diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1ecd5d576..d00f1315b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Editor
 .idea/
 .vim/
+.vscode/
 
 # will have compiled files and executables
 **/target/
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a3f96de1..000000000
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-{
-    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
-    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
-    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "type": "lldb",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "name": "Debug executable 'parallel'",
-            "cargo": {
-                "args": [
-                    "build",
-                    "--bin=parallel",
-                    "--package=parallel",
-                    "--features=with-evm-runtime",
-                    "--features=runtime-benchmarks",
-                    "--features=try-runtime"
-                ]
-            },
-            "args": ["--tmp","--alice","--dev","--rpc-cors=all","--unsafe-ws-external","--unsafe-rpc-external","--ws-port=19944","--rpc-port=29933"],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
-        },
-        {
-            "type": "lldb",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "name": "Debug runtime-integration unit tests",
-            "cargo": {
-                "args": [
-                    "test",
-                    "--package=runtime-integration-tests"
-                ]
-            },
-            "args": ["--nocapture"],
-            "env":{
-                "SKIP_WASM_BUILD":""
-            },
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
-        },
-        {
-            "type": "node",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "name": "Bridge Tests",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/evm/node_modules/.bin/_mocha",
-            "args": [
-              "--colors",
-              "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/evm/test/axelar-bridge.js",
-            ],
-            "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
-            "skipFiles": [
-              "<node_internals>/**"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "type": "node",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "name": "Deploy Token",
-            "args": [
-              "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/evm/script/token.js",
-              "deploy"
-            ],
-            "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
-            "skipFiles": [
-              "<node_internals>/**"
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "type": "node",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "name": "Mint token test",
-            "args": [
-              "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/evm/script/token.js",
-              "mint"
-            ],
-            "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
-            "skipFiles": [
-              "<node_internals>/**"
-            ]
-        }
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e1390f182..000000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "solidity.packageDefaultDependenciesContractsDirectory": "",
-  "solidity.packageDefaultDependenciesDirectory": "scripts/evm/node_modules"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/evm b/scripts/evm
index bff05c108..8c23e932c 160000
--- a/scripts/evm
+++ b/scripts/evm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bff05c10809c8a90f8729a33d88ca2721c76fe3c
+Subproject commit 8c23e932cdba4d8c3c219d7edea0a2329516fb81