diff --git a/evm-template/runtime/src/defi.rs b/evm-template/runtime/src/defi.rs
index c75eec17..4d83d30b 100644
--- a/evm-template/runtime/src/defi.rs
+++ b/evm-template/runtime/src/defi.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ use frame_system::EnsureRoot;
 use orml_traits::parameter_type_with_key;
 
 use super::{
-    Balance, Balances, BlockNumber, Currencies, Runtime, RuntimeEvent, Tokens, WeightToFee,
+    AccountId, Balance, Balances, BlockNumber, Currencies, Runtime, RuntimeEvent, Tokens,
+    WeightToFee,
 };
 
 pub type Amount = i128;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ parameter_types! {
 }
 
 parameter_type_with_key! {
-    pub ExistentialDeposits: |currency_id: AssetId| -> Balance {
+    pub ExistentialDeposits: |_currency_id: AssetId| -> Balance {
         Balance::default()
     };
 }
@@ -36,35 +37,75 @@ impl orml_tokens::Config for Runtime {
 }
 
 parameter_types! {
-    pub const GetNativeCurrencyId: AssetId = 0u32;
+    // TODO: enforce everywhere, including XCM execution
+    pub const NativeAssetId: AssetId = 0u32;
+    // NOTE: the underlying impl of `reset_payment_currency` extrinsic assumes that this is not NativeAssetId
+    // even if we want to use pallet-balances for managing the EVM Asset
+    // TODO: set `EvmAssetId = NativeAssetId` without violating the assumptions of `reset_payment_currency` extrinsic
+    // ISSUE #5575
+    pub const EvmAssetId: AssetId = 1u32;
 }
 
 impl orml_currencies::Config for Runtime {
-    type GetNativeCurrencyId = GetNativeCurrencyId;
+    type GetNativeCurrencyId = NativeAssetId;
     type MultiCurrency = Tokens;
     type NativeCurrency =
         orml_currencies::BasicCurrencyAdapter<Runtime, Balances, Amount, BlockNumber>;
     type WeightInfo = (); // TODO: generate weights
 }
 
+// TODO: upstream for all EVM chains that use native 20 byte accounts
+pub struct AllEvmAccounts;
+impl<T> InspectEvmAccounts<AccountId, AccountId> for AllEvmAccounts {
+    /// Returns `True` if the account is EVM truncated account.
+    fn is_evm_account(account_id: AccountId) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    /// get the EVM address from the substrate address.
+    fn evm_address(account_id: &impl AsRef<[u8; 32]>) -> EvmAddress {
+        // unused in pallet-tx-multi-payment
+        [0u8; 20]
+    }
+
+    /// Get the truncated address from the EVM address.
+    fn truncated_account_id(evm_address: AccountId) -> AccountId {
+        evm_address
+    }
+
+    /// Return the Substrate address bound to the EVM account. If not bound, returns `None`.
+    fn bound_account_id(evm_address: AccountId) -> Option<AccountId> {
+        Some(evm_address)
+    }
+
+    /// Get the Substrate address from the EVM address.
+    /// Returns the truncated version of the address if the address wasn't bind.
+    fn account_id(evm_address: AccountId) -> AccountId {
+        evm_address
+    }
+
+    /// Returns `True` if the address is allowed to deploy smart contracts.
+    fn can_deploy_contracts(evm_address: AccountId) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+}
+
 impl pallet_transaction_multi_payment::Config for Runtime {
-    type AcceptedCurrencyOrigin = EnsureRoot<AccountId>;
+    type AcceptedCurrencyOrigin = EnsureRoot<Self::AccountId>;
     type Currencies = Currencies;
-    // TODO: ensure matches EVM used in `pallet_evm`
-    type EvmAssetId = evm::WethAssetId;
-    type EvmPermit = evm::permit::EvmPermitHandler<Runtime>;
-    // TODO: impl InspectEVMAccounts by Runtime in separate folder
-    // because we do not require pallet-evm-accounts config
-    type InspectEvmAccounts = ();
-    //EVMAccounts
-    type NativeAssetId = GetNativeCurrencyId;
+    // ISSUE #5575
+    type EvmAssetId = NativeAssetId;
+    // NOTE: impl EvmPermit for () returns false positive results
+    // TODO1: replace this impl with dummy patch that returns true negative results
+    // TODO2: impl EvmPermit and its precompile in a follow up because the precompile written by HydraDX-node assumes we use their 32 byte keys (which we do not)
+    type EvmPermit = ();
+    type InspectEvmAccounts = AllEvmAccounts;
+    type NativeAssetId = NativeAssetId;
     type OraclePriceProvider = ();
-    //OraclePriceProvider<AssetId, EmaOracle, LRNA>;
     type RouteProvider = ();
-    //Router;
     type RuntimeEvent = RuntimeEvent;
     type TryCallCurrency<'a> = pallet_transaction_multi_payment::TryCallCurrency<Runtime>;
+    // TODO: update weights
     type WeightInfo = ();
-    //TODO: run weights in context of this runtime, first add to benchmarking runtime config
     type WeightToFee = WeightToFee;
 }