diff --git a/packages/typegen/src/generate/tsDef.ts b/packages/typegen/src/generate/tsDef.ts
index 3a564b8123..bf8c0b9758 100644
--- a/packages/typegen/src/generate/tsDef.ts
+++ b/packages/typegen/src/generate/tsDef.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ function tsExport (definitions: object, def: TypeDef, imports: TypeImports): str
 const tsBTreeMap = tsExport;
 const tsBTreeSet = tsExport;
 const tsCompact = tsExport;
+const tsDoNotConstruct = tsExport;
 const tsHashMap = tsExport;
 const tsOption = tsExport;
 const tsPlain = tsExport;
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ function generateInterfaces (definitions: object, { types }: { types: Record<str
     [TypeDefInfo.BTreeMap]: tsBTreeMap,
     [TypeDefInfo.BTreeSet]: tsBTreeSet,
     [TypeDefInfo.Compact]: tsCompact,
+    [TypeDefInfo.DoNotConstruct]: tsDoNotConstruct,
     [TypeDefInfo.Enum]: tsEnum,
     [TypeDefInfo.HashMap]: tsHashMap,
     [TypeDefInfo.Int]: tsInt,
diff --git a/packages/typegen/src/util/formatting.ts b/packages/typegen/src/util/formatting.ts
index 1890f0d4ac..cac8c1d3e7 100644
--- a/packages/typegen/src/util/formatting.ts
+++ b/packages/typegen/src/util/formatting.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ function formatCompact (inner: string): string {
   return paramsNotation('Compact', inner);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Simple return
+ */
+/** @internal */
+function formatDoNoConstruct (): string {
+  return 'DoNotConstruct';
+}
+
 /**
  * Given the inner `K` & `V`, return a `BTreeMap<K, V>`  string
  */
@@ -174,6 +182,12 @@ export function formatType (definitions: object, type: string | TypeDef, imports
       return formatCompact(formatType(definitions, (typeDef.sub as TypeDef).type, imports));
     }
 
+    case TypeDefInfo.DoNotConstruct: {
+      setImports(definitions, imports, ['DoNotConstruct']);
+
+      return formatDoNoConstruct();
+    }
+
     case TypeDefInfo.Option: {
       setImports(definitions, imports, ['Option']);
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/augment/registry.ts b/packages/types/src/augment/registry.ts
index 8f66a10fbc..0de4523deb 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/augment/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/augment/registry.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable */
 
 import { Compact, Option, Raw, Vec } from '@polkadot/types/codec';
-import { BitVec, Bytes, Data, Null, StorageKey, Text, Type, U256, Unconstructable, bool, i128, i16, i256, i32, i64, i8, u128, u16, u256, u32, u64, u8, usize } from '@polkadot/types/primitive';
+import { BitVec, Bytes, Data, DoNotConstruct, Null, StorageKey, Text, Type, U256, bool, i128, i16, i256, i32, i64, i8, u128, u16, u256, u32, u64, u8, usize } from '@polkadot/types/primitive';
 import { BlockAttestations, IncludedBlocks, MoreAttestations } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces/attestations';
 import { RawAuraPreDigest } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces/aura';
 import { ExtrinsicOrHash, ExtrinsicStatus } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces/author';
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ declare module '@polkadot/types/types/registry' {
     Data: Data;
     'Option<Data>': Option<Data>;
     'Vec<Data>': Vec<Data>;
+    DoNotConstruct: DoNotConstruct;
+    'Option<DoNotConstruct>': Option<DoNotConstruct>;
+    'Vec<DoNotConstruct>': Vec<DoNotConstruct>;
     i8: i8;
     'Option<i8>': Option<i8>;
     'Vec<i8>': Vec<i8>;
@@ -115,9 +118,6 @@ declare module '@polkadot/types/types/registry' {
     'Compact<U256>': Compact<U256>;
     'Option<U256>': Option<U256>;
     'Vec<U256>': Vec<U256>;
-    Unconstructable: Unconstructable;
-    'Option<Unconstructable>': Option<Unconstructable>;
-    'Vec<Unconstructable>': Vec<Unconstructable>;
     usize: usize;
     'Compact<usize>': Compact<usize>;
     'Option<usize>': Option<usize>;
diff --git a/packages/types/src/codec/utils/encodeTypes.ts b/packages/types/src/codec/utils/encodeTypes.ts
index 13c47aa533..2d4214d448 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/codec/utils/encodeTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/codec/utils/encodeTypes.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ function encodeWithParams (typeDef: Pick<TypeDef, any>, outer = typeDef.displayN
   }
 }
 
+function encodeDoNotConstruct ({ displayName }: TypeDef): string {
+  return `DoNotEncode<${displayName}>`;
+}
+
 function encodeSubTypes (sub: TypeDef[], asEnum?: boolean): string {
   const inner = sub.reduce(
     (result: Record<string, string>, type: TypeDef): Record<string, string> => {
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ const encoders: Record<TypeDefInfo, (typeDef: TypeDef) => string> = {
   [TypeDefInfo.BTreeMap]: (typeDef: TypeDef): string => encodeWithParams(typeDef, 'BTreeMap'),
   [TypeDefInfo.BTreeSet]: (typeDef: TypeDef): string => encodeWithParams(typeDef, 'BTreeSet'),
   [TypeDefInfo.Compact]: (typeDef: TypeDef): string => encodeWithParams(typeDef, 'Compact'),
+  [TypeDefInfo.DoNotConstruct]: (typeDef: TypeDef): string => encodeDoNotConstruct(typeDef),
   [TypeDefInfo.Enum]: (typeDef: TypeDef): string => encodeEnum(typeDef),
   [TypeDefInfo.HashMap]: (typeDef: TypeDef): string => encodeWithParams(typeDef, 'HashMap'),
   [TypeDefInfo.Int]: (typeDef: TypeDef): string => encodeUInt(typeDef, 'Int'),
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/create/createClass.spec.ts
index c8f090eabe..1b577f6f5b 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/createClass.spec.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ describe('getTypeClass', (): void => {
 
     getTypeClass(registry, typeDef);
 
-    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Unable to resolve type ABC, it will fail on constrution');
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Unable to resolve type ABC, it will fail on construction');
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts b/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts
index f2b5045131..bc2a9bf1d2 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import U8aFixed, { BitLength as U8aFixedBitLength } from '../codec/U8aFixed';
 import UInt from '../codec/UInt';
 import Vec from '../codec/Vec';
 import VecFixed from '../codec/VecFixed';
+import DoNotConstruct from '../primitive/DoNotConstruct';
+
 import { getTypeDef } from './getTypeDef';
 
 export function createClass<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: Registry, type: K): Constructor<FromReg<T, K>> {
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ const infoMapping: Record<TypeDefInfo, (registry: Registry, value: TypeDef) => C
 
   [TypeDefInfo.Compact]: (registry: Registry, value: TypeDef): Constructor => Compact.with(getSubType(value)),
 
+  [TypeDefInfo.DoNotConstruct]: (registry: Registry, value: TypeDef): Constructor => DoNotConstruct.with(value.displayName),
+
   [TypeDefInfo.Enum]: (registry: Registry, value: TypeDef): Constructor => Enum.with(getTypeClassMap(value)),
 
   [TypeDefInfo.HashMap]: (registry: Registry, value: TypeDef): Constructor => createHashMap(value, HashMap),
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/createType.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/create/createType.spec.ts
index fd0f11319a..16d510bac9 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/createType.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/createType.spec.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ describe('createType', (): void => {
     ).toThrow('UInt<20>: Only support for UInt<bitLength>, where length <= 8192 and a power of 8');
   });
 
+  it('fails on creation of DoNotConstruct', (): void => {
+    const Clazz = createClass(registry, 'DoNotConstruct<UnknownSomething>');
+
+    expect(
+      () => new Clazz(registry)
+    ).toThrow('Cannot construct unknown type UnknownSomething');
+  });
+
   it('allows creation of a [u8; 8]', (): void => {
     expect(
       createTypeUnsafe(registry, '[u8; 8]', [[0x12, 0x00, 0x23, 0x00, 0x45, 0x00, 0x67, 0x00]]).toHex()
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/createType.ts b/packages/types/src/create/createType.ts
index 50031c1dec..837e5a04ed 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/createType.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/createType.ts
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ function initType<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry:
 }
 
 // An unsafe version of the `createType` below. It's unsafe because the `type`
-// argument here can be any string, which, if not parseable, will yield a
+// argument here can be any string, which, when it cannot parse, will yield a
 // runtime error.
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 export function createTypeUnsafe<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: Registry, type: K, params: any[] = [], isPedantic?: boolean): T {
   try {
-    // Circle back to isPedenatic when it handles all cases 100% - as of now,
-    // it provides false wraning which is more hinderance than help
+    // Circle back to isPedantic when it handles all cases 100% - as of now,
+    // it provides false warning which is more hinderance than help
     return initType(registry, createClass<T, K>(registry, type), params); // , isPedantic);
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error(`createType(${type}):: ${error.message}`);
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.ts b/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.ts
index ac9492860d..fe38dd800a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ function _decodeUInt (value: TypeDef, type: string, subType: string): TypeDef {
   return _decodeInt(value, type, subType, 'UInt');
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+function _decodeDoNotConstruct (value: TypeDef, type: string, _: string): TypeDef {
+  const NAME_LENGTH = 'DoNotConstruct'.length;
+
+  value.displayName = type.substr(NAME_LENGTH + 1, type.length - NAME_LENGTH - 1 - 1);
+
+  return value;
+}
+
 function hasWrapper (type: string, [start, end]: [string, string, TypeDefInfo, any?]): boolean {
   if (type.substr(0, start.length) !== start) {
     return false;
@@ -138,7 +147,8 @@ const nestedExtraction: [string, string, TypeDefInfo, (value: TypeDef, type: str
   ['HashMap<', '>', TypeDefInfo.HashMap, _decodeTuple],
   ['Int<', '>', TypeDefInfo.Int, _decodeInt],
   ['Result<', '>', TypeDefInfo.Result, _decodeTuple],
-  ['UInt<', '>', TypeDefInfo.UInt, _decodeUInt]
+  ['UInt<', '>', TypeDefInfo.UInt, _decodeUInt],
+  ['DoNotConstruct<', '>', TypeDefInfo.DoNotConstruct, _decodeDoNotConstruct]
 ];
 
 const wrappedExtraction: [string, string, TypeDefInfo][] = [
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/registry.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/create/registry.spec.ts
index 67afd264e8..bd648fa1b5 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/registry.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/registry.spec.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import { Codec, Constructor } from '../types';
 import { isChildClass } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import Struct from '../codec/Struct';
+import DoNotConstruct from '../primitive/DoNotConstruct';
 import Text from '../primitive/Text';
 import U32 from '../primitive/U32';
-import Unconstructable from '../primitive/Unconstructable';
 import { TypeRegistry } from './registry';
 
 describe('TypeRegistry', (): void => {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('TypeRegistry', (): void => {
 
     expect(Type).toBeDefined();
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-prototype-builtins
-    expect(isChildClass(Unconstructable, Type));
+    expect(isChildClass(DoNotConstruct, Type));
   });
 
   it('can register single type', (): void => {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts b/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts
index b72a5e7200..a5d57784f8 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { assert, formatBalance, isFunction, isString, isU8a, isUndefined, string
 import Raw from '../codec/Raw';
 import { defaultExtensions, expandExtensionTypes, findUnknownExtensions } from '../extrinsic/signedExtensions';
 import { EventData } from '../generic/Event';
-import Unconstructable from '../primitive/Unconstructable';
+import DoNotConstruct from '../primitive/DoNotConstruct';
 import { createClass, getTypeClass } from './createClass';
 import { createType } from './createType';
 import { getTypeDef } from './getTypeDef';
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ export class TypeRegistry implements Registry {
       if (definition) {
         BaseType = createClass(this, definition);
       } else if (withUnknown) {
-        console.warn(`Unable to resolve type ${name}, it will fail on constrution`);
+        console.warn(`Unable to resolve type ${name}, it will fail on construction`);
 
         this.#unknownTypes.set(name, true);
-        BaseType = Unconstructable.with(name);
+        BaseType = DoNotConstruct.with(name);
       }
 
       if (BaseType) {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/sanitize.ts b/packages/types/src/create/sanitize.ts
index afd74bbe49..c73a88ffa6 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/sanitize.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/sanitize.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ interface SanitizeOptions {
   allowNamespaces?: boolean;
 }
 
-const ALLOWED_BOXES = ['BTreeMap', 'BTreeSet', 'Compact', 'HashMap', 'Int', 'Linkage', 'Result', 'Option', 'UInt', 'Vec'];
+const ALLOWED_BOXES = ['BTreeMap', 'BTreeSet', 'Compact', 'DoNotConstruct', 'HashMap', 'Int', 'Linkage', 'Result', 'Option', 'UInt', 'Vec'];
 const BOX_PRECEDING = ['<', '(', '[', '"', ',', ' ']; // start of vec, tuple, fixed array, part of struct def or in tuple
 
 const mappings: Mapper[] = [
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/types.ts b/packages/types/src/create/types.ts
index 93fad9091d..1f4212c015 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/types.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/types.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export enum TypeDefInfo {
   HashMap,
   Int,
   UInt,
+  DoNotConstruct,
   // anything not fully supported (keep this as the last entry)
   Null
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/generic/Origin.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/generic/Origin.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ecfa11d65f..0000000000
--- a/packages/types/src/generic/Origin.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
-// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
-// of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
-
-import { TypeRegistry } from '../create';
-import Origin from './Origin';
-
-describe('Origin', (): void => {
-  const registry = new TypeRegistry();
-
-  it('does not allow construction', (): void => {
-    expect(
-      (): Origin => new Origin(registry)
-    ).toThrow(/placeholder/);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/types/src/generic/Origin.ts b/packages/types/src/generic/Origin.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a734645a4..0000000000
--- a/packages/types/src/generic/Origin.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
-// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
-// of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
-
-import { Registry } from '../types';
-
-import Null from '../primitive/Null';
-
-/**
- * @name Origin
- * @description
- * Where Origin occurs, it should be ignored as an internal-only value, so it should
- * never actually be constructed
- */
-export default class Origin extends Null {
-  constructor (registry: Registry) {
-    super(registry);
-
-    throw new Error('Origin should not be constructed, it is only a placeholder for compatibility');
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/generic/index.ts b/packages/types/src/generic/index.ts
index 76428e65be..3fdb72700d 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/generic/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/generic/index.ts
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ export { default as GenericBlock } from './Block';
 export { default as GenericCall } from './Call';
 export { default as GenericConsensusEngineId } from './ConsensusEngineId';
 export { default as GenericEvent } from './Event';
-export { default as GenericOrigin } from './Origin';
 export { default as GenericVote } from './Vote';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/index.spec.ts
index 70eb53c722..373815b334 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import * as definitions from './interfaces/definitions';
 const UNCONSTRUCTABLE = [
   'ExtrinsicPayloadUnknown', 'GenericExtrinsicPayloadUnknown',
   'ExtrinsicUnknown', 'GenericExtrinsicUnknown',
-  'GenericOrigin', 'Origin',
-  'Unconstructable',
+  'DoNotConstruct',
+  'Origin',
   'usize'
 ].map((v): string => v.toLowerCase());
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/interfaces/runtime/definitions.ts b/packages/types/src/interfaces/runtime/definitions.ts
index 1007e1e7cc..5eca92f623 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/interfaces/runtime/definitions.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/interfaces/runtime/definitions.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default {
     LookupSource: 'Address',
     LookupTarget: 'AccountId',
     Moment: 'u64',
-    Origin: 'GenericOrigin',
+    Origin: 'DoNotConstruct<Origin>',
     Perbill: 'u32',
     Percent: 'u8',
     Permill: 'u32',
diff --git a/packages/types/src/interfaces/runtime/types.ts b/packages/types/src/interfaces/runtime/types.ts
index f9979edbfe..d5742c16c7 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/interfaces/runtime/types.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/interfaces/runtime/types.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 import { ITuple } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 import { Compact, Enum, Int, Struct, U8aFixed, Vec } from '@polkadot/types/codec';
-import { GenericAccountId, GenericAccountIndex, GenericAddress, GenericBlock, GenericCall, GenericConsensusEngineId, GenericOrigin } from '@polkadot/types/generic';
-import { Bytes, Null, StorageKey, bool, u128, u32, u64, u8 } from '@polkadot/types/primitive';
+import { GenericAccountId, GenericAccountIndex, GenericAddress, GenericBlock, GenericCall, GenericConsensusEngineId } from '@polkadot/types/generic';
+import { Bytes, DoNotConstruct, Null, StorageKey, bool, u128, u32, u64, u8 } from '@polkadot/types/primitive';
 import { AuthorityId } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces/consensus';
 import { Signature } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces/extrinsics';
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export interface LookupTarget extends AccountId {}
 export interface Moment extends u64 {}
 
 /** @name Origin */
-export interface Origin extends GenericOrigin {}
+export interface Origin extends DoNotConstruct {}
 
 /** @name Perbill */
 export interface Perbill extends u32 {}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/primitive/Unconstructable.ts b/packages/types/src/primitive/DoNotConstruct.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from packages/types/src/primitive/Unconstructable.ts
rename to packages/types/src/primitive/DoNotConstruct.ts
index 8d56d0bb1c..1a3e39bebc 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/primitive/Unconstructable.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/primitive/DoNotConstruct.ts
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ import { Constructor, Registry } from '../types';
 import Null from './Null';
 
 /**
- * @name Unconstructable
+ * @name DoNotConstruct
  * @description
  * An unknown type that fails on construction with the type info
  */
-export default class Unconstructable extends Null {
+export default class DoNotConstruct extends Null {
   constructor (registry: Registry, typeName: string) {
     super(registry);
 
     throw new Error(`Cannot construct unknown type ${typeName}`);
   }
 
-  public static with (typeName: string): Constructor {
-    return class extends Unconstructable {
+  public static with (typeName = 'DoNotConstruct'): Constructor {
+    return class extends DoNotConstruct {
       constructor (registry: Registry) {
         super(registry, typeName);
       }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts b/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts
index d3199bcb74..d49a6f0243 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export { default as BitVec } from './BitVec';
 export { default as bool } from './Bool';
 export { default as Bytes } from './Bytes';
 export { default as Data } from './Data';
+export { default as DoNotConstruct } from './DoNotConstruct';
 export { default as i8 } from './I8';
 export { default as i16 } from './I16';
 export { default as i32 } from './I32';
@@ -28,5 +29,4 @@ export { default as u32 } from './U32';
 export { default as u64 } from './U64';
 export { default as u128 } from './U128';
 export { default as u256, default as U256 } from './U256';
-export { default as Unconstructable } from './Unconstructable';
 export { default as usize } from './USize';