diff --git a/packages/status-js/src/utils/private-key-to-address.test.ts b/packages/status-js/src/utils/private-key-to-address.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b5ffab4e..00000000
--- a/packages/status-js/src/utils/private-key-to-address.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { privateKeyToAddress } from './private-key-to-address'
-
-describe('privateKeyToAddress', () => {
-  it('should return public address', () => {
-    const privateKey =
-      '0x348ce564d427a3311b6536bbcff9390d69395b06ed6c486954e971d960fe8709'
-    const address = privateKeyToAddress(privateKey)
-    expect(address).toEqual('0xb8CE9ab6943e0eCED004cDe8e3bBed6568B2Fa01')
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/status-js/src/utils/private-key-to-address.ts b/packages/status-js/src/utils/private-key-to-address.ts
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index e32f7802..00000000
--- a/packages/status-js/src/utils/private-key-to-address.ts
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import { keccak256 } from 'ethereum-cryptography/keccak'
-import { getPublicKey } from 'ethereum-cryptography/secp256k1'
-import { bytesToHex } from 'ethereum-cryptography/utils'
-
-export function privateKeyToAddress(privateKey: string): string {
-  const publicKey = getPublicKey(privateKey)
-  const publicKeyWithoutPrefix = publicKey.slice(1) // uncompressed public key has 04 prefix
-  const hash = keccak256(publicKeyWithoutPrefix)
-  const address = bytesToHex(hash.slice(12))
-
-  // TODO: add checksum
-  return address
-}