diff --git a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-eth/index.ts b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-eth/index.ts
index 6effb7edd..084ccc852 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-eth/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-eth/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 export * from "./useAnimationConfig";
-export * from "./useBurnerWallet";
 export * from "./useContractLogs";
 export * from "./useDeployedContractInfo";
 export * from "./useFetchBlocks";
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-eth/useBurnerWallet.ts b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-eth/useBurnerWallet.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b8cf8895..000000000
--- a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-eth/useBurnerWallet.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { useTargetNetwork } from "./useTargetNetwork";
-import { useLocalStorage } from "usehooks-ts";
-import { Chain, Hex, HttpTransport, PrivateKeyAccount, createWalletClient, http } from "viem";
-import { WalletClient } from "viem";
-import { generatePrivateKey, privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
-import { usePublicClient } from "wagmi";
-
-const burnerStorageKey = "scaffoldEth2.burnerWallet.sk";
-
-/**
- * Checks if the private key is valid
- */
-const isValidSk = (pk: Hex | string | undefined | null): boolean => {
-  return pk?.length === 64 || pk?.length === 66;
-};
-
-/**
- * If no burner is found in localstorage, we will generate a random private key
- */
-const newDefaultPrivateKey = generatePrivateKey();
-
-/**
- * Save the current burner private key to local storage
- */
-export const saveBurnerSK = (privateKey: Hex): void => {
-  if (typeof window != "undefined" && window != null) {
-    window?.localStorage?.setItem(burnerStorageKey, privateKey);
-  }
-};
-
-/**
- * Gets the current burner private key from local storage
- */
-export const loadBurnerSK = (): Hex => {
-  let currentSk: Hex = "0x";
-  if (typeof window != "undefined" && window != null) {
-    currentSk = (window?.localStorage?.getItem?.(burnerStorageKey)?.replaceAll('"', "") ?? "0x") as Hex;
-  }
-
-  if (!!currentSk && isValidSk(currentSk)) {
-    return currentSk;
-  } else {
-    saveBurnerSK(newDefaultPrivateKey);
-    return newDefaultPrivateKey;
-  }
-};
-
-type BurnerAccount = {
-  walletClient: WalletClient | undefined;
-  account: PrivateKeyAccount | undefined;
-  // creates a new burner account
-  generateNewBurner: () => void;
-  // explicitly save burner to storage
-  saveBurner: () => void;
-};
-
-/**
- * Creates a burner wallet
- */
-export const useBurnerWallet = (): BurnerAccount => {
-  const [burnerSk, setBurnerSk] = useLocalStorage<Hex>(burnerStorageKey, newDefaultPrivateKey, {
-    initializeWithValue: false,
-  });
-
-  const { targetNetwork } = useTargetNetwork();
-  const publicClient = usePublicClient({ chainId: targetNetwork.id });
-  const [walletClient, setWalletClient] = useState<WalletClient<HttpTransport, Chain, PrivateKeyAccount>>();
-  const [generatedPrivateKey, setGeneratedPrivateKey] = useState<Hex>("0x");
-  const [account, setAccount] = useState<PrivateKeyAccount>();
-  const isCreatingNewBurnerRef = useRef(false);
-
-  const saveBurner = useCallback(() => {
-    setBurnerSk(generatedPrivateKey);
-  }, [setBurnerSk, generatedPrivateKey]);
-
-  const generateNewBurner = useCallback(() => {
-    if (publicClient && !isCreatingNewBurnerRef.current) {
-      console.log("🔑 Create new burner wallet...");
-      isCreatingNewBurnerRef.current = true;
-
-      const randomPrivateKey = generatePrivateKey();
-      const randomAccount = privateKeyToAccount(randomPrivateKey);
-
-      const client = createWalletClient({
-        chain: publicClient.chain,
-        account: randomAccount,
-        transport: http(),
-      });
-
-      setWalletClient(client);
-      setGeneratedPrivateKey(randomPrivateKey);
-      setAccount(randomAccount);
-
-      setBurnerSk(() => {
-        console.log("🔥 Saving new burner wallet");
-        isCreatingNewBurnerRef.current = false;
-        return randomPrivateKey;
-      });
-      return client;
-    } else {
-      console.log("⚠ Could not create burner wallet");
-    }
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [publicClient?.chain.id]);
-
-  /**
-   * Load wallet with burnerSk
-   * connect and set wallet, once we have burnerSk and valid provider
-   */
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (burnerSk && publicClient?.chain.id) {
-      let wallet: WalletClient<HttpTransport, Chain, PrivateKeyAccount> | undefined = undefined;
-      if (isValidSk(burnerSk)) {
-        const randomAccount = privateKeyToAccount(burnerSk);
-
-        wallet = createWalletClient({
-          chain: publicClient.chain,
-          account: randomAccount,
-          transport: http(),
-        });
-
-        setGeneratedPrivateKey(burnerSk);
-        setAccount(randomAccount);
-      } else {
-        wallet = generateNewBurner();
-      }
-
-      if (wallet == null) {
-        throw "Error:  Could not create burner wallet";
-      }
-
-      setWalletClient(wallet);
-      saveBurner();
-    }
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [burnerSk, publicClient?.chain.id]);
-
-  return {
-    walletClient,
-    account,
-    generateNewBurner,
-    saveBurner,
-  };
-};