diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e1d14265e..fbb4e4475 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8221,7 +8221,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "frame-system",
  "frame-system-rpc-runtime-api",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
- "pallet-authorship",
  "pallet-babe",
  "pallet-grandpa",
  "pallet-timestamp",
diff --git a/substrate/runtime/Cargo.toml b/substrate/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 54869f6df..67d44d16f 100644
--- a/substrate/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ serai-primitives = { path = "../primitives", default-features = false }
 serai-abi = { path = "../abi", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 
 pallet-timestamp = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate", default-features = false }
-pallet-authorship = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate", default-features = false }
 
 pallet-transaction-payment = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/substrate", default-features = false }
 
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ std = [
   "serai-abi/serde",
 
   "pallet-timestamp/std",
-  "pallet-authorship/std",
 
   "pallet-transaction-payment/std",
 
diff --git a/substrate/runtime/src/lib.rs b/substrate/runtime/src/lib.rs
index bef2c062a..0533fc3c1 100644
--- a/substrate/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -273,15 +273,6 @@ where
   type OverarchingCall = RuntimeCall;
 }
 
-// for validating equivocation evidences.
-// The following runtime construction doesn't actually implement the pallet as doing so is
-// unnecessary
-// TODO: Replace the requirement on Config for a requirement on FindAuthor directly
-impl pallet_authorship::Config for Runtime {
-  type FindAuthor = ValidatorSets;
-  type EventHandler = ();
-}
-
 // Maximum number of authorities per session.
 pub type MaxAuthorities = ConstU32<{ validator_sets::primitives::MAX_KEY_SHARES_PER_SET }>;
 
@@ -317,6 +308,8 @@ impl grandpa::Config for Runtime {
   type KeyOwnerProof = MembershipProof<Self>;
   type EquivocationReportSystem =
     grandpa::EquivocationReportSystem<Self, ValidatorSets, ValidatorSets, ReportLongevity>;
+
+  type FindAuthor = Babe;
 }
 
 pub type Executive = frame_executive::Executive<
diff --git a/substrate/validator-sets/pallet/src/lib.rs b/substrate/validator-sets/pallet/src/lib.rs
index 8a002bab7..bb961bffd 100644
--- a/substrate/validator-sets/pallet/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/validator-sets/pallet/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ use sp_std::{vec, vec::Vec};
 use sp_core::sr25519::{Public, Signature};
 use sp_application_crypto::RuntimePublic;
 use sp_session::{ShouldEndSession, GetSessionNumber, GetValidatorCount};
-use sp_runtime::{KeyTypeId, ConsensusEngineId, traits::IsMember};
+use sp_runtime::{KeyTypeId, traits::IsMember};
 use sp_staking::offence::{ReportOffence, Offence, OffenceError};
 
 use frame_system::{pallet_prelude::*, RawOrigin};
 use frame_support::{
   pallet_prelude::*,
-  traits::{DisabledValidators, KeyOwnerProofSystem, FindAuthor},
+  traits::{DisabledValidators, KeyOwnerProofSystem},
   BoundedVec, WeakBoundedVec, StoragePrefixedMap,
 };
 
@@ -1213,16 +1213,6 @@ pub mod pallet {
     }
   }
 
-  impl<T: Config> FindAuthor<Public> for Pallet<T> {
-    fn find_author<'a, I>(digests: I) -> Option<Public>
-    where
-      I: 'a + IntoIterator<Item = (ConsensusEngineId, &'a [u8])>,
-    {
-      let i = Babe::<T>::find_author(digests)?;
-      Some(Babe::<T>::authorities()[i as usize].0.clone().into())
-    }
-  }
-
   impl<T: Config> DisabledValidators for Pallet<T> {
     fn is_disabled(index: u32) -> bool {
       SeraiDisabledIndices::<T>::get(index).is_some()