diff --git a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/methods.rs b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/methods.rs
index a9ca643a..bf782967 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/methods.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/methods.rs
@@ -44,57 +44,57 @@ impl Context {
 
     /// Returns all deploy (constructor) implementations
     pub(crate) fn deployment_methods(&self) -> TokenStream {
-        if self.contract_bytecode.is_some() {
-            let ethers_core = ethers_core_crate();
-            let ethers_contract = ethers_contract_crate();
-
-            let abi_name = self.inline_abi_ident();
-            let get_abi = quote! {
-                #abi_name.clone()
-            };
-
-            let bytecode_name = self.inline_bytecode_ident();
-            let get_bytecode = quote! {
-                #bytecode_name.clone().into()
-            };
-
-            let deploy = quote! {
-                /// Constructs the general purpose `Deployer` instance based on the provided constructor arguments and sends it.
-                /// Returns a new instance of a deployer that returns an instance of this contract after sending the transaction
-                ///
-                /// Notes:
-                /// 1. If there are no constructor arguments, you should pass `()` as the argument.
-                /// 1. The default poll duration is 7 seconds.
-                /// 1. The default number of confirmations is 1 block.
-                ///
-                ///
-                /// # Example
-                ///
-                /// Generate contract bindings with `abigen!` and deploy a new contract instance.
-                ///
-                /// *Note*: this requires a `bytecode` and `abi` object in the `greeter.json` artifact.
-                ///
-                /// ```ignore
-                /// # async fn deploy<M: ethers::providers::Middleware>(client: ::std::sync::Arc<M>) {
-                ///     abigen!(Greeter,"../greeter.json");
-                ///
-                ///    let greeter_contract = Greeter::deploy(client, "Hello world!".to_string()).unwrap().send().await.unwrap();
-                ///    let msg = greeter_contract.greet().call().await.unwrap();
-                /// # }
-                /// ```
-                pub fn deploy<T: #ethers_core::abi::Tokenize >(client: ::std::sync::Arc<M>, constructor_args: T) -> Result<#ethers_contract::builders::ContractDeployer<M, Self>, #ethers_contract::ContractError<M>> {
-                   let factory = #ethers_contract::ContractFactory::new(#get_abi, #get_bytecode, client);
-                   let deployer = factory.deploy(constructor_args)?;
-                   let deployer = #ethers_contract::ContractDeployer::new(deployer);
-                   Ok(deployer)
-                }
-
-            };
-
-            return deploy
+        if self.contract_bytecode.is_none() {
+            // don't generate deploy if no bytecode
+            return quote! {}
         }
+        let ethers_core = ethers_core_crate();
+        let ethers_contract = ethers_contract_crate();
 
-        quote! {}
+        let abi_name = self.inline_abi_ident();
+        let get_abi = quote! {
+            #abi_name.clone()
+        };
+
+        let bytecode_name = self.inline_bytecode_ident();
+        let get_bytecode = quote! {
+            #bytecode_name.clone().into()
+        };
+
+        let deploy = quote! {
+            /// Constructs the general purpose `Deployer` instance based on the provided constructor arguments and sends it.
+            /// Returns a new instance of a deployer that returns an instance of this contract after sending the transaction
+            ///
+            /// Notes:
+            /// 1. If there are no constructor arguments, you should pass `()` as the argument.
+            /// 1. The default poll duration is 7 seconds.
+            /// 1. The default number of confirmations is 1 block.
+            ///
+            ///
+            /// # Example
+            ///
+            /// Generate contract bindings with `abigen!` and deploy a new contract instance.
+            ///
+            /// *Note*: this requires a `bytecode` and `abi` object in the `greeter.json` artifact.
+            ///
+            /// ```ignore
+            /// # async fn deploy<M: ethers::providers::Middleware>(client: ::std::sync::Arc<M>) {
+            ///     abigen!(Greeter,"../greeter.json");
+            ///
+            ///    let greeter_contract = Greeter::deploy(client, "Hello world!".to_string()).unwrap().send().await.unwrap();
+            ///    let msg = greeter_contract.greet().call().await.unwrap();
+            /// # }
+            /// ```
+            pub fn deploy<T: #ethers_core::abi::Tokenize >(client: ::std::sync::Arc<M>, constructor_args: T) -> Result<#ethers_contract::builders::ContractDeployer<M, Self>, #ethers_contract::ContractError<M>> {
+               let factory = #ethers_contract::ContractFactory::new(#get_abi, #get_bytecode, client);
+               let deployer = factory.deploy(constructor_args)?;
+               let deployer = #ethers_contract::ContractDeployer::new(deployer);
+               Ok(deployer)
+            }
+
+        };
+
+        deploy
     }
 
     /// Expands to the corresponding struct type based on the inputs of the given function
diff --git a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/rawabi.rs b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/rawabi.rs
index 501ecc8a..086bec4c 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/rawabi.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/rawabi.rs
@@ -168,10 +168,18 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for AbiObjectVisitor {
                     abi = Some(RawAbi(map.next_value::<Vec<Item>>()?));
                 }
                 "bytecode" | "byteCode" => {
-                    bytecode = map.next_value::<BytecodeObject>().ok().map(|obj| obj.object);
+                    bytecode = map
+                        .next_value::<BytecodeObject>()
+                        .ok()
+                        .map(|obj| obj.object)
+                        .filter(|bytecode| !bytecode.0.is_empty());
                 }
                 "bin" => {
-                    bytecode = map.next_value::<DeserializeBytes>().ok().map(|b| b.0);
+                    bytecode = map
+                        .next_value::<DeserializeBytes>()
+                        .ok()
+                        .map(|b| b.0)
+                        .filter(|b| !b.0.is_empty());
                 }
                 _ => {
                     map.next_value::<serde::de::IgnoredAny>()?;
@@ -185,7 +193,7 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for AbiObjectVisitor {
 }
 
 impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for AbiObject {
-    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> std::result::Result<Self, D::Error>
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
     where
         D: Deserializer<'de>,
     {
@@ -269,4 +277,30 @@ mod tests {
         let artifact = include_str!("../../tests/solidity-contracts/greeter.json");
         assert_has_bytecode(artifact);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ignores_empty_bytecode() {
+        let abi_str = r#"[{"anonymous":false,"inputs":[{"indexed":true,"internalType":"uint64","name":"number","type":"uint64"}],"name":"MyEvent","type":"event"},{"inputs":[],"name":"greet","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"}]"#;
+        let s = format!(r#"{{"abi": {}, "bin" : "0x" }}"#, abi_str);
+
+        match serde_json::from_str::<JsonAbi>(&s).unwrap() {
+            JsonAbi::Object(abi) => {
+                assert!(abi.bytecode.is_none());
+            }
+            _ => {
+                panic!("expected abi object")
+            }
+        }
+
+        let s = format!(r#"{{"abi": {}, "bytecode" : {{ "object": "0x" }} }}"#, abi_str);
+
+        match serde_json::from_str::<JsonAbi>(&s).unwrap() {
+            JsonAbi::Object(abi) => {
+                assert!(abi.bytecode.is_none());
+            }
+            _ => {
+                panic!("expected abi object")
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }