diff --git a/client/service-container-chain/src/chain_spec.rs b/client/service-container-chain/src/chain_spec.rs
index d6d1c3148..0497992bb 100644
--- a/client/service-container-chain/src/chain_spec.rs
+++ b/client/service-container-chain/src/chain_spec.rs
@@ -17,49 +17,11 @@
 use {
     sc_chain_spec::{ChainSpecExtension, ChainSpecGroup},
     serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
-    std::collections::BTreeMap,
 };
 
 /// Specialized `ChainSpec` for container chains that only allows raw genesis format.
 pub type RawChainSpec = sc_service::GenericChainSpec<Extensions>;
 
-/// Helper type that implements the traits needed to be used as a "GenesisConfig",
-/// but whose implementation panics because we only expect it to be used with raw ChainSpecs,
-/// so it will never be serialized or deserialized.
-/// This is because container chains must use raw chain spec files where the "genesis"
-/// field only has one field: "raw".
-pub struct RawGenesisConfig {
-    pub storage_raw: BTreeMap<Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>>,
-}
-
-impl Serialize for RawGenesisConfig {
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, _serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: serde::Serializer,
-    {
-        panic!("RawGenesisConfigDummy should never be serialized")
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for RawGenesisConfig {
-    fn deserialize<D>(_deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
-    where
-        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
-    {
-        panic!("Attempted to read a non-raw ContainerChain ChainSpec.\nHelp: add `--raw` flag to `build-spec` command to generate a raw chain spec")
-    }
-}
-
-impl sp_runtime::BuildStorage for RawGenesisConfig {
-    fn assimilate_storage(&self, storage: &mut sp_core::storage::Storage) -> Result<(), String> {
-        storage
-            .top
-            .extend(self.storage_raw.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.clone())));
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 /// The extensions for the [`ChainSpec`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, ChainSpecGroup, ChainSpecExtension)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
diff --git a/client/service-container-chain/src/cli.rs b/client/service-container-chain/src/cli.rs
index 8aee43a15..91ba36914 100644
--- a/client/service-container-chain/src/cli.rs
+++ b/client/service-container-chain/src/cli.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 // along with Tanssi.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 
 use {
-    crate::chain_spec::RawGenesisConfig,
     cumulus_client_cli::{CollatorOptions, RelayChainMode},
     dc_orchestrator_chain_interface::ContainerChainGenesisData,
     dp_container_chain_genesis_data::json::properties_to_map,
@@ -181,9 +180,6 @@ impl ContainerChainCli {
             relay_chain,
             para_id,
         };
-        let raw_genesis_config = RawGenesisConfig {
-            storage_raw: storage_raw.clone(),
-        };
 
         let chain_spec = crate::chain_spec::RawChainSpec::builder(
             // This code is not used, we override it in `set_storage` below
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@ impl ContainerChainCli {
         let mut chain_spec = chain_spec.build();
 
         chain_spec.set_storage(Storage {
-            top: raw_genesis_config.storage_raw,
+            top: storage_raw,
             children_default: Default::default(),
         });