diff --git a/src/lib/utf8.ts b/src/lib/utf8.ts
index 3d2db495c0..f627566fed 100644
--- a/src/lib/utf8.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utf8.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 import { fromString } from "uint8arrays/from-string";
 import { toString } from "uint8arrays/to-string";
 
-export const bytesToUtf8 = (bytes: Uint8Array): string =>
-  toString(bytes, "utf-8");
+export const bytesToUtf8 = (b: Uint8Array): string => toString(b, "utf8");
 
 /**
  * Encode utf-8 string to byte array
  */
-export const utf8ToBytes = (s: string): Uint8Array => fromString(s, "utf-8");
+export const utf8ToBytes = (s: string): Uint8Array => fromString(s, "utf8");