diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 57469aa..f09e1ca 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-ANCHOR_PRIVATE_KEY=246,79,83,235,227,63,148,45,236,118,164,3,0,99,197,152,7,161,4,247,132,15,56,14,71,41,175,39,108,68,32,37,233,229,35,89,133,166,36,228,162,196,142,255,237,118,168,210,61,163,132,32,11,89,22,89,116,119,126,116,203,65,29,77
 ENDPOINT=https://api.devnet.solana.com
 ENV=devnet
 PORT=6969
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 46c0e6e..85760f0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { program, Option } from 'commander';
+import { program } from 'commander';
 
 import responseTime = require('response-time');
 import express from 'express';
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import compression from 'compression';
 import morgan from 'morgan';
 import cors from 'cors';
 
-import { Connection, Commitment, PublicKey } from '@solana/web3.js';
+import { Connection, Commitment, PublicKey, Keypair } from '@solana/web3.js';
 
 import {
 	getVariant,
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ import {
 	BN,
 	groupL2,
 	L2OrderBook,
+	Wallet,
 } from '@drift-labs/sdk';
 
 import { Mutex } from 'async-mutex';
 
-import { getWallet } from './utils';
 import { logger, setLogLevel } from './logger';
 
 import { PrometheusExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus';
@@ -104,18 +104,6 @@ app.use((req, _res, next) => {
 	next();
 });
 
-program
-	.option('-d, --dry-run', 'Dry run, do not send transactions on chain')
-	.option('--test-liveness', 'Purposefully fail liveness test after 1 minute')
-	.addOption(
-		new Option(
-			'-p, --private-key <string>',
-			'private key, supports path to id.json, or list of comma separate numbers'
-		).env('ANCHOR_PRIVATE_KEY')
-	)
-	.option('--debug', 'Enable debug logging')
-	.parse();
-
 const opts = program.opts();
 setLogLevel(opts.debug ? 'debug' : 'info');
 
@@ -301,7 +289,7 @@ const initializeAllMarketSubscribers = async (
 };
 
 const main = async () => {
-	const wallet = getWallet();
+	const wallet = new Wallet(new Keypair());
 	const clearingHousePublicKey = new PublicKey(sdkConfig.DRIFT_PROGRAM_ID);
 
 	const connection = new Connection(endpoint, {
@@ -362,17 +350,6 @@ const main = async () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	if (!(await driftClient.getUser().exists())) {
-		logger.error(`User for ${wallet.publicKey} does not exist`);
-		if (opts.initUser) {
-			logger.info(`Creating User for ${wallet.publicKey}`);
-			const [txSig] = await driftClient.initializeUserAccount();
-			logger.info(`Initialized user account in transaction: ${txSig}`);
-		} else {
-			throw new Error("Run with '--init-user' flag to initialize a User");
-		}
-	}
-
 	const userMap = new UserMap(
 		driftClient,
 		driftClient.userAccountSubscriptionConfig,
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 945bbe6..0000000
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import { Keypair } from '@solana/web3.js';
-import { bs58 } from '@project-serum/anchor/dist/cjs/utils/bytes';
-import { Wallet } from '@drift-labs/sdk';
-
-import { logger } from './logger';
-
-export function getWallet(): Wallet {
-	const privateKey = process.env.ANCHOR_PRIVATE_KEY;
-	if (!privateKey) {
-		throw new Error(
-			'Must set environment variable ANCHOR_PRIVATE_KEY with the path to a id.json or a list of commma separated numbers'
-		);
-	}
-	// try to load privateKey as a filepath
-	let loadedKey: Uint8Array;
-	if (fs.existsSync(privateKey)) {
-		logger.info(`loading private key from ${privateKey}`);
-		loadedKey = new Uint8Array(
-			JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(privateKey).toString())
-		);
-	} else {
-		if (privateKey.includes(',')) {
-			logger.info(`Trying to load private key as comma separated numbers`);
-			loadedKey = Uint8Array.from(
-				privateKey.split(',').map((val) => Number(val))
-			);
-		} else {
-			logger.info(`Trying to load private key as base58 string`);
-			loadedKey = new Uint8Array(bs58.decode(privateKey));
-		}
-	}
-
-	const keypair = Keypair.fromSecretKey(Uint8Array.from(loadedKey));
-	return new Wallet(keypair);
-}