diff --git a/include/ircd/json/tuple/tuple.h b/include/ircd/json/tuple/tuple.h
index ed08a8ea9..efbfe66fd 100644
--- a/include/ircd/json/tuple/tuple.h
+++ b/include/ircd/json/tuple/tuple.h
@@ -1216,77 +1216,6 @@ const
 	};
 }
 
-template<class tuple>
-enable_if_tuple<tuple, ed25519::sig>
-sign(const tuple &t,
-     const ed25519::sk &sk)
-{
-	//TODO: XXX
-	const auto preimage
-	{
-		json::strung(t)
-	};
-
-	return ed25519::sig
-	{
-		[&sk, &preimage](auto &buf)
-		{
-			sk.sign(buf, const_buffer{preimage});
-		}
-	};
-}
-
-template<class tuple>
-enable_if_tuple<tuple, bool>
-verify(const tuple &t,
-       const ed25519::pk &pk,
-       const ed25519::sig &sig,
-       std::nothrow_t)
-noexcept try
-{
-	//TODO: XXX
-	const auto preimage
-	{
-		json::strung(t)
-	};
-
-	return pk.verify(const_buffer{preimage}, sig);
-}
-catch(const std::exception &e)
-{
-	log::error("Verification of json::tuple unexpected failure: %s", e.what());
-	return false;
-}
-
-template<class tuple>
-enable_if_tuple<tuple, void>
-verify(const tuple &t,
-       const ed25519::pk &pk,
-       const ed25519::sig &sig)
-{
-	if(!verify(t, pk, sig, std::nothrow))
-		throw ed25519::bad_sig{"Verification failed"};
-}
-
-template<class tuple>
-enable_if_tuple<tuple, void>
-verify(const tuple &t,
-       const ed25519::pk &pk)
-{
-	const ed25519::sig sig
-	{
-		[&t](auto &buf)
-		{
-			b64decode(buf, at<"signatures"_>(t));
-		}
-	};
-
-	auto copy(t);
-	at<"signatures"_>(copy) = string_view{};
-	if(!verify(copy, pk, sig, std::nothrow))
-		throw ed25519::bad_sig{"Verification failed"};
-}
-
 template<class... T>
 tuple<T...>::operator
 json::value()