diff --git a/state/state.go b/state/state.go
index 72d7e15fb4b4c8686ac4d7ebbca7254f2c3a7d39..aea7f949539bff8f3987b3dd1f316d5d4e7fe090 100644
--- a/state/state.go
+++ b/state/state.go
@@ -496,11 +496,3 @@ func MakeGenesisState(db dbm.DB, genDoc *GenesisDoc) *State {
 		nameReg: nameReg,
 	}
 }
-
-func RandGenesisState(numAccounts int, randBalance bool, minBalance int64, numValidators int, randBonded bool, minBonded int64) (*State, []*acm.PrivAccount, []*types.PrivValidator) {
-	db := dbm.NewMemDB()
-	genDoc, privAccounts, privValidators := RandGenesisDoc(numAccounts, randBalance, minBalance, numValidators, randBonded, minBonded)
-	s0 := MakeGenesisState(db, genDoc)
-	s0.Save()
-	return s0, privAccounts, privValidators
-}
diff --git a/state/types/genesis.go b/state/types/genesis.go
index ad174464307ca80fb2b690ffc352458a5132d9c2..806d701b29b2ce0daf3e9f5d99862917e7f8b5db 100644
--- a/state/types/genesis.go
+++ b/state/types/genesis.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package types
 
 import (
-	"sort"
 	"time"
 
 	ptypes "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/permission/types"
@@ -60,61 +59,3 @@ func GenesisDocFromJSON(jsonBlob []byte) (genState *GenesisDoc) {
 	}
 	return
 }
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------
-// Make random genesis state
-
-func RandAccount(randBalance bool, minBalance int64) (*acm.Account, *acm.PrivAccount) {
-	privAccount := acm.GenPrivAccount()
-	perms := ptypes.DefaultAccountPermissions
-	acc := &acm.Account{
-		Address:     privAccount.PubKey.Address(),
-		PubKey:      privAccount.PubKey,
-		Sequence:    RandInt(),
-		Balance:     minBalance,
-		Permissions: perms,
-	}
-	if randBalance {
-		acc.Balance += int64(RandUint32())
-	}
-	return acc, privAccount
-}
-
-func RandGenesisDoc(numAccounts int, randBalance bool, minBalance int64, numValidators int, randBonded bool, minBonded int64) (*GenesisDoc, []*acm.PrivAccount, []*types.PrivValidator) {
-	accounts := make([]GenesisAccount, numAccounts)
-	privAccounts := make([]*acm.PrivAccount, numAccounts)
-	defaultPerms := ptypes.DefaultAccountPermissions
-	for i := 0; i < numAccounts; i++ {
-		account, privAccount := RandAccount(randBalance, minBalance)
-		accounts[i] = GenesisAccount{
-			Address:     account.Address,
-			Amount:      account.Balance,
-			Permissions: &defaultPerms, // This will get copied into each state.Account.
-		}
-		privAccounts[i] = privAccount
-	}
-	validators := make([]GenesisValidator, numValidators)
-	privValidators := make([]*types.PrivValidator, numValidators)
-	for i := 0; i < numValidators; i++ {
-		valInfo, _, privVal := types.RandValidator(randBonded, minBonded)
-		validators[i] = GenesisValidator{
-			PubKey: valInfo.PubKey,
-			Amount: valInfo.FirstBondAmount,
-			UnbondTo: []BasicAccount{
-				{
-					Address: valInfo.PubKey.Address(),
-					Amount:  valInfo.FirstBondAmount,
-				},
-			},
-		}
-		privValidators[i] = privVal
-	}
-	sort.Sort(types.PrivValidatorsByAddress(privValidators))
-	return &GenesisDoc{
-		GenesisTime: time.Now(),
-		ChainID:     "tendermint_test",
-		Accounts:    accounts,
-		Validators:  validators,
-	}, privAccounts, privValidators
-
-}