diff --git a/internal/peer/chaincode/chaincode.go b/internal/peer/chaincode/chaincode.go
index 109d673a80c..b6ac9bf80bd 100644
--- a/internal/peer/chaincode/chaincode.go
+++ b/internal/peer/chaincode/chaincode.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/bccsp"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/flogging"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/internal/peer/common"
-	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/internal/peer/packaging"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
@@ -25,12 +24,6 @@ const (
 
 var logger = flogging.MustGetLogger("chaincodeCmd")
 
-// XXX This is a terrible singleton hack, however
-// it simply making a latent dependency explicit.
-// It should be removed along with the other package
-// scoped variables
-var platformRegistry = packaging.NewRegistry(packaging.SupportedPlatforms...)
-
 func addFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	common.AddOrdererFlags(cmd)
 	flags := cmd.PersistentFlags()
@@ -59,11 +52,9 @@ var (
 	channelID             string
 	chaincodeVersion      string
 	policy                string
-	policyMarshalled      []byte
 	transient             string
 	isInit                bool
 	collectionsConfigFile string
-	collectionConfigBytes []byte
 	peerAddresses         []string
 	tlsRootCertFiles      []string
 	connectionProfile     string
diff --git a/internal/peer/chaincode/common.go b/internal/peer/chaincode/common.go
index f1612dc3f8f..55bb5923535 100644
--- a/internal/peer/chaincode/common.go
+++ b/internal/peer/chaincode/common.go
@@ -32,42 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-// checkSpec to see if chaincode resides within current package capture for language.
-func checkSpec(spec *pb.ChaincodeSpec) error {
-	// Don't allow nil value
-	if spec == nil {
-		return errors.New("expected chaincode specification, nil received")
-	}
-	if spec.ChaincodeId == nil {
-		return errors.New("expected chaincode ID, nil received")
-	}
-
-	return platformRegistry.ValidateSpec(spec.Type.String(), spec.ChaincodeId.Path)
-}
-
-// getChaincodeDeploymentSpec get chaincode deployment spec given the chaincode spec
-func getChaincodeDeploymentSpec(spec *pb.ChaincodeSpec, crtPkg bool) (*pb.ChaincodeDeploymentSpec, error) {
-	var codePackageBytes []byte
-	if crtPkg {
-		var err error
-		if err = checkSpec(spec); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		codePackageBytes, err = platformRegistry.GetDeploymentPayload(spec.Type.String(), spec.ChaincodeId.Path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.WithMessage(err, "error getting chaincode package bytes")
-		}
-		chaincodePath, err := platformRegistry.NormalizePath(spec.Type.String(), spec.ChaincodeId.Path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.WithMessage(err, "failed to normalize chaincode path")
-		}
-		spec.ChaincodeId.Path = chaincodePath
-	}
-
-	return &pb.ChaincodeDeploymentSpec{ChaincodeSpec: spec, CodePackage: codePackageBytes}, nil
-}
-
 // getChaincodeSpec get chaincode spec from the cli cmd parameters
 func getChaincodeSpec(cmd *cobra.Command) (*pb.ChaincodeSpec, error) {
 	spec := &pb.ChaincodeSpec{}
diff --git a/internal/peer/chaincode/common_test.go b/internal/peer/chaincode/common_test.go
index 5bbada3c12a..fa82a02e36b 100644
--- a/internal/peer/chaincode/common_test.go
+++ b/internal/peer/chaincode/common_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/config/configtest"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/internal/peer/chaincode/mock"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/internal/peer/common"
-	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/internal/pkg/identity"
 	msptesttools "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/msp/mgmt/testtools"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -34,24 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-//go:generate counterfeiter -o mock/signer_serializer.go --fake-name SignerSerializer . signerSerializer
-
-type signerSerializer interface {
-	identity.SignerSerializer
-}
-
-//go:generate counterfeiter -o mock/deliver.go --fake-name Deliver . deliver
-
-type deliver interface {
-	pb.Deliver_DeliverClient
-}
-
-//go:generate counterfeiter -o mock/deliver_client.go --fake-name PeerDeliverClient . peerDeliverClient
-
-type peerDeliverClient interface {
-	pb.DeliverClient
-}
-
 func TestCheckChaincodeCmdParamsWithNewCallingSchema(t *testing.T) {
 	chaincodeCtorJSON = `{ "Args":["func", "param"] }`
 	chaincodePath = "some/path"