diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46fa8fd8f..ea7aeb0c8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ TOOLS := \
 	deposit_contract \
 	ncli_hash_tree_root \
 	ncli_pretty \
-	ncli_signing_root \
 	ncli_transition \
 	process_dashboard
 TOOLS_DIRS := \
diff --git a/ncli/.gitignore b/ncli/.gitignore
index 8d344acf2..f6985d352 100644
--- a/ncli/.gitignore
+++ b/ncli/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 ncli_pretty
-ncli_signing_root
 ncli_hash_tree_root
 ncli_transition
diff --git a/ncli/README.md b/ncli/README.md
index d706f2389..83988849d 100644
--- a/ncli/README.md
+++ b/ncli/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Tools
 
 * transition: Perform state transition given a pre-state and a block to apply (both in SSZ format)
-* signing_root/hash_tree_root: Print tree root of an SSZ object
+* hash_tree_root: Print tree root of an SSZ object
 * pretty: Pretty-print SSZ object as JSON
 
 # Building
diff --git a/ncli/ncli_signing_root.nim b/ncli/ncli_signing_root.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c0d70130..000000000
--- a/ncli/ncli_signing_root.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import
-  confutils, os, strutils, chronicles, json_serialization,
-  nimcrypto/utils,
-  ../beacon_chain/spec/[crypto, datatypes, digest],
-  ../beacon_chain/[ssz]
-
-# TODO turn into arguments
-cli do(kind: string, file: string):
-
-  template printit(t: untyped) {.dirty.} =
-      let v =
-        if cmpIgnoreCase(ext, ".ssz") == 0:
-          SSZ.loadFile(file, t)
-        elif cmpIgnoreCase(ext, ".json") == 0:
-          JSON.loadFile(file, t)
-        else:
-          echo "Unknown file type: ", ext
-          quit 1
-
-      echo signing_root(v).data.toHex(true)
-
-  let ext = splitFile(file).ext
-
-  case kind
-  of "attester_slashing": printit(AttesterSlashing)
-  of "attestation": printit(Attestation)
-  of "block": printit(BeaconBlock)
-  of "block_body": printit(BeaconBlockBody)
-  of "block_header": printit(BeaconBlockHeader)
-  of "deposit": printit(Deposit)
-  of "deposit_data": printit(DepositData)
-  of "eth1_data": printit(Eth1Data)
-  of "state": printit(BeaconState)
-  of "proposer_slashing": printit(ProposerSlashing)
-  of "voluntary_exit": printit(VoluntaryExit)