUriError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            SecretUriError::InvalidFormat => write!(f, "Invalid secret phrase format"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for SecretUriError {}
 
diff --git a/signer/src/ecdsa.rs b/signer/src/ecdsa.rs
index e5b6c4507c..82c4d2f70d 100644
--- a/signer/src/ecdsa.rs
+++ b/signer/src/ecdsa.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 use codec::Encode;
 
 use crate::crypto::{seed_from_entropy, DeriveJunction, SecretUri};
-use core::str::FromStr;
-use derive_more::{Display, From};
+use core::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
 use hex::FromHex;
 use secp256k1::{ecdsa::RecoverableSignature, Message, Secp256k1, SecretKey};
 use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
@@ -217,23 +216,30 @@ pub(crate) mod internal {
 }
 
 /// An error handed back if creating a keypair fails.
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Display, From)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// Invalid seed.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)")]
-    #[from(ignore)]
     InvalidSeed,
     /// Invalid seed.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid seed for ECDSA, contained soft junction")]
-    #[from(ignore)]
     SoftJunction,
     /// Invalid phrase.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot parse phrase: {_0}")]
     Phrase(bip39::Error),
     /// Invalid hex.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot parse hex string: {_0}")]
     Hex(hex::FromHexError),
 }
+impl Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Error::InvalidSeed => write!(f, "Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)"),
+            Error::SoftJunction => write!(f, "Invalid seed for ECDSA, contained soft junction"),
+            Error::Phrase(e) => write!(f, "Cannot parse phrase: {e}"),
+            Error::Hex(e) => write!(f, "Cannot parse hex string: {e}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl_from!(bip39::Error => Error::Phrase);
+impl_from!(hex::FromHexError => Error::Hex);
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for Error {}
diff --git a/signer/src/eth.rs b/signer/src/eth.rs
index 2096c8a192..0d4d8a6b49 100644
--- a/signer/src/eth.rs
+++ b/signer/src/eth.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use alloc::format;
 use alloc::string::String;
 use core::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 use core::str::FromStr;
-use derive_more::Display;
 use keccak_hash::keccak;
 use secp256k1::Message;
 
@@ -217,16 +216,26 @@ pub fn verify<M: AsRef<[u8]>>(sig: &Signature, message: M, pubkey: &ecdsa::Publi
 }
 
 /// An error handed back if creating a keypair fails.
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Display)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// Invalid seed.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)")]
     InvalidSeed,
     /// Invalid derivation path.
-    #[display(fmt = "Could not derive from path; some valeus in the path may have been >= 2^31?")]
     DeriveFromPath,
 }
 
+impl Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Error::InvalidSeed => write!(f, "Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)"),
+            Error::DeriveFromPath => write!(
+                f,
+                "Could not derive from path; some values in the path may have been >= 2^31?"
+            ),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for Error {}
 
diff --git a/signer/src/sr25519.rs b/signer/src/sr25519.rs
index 9848cbdd68..2a9eb84ecd 100644
--- a/signer/src/sr25519.rs
+++ b/signer/src/sr25519.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 
 //! An sr25519 keypair implementation.
 
-use core::str::FromStr;
+use core::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
 
 use crate::crypto::{seed_from_entropy, DeriveJunction, SecretUri};
 
-use derive_more::{Display, From};
 use hex::FromHex;
 use schnorrkel::{
     derive::{ChainCode, Derivation},
@@ -192,20 +191,29 @@ pub fn verify<M: AsRef<[u8]>>(sig: &Signature, message: M, pubkey: &PublicKey) -
 }
 
 /// An error handed back if creating a keypair fails.
-#[derive(Debug, Display, From)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// Invalid seed.
-    #[display(fmt = "Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)")]
-    #[from(ignore)]
     InvalidSeed,
     /// Invalid phrase.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot parse phrase: {_0}")]
     Phrase(bip39::Error),
     /// Invalid hex.
-    #[display(fmt = "Cannot parse hex string: {_0}")]
     Hex(hex::FromHexError),
 }
 
+impl_from!(bip39::Error => Error::Phrase);
+impl_from!(hex::FromHexError => Error::Hex);
+
+impl Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Error::InvalidSeed => write!(f, "Invalid seed (was it the wrong length?)"),
+            Error::Phrase(e) => write!(f, "Cannot parse phrase: {e}"),
+            Error::Hex(e) => write!(f, "Cannot parse hex string: {e}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::error::Error for Error {}
 
diff --git a/signer/src/utils.rs b/signer/src/utils.rs
index e3cea3cfc8..89d261e3b9 100644
--- a/signer/src/utils.rs
+++ b/signer/src/utils.rs
@@ -34,3 +34,13 @@ macro_rules! once_static_cloned {
         )+
     };
 }
+
+macro_rules! impl_from {
+    ($module_path:path => $delegate_ty:ident :: $variant:ident) => {
+        impl From<$module_path> for $delegate_ty {
+            fn from(val: $module_path) -> Self {
+                $delegate_ty::$variant(val.into())
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}