diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
index 6780e6dd3..914682647 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
@@ -53,16 +53,15 @@ func (n *invokerAdapter) GetRPCInvoker() invoker.RPCInvoke {
 }
 
 func newPolicyContractReaderInterface(cmd *cobra.Command) (*morph.ContractStorageReader, *invoker.Invoker) {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "unable to create NEO rpc client: %w", err)
 
 	inv := invoker.New(c, nil)
-	var ch util.Uint160
 	r := management.NewReader(inv)
 	nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't get NNS contract state: %w", err)
 
-	ch, err = helper.NNSResolveHash(inv, nnsCs.Hash, helper.DomainOf(constants.PolicyContract))
+	ch, err := helper.NNSResolveHash(inv, nnsCs.Hash, helper.DomainOf(constants.PolicyContract))
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "unable to resolve policy contract hash: %w", err)
 
 	invokerAdapter := &invokerAdapter{
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ func newPolicyContractReaderInterface(cmd *cobra.Command) (*morph.ContractStorag
 }
 
 func newPolicyContractInterface(cmd *cobra.Command) (*morph.ContractStorage, *helper.LocalActor) {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "unable to create NEO rpc client: %w", err)
 
 	ac, err := helper.NewLocalActor(cmd, c, constants.ConsensusAccountName)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/balance/balance.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/balance/balance.go
index 5519705d4..be42f2aa5 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/balance/balance.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/balance/balance.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func dumpBalances(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		nmHash          util.Uint160
 	)
 
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/config/config.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/config/config.go
index 3a7f84acb..65ccc9f9f 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/config/config.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 const forceConfigSet = "force"
 
 func dumpNetworkConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't create N3 client: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/container/container.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/container/container.go
index 6f08d1655..e72dc15e9 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/container/container.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/container/container.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func dumpContainers(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid filename: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't create N3 client: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func dumpSingleContainer(bw *io.BufBinWriter, ch util.Uint160, inv *invoker.Invo
 }
 
 func listContainers(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't create N3 client: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/dump_hashes.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/dump_hashes.go
index be2134b77..437e2480d 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/dump_hashes.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/dump_hashes.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type contractDumpInfo struct {
 }
 
 func dumpContractHashes(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't create N3 client: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid.go
index 74da52a8f..db98bb8ad 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package frostfsid
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"sort"
@@ -489,10 +488,6 @@ func (f *frostfsidClient) sendWaitRes() (*state.AppExecResult, error) {
 	}
 	f.bw.Reset()
 
-	if len(f.wCtx.SentTxs) == 0 {
-		return nil, errors.New("no transactions to wait")
-	}
-
 	f.wCtx.Command.Println("Waiting for transactions to persist...")
 	return f.roCli.Wait(f.wCtx.SentTxs[0].Hash, f.wCtx.SentTxs[0].Vub, nil)
 }
@@ -514,7 +509,7 @@ func readIterator(inv *invoker.Invoker, iter *result.Iterator, batchSize int, se
 }
 
 func initInvoker(cmd *cobra.Command) (*invoker.Invoker, *state.Contract, util.Uint160) {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't create N3 client: %w", err)
 
 	inv := invoker.New(c, nil)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid_util_test.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid_util_test.go
index cce859d2f..1d0bc8441 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid_util_test.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid_util_test.go
@@ -1,59 +1,12 @@
 package frostfsid
 
 import (
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"testing"
 
-	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/internal/ape"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/crypto/keys"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/encoding/address"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestFrostfsIDConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	pks := make([]*keys.PrivateKey, 4)
-	for i := range pks {
-		pk, err := keys.NewPrivateKey()
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		pks[i] = pk
-	}
-
-	fmts := []string{
-		pks[0].GetScriptHash().StringLE(),
-		address.Uint160ToString(pks[1].GetScriptHash()),
-		hex.EncodeToString(pks[2].PublicKey().UncompressedBytes()),
-		hex.EncodeToString(pks[3].PublicKey().Bytes()),
-	}
-
-	for i := range fmts {
-		v := viper.New()
-		v.Set("frostfsid.admin", fmts[i])
-
-		actual, found, err := helper.GetFrostfsIDAdmin(v)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.True(t, found)
-		require.Equal(t, pks[i].GetScriptHash(), actual)
-	}
-
-	t.Run("bad key", func(t *testing.T) {
-		v := viper.New()
-		v.Set("frostfsid.admin", "abc")
-
-		_, found, err := helper.GetFrostfsIDAdmin(v)
-		require.Error(t, err)
-		require.True(t, found)
-	})
-	t.Run("missing key", func(t *testing.T) {
-		v := viper.New()
-
-		_, found, err := helper.GetFrostfsIDAdmin(v)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.False(t, found)
-	})
-}
-
 func TestNamespaceRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		name      string
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/contract.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/contract.go
index eea3b040e..64d1c6393 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/contract.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/contract.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func GetContractDeployData(c *InitializeContext, ctrName string, keysParam []any
 			h, found, err = getFrostfsIDAdminFromContract(c.ReadOnlyInvoker)
 		}
 		if method != constants.UpdateMethodName || err == nil && !found {
-			h, found, err = GetFrostfsIDAdmin(viper.GetViper())
+			h, found, err = getFrostfsIDAdmin(viper.GetViper())
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/frostfsid.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/frostfsid.go
index f29042b82..fce2dfb74 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/frostfsid.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/frostfsid.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 const frostfsIDAdminConfigKey = "frostfsid.admin"
 
-func GetFrostfsIDAdmin(v *viper.Viper) (util.Uint160, bool, error) {
+func getFrostfsIDAdmin(v *viper.Viper) (util.Uint160, bool, error) {
 	admin := v.GetString(frostfsIDAdminConfigKey)
 	if admin == "" {
 		return util.Uint160{}, false, nil
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/frostfsid_test.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/frostfsid_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38991e962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/frostfsid_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package helper
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/crypto/keys"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/encoding/address"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestFrostfsIDConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	pks := make([]*keys.PrivateKey, 4)
+	for i := range pks {
+		pk, err := keys.NewPrivateKey()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		pks[i] = pk
+	}
+
+	fmts := []string{
+		pks[0].GetScriptHash().StringLE(),
+		address.Uint160ToString(pks[1].GetScriptHash()),
+		hex.EncodeToString(pks[2].PublicKey().UncompressedBytes()),
+		hex.EncodeToString(pks[3].PublicKey().Bytes()),
+	}
+
+	for i := range fmts {
+		v := viper.New()
+		v.Set("frostfsid.admin", fmts[i])
+
+		actual, found, err := getFrostfsIDAdmin(v)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.True(t, found)
+		require.Equal(t, pks[i].GetScriptHash(), actual)
+	}
+
+	t.Run("bad key", func(t *testing.T) {
+		v := viper.New()
+		v.Set("frostfsid.admin", "abc")
+
+		_, found, err := getFrostfsIDAdmin(v)
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		require.True(t, found)
+	})
+	t.Run("missing key", func(t *testing.T) {
+		v := viper.New()
+
+		_, found, err := getFrostfsIDAdmin(v)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.False(t, found)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/initialize_ctx.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/initialize_ctx.go
index b5b6adf05..8e5615baa 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/initialize_ctx.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/initialize_ctx.go
@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ func NewInitializeContext(cmd *cobra.Command, v *viper.Viper) (*InitializeContex
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	accounts, err := createWalletAccounts(wallets)
+	accounts, err := getSingleAccounts(wallets)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	cliCtx, err := DefaultClientContext(c, committeeAcc)
+	cliCtx, err := defaultClientContext(c, committeeAcc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("client context: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func createClient(cmd *cobra.Command, v *viper.Viper, wallets []*wallet.Wallet)
 		}
 		c, err = NewLocalClient(cmd, v, wallets, ldf.Value.String())
 	} else {
-		c, err = GetN3Client(v)
+		c, err = NewRemoteClient(v)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't create N3 client: %w", err)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func getContractsPath(cmd *cobra.Command, needContracts bool) (string, error) {
 	return ctrPath, nil
 }
 
-func createWalletAccounts(wallets []*wallet.Wallet) ([]*wallet.Account, error) {
+func getSingleAccounts(wallets []*wallet.Wallet) ([]*wallet.Account, error) {
 	accounts := make([]*wallet.Account, len(wallets))
 	for i, w := range wallets {
 		acc, err := GetWalletAccount(w, constants.SingleAccountName)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/local_client.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/local_client.go
index ed028fb7c..d0a05d5c7 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/local_client.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/local_client.go
@@ -58,17 +58,59 @@ func NewLocalClient(cmd *cobra.Command, v *viper.Viper, wallets []*wallet.Wallet
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	m := smartcontract.GetDefaultHonestNodeCount(int(cfg.ProtocolConfiguration.ValidatorsCount))
-	accounts := make([]*wallet.Account, len(wallets))
-	for i := range accounts {
-		accounts[i], err = GetWalletAccount(wallets[i], constants.ConsensusAccountName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+	go bc.Run()
+
+	accounts, err := getBlockSigningAccounts(cfg.ProtocolConfiguration, wallets)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if cmd.Name() != "init" {
+		if err := restoreDump(bc, dumpPath); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("restore dump: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
+	return &LocalClient{
+		bc:       bc,
+		dumpPath: dumpPath,
+		accounts: accounts,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func restoreDump(bc *core.Blockchain, dumpPath string) error {
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(dumpPath, os.O_RDONLY, 0o600)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("can't open local dump: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	r := io.NewBinReaderFromIO(f)
+
+	var skip uint32
+	if bc.BlockHeight() != 0 {
+		skip = bc.BlockHeight() + 1
+	}
+
+	count := r.ReadU32LE() - skip
+	if err := chaindump.Restore(bc, r, skip, count, nil); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getBlockSigningAccounts(cfg config.ProtocolConfiguration, wallets []*wallet.Wallet) ([]*wallet.Account, error) {
+	accounts := make([]*wallet.Account, len(wallets))
+	for i := range accounts {
+		acc, err := GetWalletAccount(wallets[i], constants.ConsensusAccountName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		accounts[i] = acc
+	}
+
 	indexMap := make(map[string]int)
-	for i, pub := range cfg.ProtocolConfiguration.StandbyCommittee {
+	for i, pub := range cfg.StandbyCommittee {
 		indexMap[pub] = i
 	}
 
@@ -77,37 +119,12 @@ func NewLocalClient(cmd *cobra.Command, v *viper.Viper, wallets []*wallet.Wallet
 		pj := accounts[j].PrivateKey().PublicKey().Bytes()
 		return indexMap[string(pi)] < indexMap[string(pj)]
 	})
-	sort.Slice(accounts[:cfg.ProtocolConfiguration.ValidatorsCount], func(i, j int) bool {
+	sort.Slice(accounts[:cfg.ValidatorsCount], func(i, j int) bool {
 		return accounts[i].PublicKey().Cmp(accounts[j].PublicKey()) == -1
 	})
 
-	go bc.Run()
-
-	if cmd.Name() != "init" {
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(dumpPath, os.O_RDONLY, 0o600)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't open local dump: %w", err)
-		}
-		defer f.Close()
-
-		r := io.NewBinReaderFromIO(f)
-
-		var skip uint32
-		if bc.BlockHeight() != 0 {
-			skip = bc.BlockHeight() + 1
-		}
-
-		count := r.ReadU32LE() - skip
-		if err := chaindump.Restore(bc, r, skip, count, nil); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't restore local dump: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return &LocalClient{
-		bc:       bc,
-		dumpPath: dumpPath,
-		accounts: accounts[:m],
-	}, nil
+	m := smartcontract.GetDefaultHonestNodeCount(int(cfg.ValidatorsCount))
+	return accounts[:m], nil
 }
 
 func (l *LocalClient) GetBlockCount() (uint32, error) {
@@ -128,11 +145,6 @@ func (l *LocalClient) GetApplicationLog(h util.Uint256, t *trigger.Type) (*resul
 	return &a, nil
 }
 
-func (l *LocalClient) GetCommittee() (keys.PublicKeys, error) {
-	// not used by `morph init` command
-	panic("unexpected call")
-}
-
 // InvokeFunction is implemented via `InvokeScript`.
 func (l *LocalClient) InvokeFunction(h util.Uint160, method string, sPrm []smartcontract.Parameter, ss []transaction.Signer) (*result.Invoke, error) {
 	var err error
@@ -296,13 +308,7 @@ func (l *LocalClient) InvokeScript(script []byte, signers []transaction.Signer)
 }
 
 func (l *LocalClient) SendRawTransaction(tx *transaction.Transaction) (util.Uint256, error) {
-	// We need to test that transaction was formed correctly to catch as many errors as we can.
-	bs := tx.Bytes()
-	_, err := transaction.NewTransactionFromBytes(bs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return tx.Hash(), fmt.Errorf("invalid transaction: %w", err)
-	}
-
+	tx = tx.Copy()
 	l.transactions = append(l.transactions, tx)
 	return tx.Hash(), nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/n3client.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/n3client.go
index e62a21b3f..3f3a66cb6 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/n3client.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/n3client.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/commonflags"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/state"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/transaction"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/crypto/keys"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/neorpc/result"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpcclient"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpcclient/actor"
@@ -25,15 +24,10 @@ import (
 // Client represents N3 client interface capable of test-invoking scripts
 // and sending signed transactions to chain.
 type Client interface {
-	invoker.RPCInvoke
+	actor.RPCActor
 
-	GetBlockCount() (uint32, error)
 	GetNativeContracts() ([]state.Contract, error)
 	GetApplicationLog(util.Uint256, *trigger.Type) (*result.ApplicationLog, error)
-	GetVersion() (*result.Version, error)
-	SendRawTransaction(*transaction.Transaction) (util.Uint256, error)
-	GetCommittee() (keys.PublicKeys, error)
-	CalculateNetworkFee(tx *transaction.Transaction) (int64, error)
 }
 
 type HashVUBPair struct {
@@ -48,7 +42,7 @@ type ClientContext struct {
 	SentTxs         []HashVUBPair
 }
 
-func GetN3Client(v *viper.Viper) (Client, error) {
+func NewRemoteClient(v *viper.Viper) (Client, error) {
 	// number of opened connections
 	// by neo-go client per one host
 	const (
@@ -88,8 +82,14 @@ func GetN3Client(v *viper.Viper) (Client, error) {
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-func DefaultClientContext(c Client, committeeAcc *wallet.Account) (*ClientContext, error) {
-	commAct, err := NewActor(c, committeeAcc)
+func defaultClientContext(c Client, committeeAcc *wallet.Account) (*ClientContext, error) {
+	commAct, err := actor.New(c, []actor.SignerAccount{{
+		Signer: transaction.Signer{
+			Account: committeeAcc.Contract.ScriptHash(),
+			Scopes:  transaction.Global,
+		},
+		Account: committeeAcc,
+	}})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/util.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/util.go
index 8c6b90539..c26aa447b 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/util.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/util.go
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/constants"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/innerring"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/state"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/transaction"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/crypto/keys"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/encoding/fixedn"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpcclient/actor"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpcclient/management"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/wallet"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -87,16 +85,6 @@ func openAlphabetWallets(v *viper.Viper, walletDir string) ([]*wallet.Wallet, er
 	return wallets, nil
 }
 
-func NewActor(c actor.RPCActor, committeeAcc *wallet.Account) (*actor.Actor, error) {
-	return actor.New(c, []actor.SignerAccount{{
-		Signer: transaction.Signer{
-			Account: committeeAcc.Contract.ScriptHash(),
-			Scopes:  transaction.Global,
-		},
-		Account: committeeAcc,
-	}})
-}
-
 func ReadContract(ctrPath, ctrName string) (*ContractState, error) {
 	rawNef, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(ctrPath, ctrName+"_contract.nef"))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/netmap_candidates.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/netmap_candidates.go
index d8471bb9a..a689e0ec1 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/netmap_candidates.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/netmap_candidates.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func listNetmapCandidatesNodes(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't create N3 client: %w", err)
 
 	inv := invoker.New(c, nil)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/nns/helper.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/nns/helper.go
index 29b0a24ae..b13cbc8a1 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/nns/helper.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/nns/helper.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func nnsWriter(cmd *cobra.Command) (*client.Contract, *helper.LocalActor) {
 	v := viper.GetViper()
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(v)
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(v)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "unable to create NEO rpc client: %w", err)
 
 	ac, err := helper.NewLocalActor(cmd, c, constants.CommitteeAccountName)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func nnsWriter(cmd *cobra.Command) (*client.Contract, *helper.LocalActor) {
 }
 
 func nnsReader(cmd *cobra.Command) (*client.ContractReader, *invoker.Invoker) {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "unable to create NEO rpc client: %w", err)
 
 	inv := invoker.New(c, nil)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/notary/notary.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/notary/notary.go
index 9b213da4e..fd42d5a4a 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/notary/notary.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/notary/notary.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func depositNotary(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 }
 
 func transferGas(cmd *cobra.Command, acc *wallet.Account, accHash util.Uint160, gasAmount fixedn.Fixed8, till int64) error {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/policy/policy.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/policy/policy.go
index 36547e22c..686a244f0 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/policy/policy.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/policy/policy.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func SetPolicyCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 }
 
 func dumpPolicyCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
-	c, err := helper.GetN3Client(viper.GetViper())
+	c, err := helper.NewRemoteClient(viper.GetViper())
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't create N3 client:", err)
 
 	inv := invoker.New(c, nil)