diff --git a/js/src/api/api.js b/js/src/api/api.js
index 526ecbf1b..0b6e444c8 100644
--- a/js/src/api/api.js
+++ b/js/src/api/api.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { Db, Eth, Parity, Net, Personal, Shh, Signer, Trace, Web3 } from './rpc'
 import Subscriptions from './subscriptions';
 import util from './util';
 import { isFunction } from './util/types';
-import { LocalAccountsMiddleware } from './local';
+// import { LocalAccountsMiddleware } from './local';
 
 export default class Api extends EventEmitter {
   constructor (transport, allowSubscriptions = true) {
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ export default class Api extends EventEmitter {
       const middleware = this.parity
         .nodeKind()
         .then((nodeKind) => {
-          if (nodeKind.availability === 'public') {
-            return LocalAccountsMiddleware;
-          }
+          // if (nodeKind.availability === 'public') {
+          //   return LocalAccountsMiddleware;
+          // }
 
           return null;
         })
diff --git a/js/webpack/npm.js b/js/webpack/npm.js
index 34b91467b..f1b3640d8 100644
--- a/js/webpack/npm.js
+++ b/js/webpack/npm.js
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
   resolve: {
     alias: {
-      '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src')
+      '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),
+      'secp256k1': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/secp256k1/js'),
+      'keythereum': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/keythereum/dist/keythereum')
     },
     modules: [
       path.resolve('./src'),