diff --git a/src/conf.cpp b/src/conf.cpp
index 89d5a1e3..7ffd85c9 100644
--- a/src/conf.cpp
+++ b/src/conf.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int rekey()
     if (load_config() != 0)
         return -1;
 
-    crypto::generate_signing_keys(cfg.pubkey, cfg.seckey, cfg.keytype);
+    crypto::generate_signing_keys(cfg.pubkey, cfg.seckey);
     if (binpair_to_hex() != 0)
         return -1;
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int create_contract()
 
     //We populate the in-memory struct with default settings and then save it to the file.
 
-    crypto::generate_signing_keys(cfg.pubkey, cfg.seckey, cfg.keytype);
+    crypto::generate_signing_keys(cfg.pubkey, cfg.seckey);
     if (binpair_to_hex() != 0)
         return -1;
 
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ int load_config()
 
     cfg.pubkeyhex = d["pubkeyhex"].GetString();
     cfg.seckeyhex = d["seckeyhex"].GetString();
-    cfg.keytype = d["keytype"].GetString();
     cfg.binary = d["binary"].GetString();
     cfg.binargs = d["binargs"].GetString();
     cfg.listenip = d["listenip"].GetString();
@@ -210,7 +209,6 @@ int save_config()
     d.AddMember("version", rapidjson::StringRef(util::HP_VERSION), allocator);
     d.AddMember("pubkeyhex", rapidjson::StringRef(cfg.pubkeyhex.data()), allocator);
     d.AddMember("seckeyhex", rapidjson::StringRef(cfg.seckeyhex.data()), allocator);
-    d.AddMember("keytype", rapidjson::StringRef(cfg.keytype.data()), allocator);
     d.AddMember("binary", rapidjson::StringRef(cfg.binary.data()), allocator);
     d.AddMember("binargs", rapidjson::StringRef(cfg.binargs.data()), allocator);
     d.AddMember("listenip", rapidjson::StringRef(cfg.listenip.data()), allocator);
@@ -386,13 +384,12 @@ int is_schema_valid(rapidjson::Document &d)
     const char *cfg_schema =
         "{"
         "\"type\": \"object\","
-        "\"required\": [ \"version\", \"pubkeyhex\", \"seckeyhex\", \"keytype\", \"binary\", \"binargs\", \"listenip\""
+        "\"required\": [ \"version\", \"pubkeyhex\", \"seckeyhex\", \"binary\", \"binargs\", \"listenip\""
         ", \"peers\", \"unl\", \"peerport\", \"roundtime\", \"pubport\", \"pubmaxsize\", \"pubmaxcpm\" ],"
         "\"properties\": {"
         "\"version\": { \"type\": \"string\" },"
         "\"pubkeyhex\": { \"type\": \"string\" },"
         "\"seckeyhex\": { \"type\": \"string\" },"
-        "\"keytype\": { \"type\": \"string\" },"
         "\"binary\": { \"type\": \"string\" },"
         "\"binargs\": { \"type\": \"string\" },"
         "\"listenip\": { \"type\": \"string\" },"
diff --git a/src/conf.hpp b/src/conf.hpp
index d5430310..0c8cfb56 100644
--- a/src/conf.hpp
+++ b/src/conf.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ struct contract_config
 
     std::string pubkeyhex;        // Contract hex public key
     std::string seckeyhex;        // Contract hex secret key
-    std::string keytype;          // Key generation algorithm used by libsodium
     std::string binary;           // Full path to the contract binary
     std::string binargs;          // CLI arguments to pass to the contract binary
     std::string listenip;         // The IPs to listen on for incoming connections
diff --git a/src/crypto.cpp b/src/crypto.cpp
index 9ba30912..9e75a04f 100644
--- a/src/crypto.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto.cpp
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ int init()
     return 0;
 }
 
-/**
+/**l
  * Generates a signing key pair using libsodium and assigns them to the provided strings.
  */
-void generate_signing_keys(std::string &pubkey, std::string &seckey, std::string &keytype)
+void generate_signing_keys(std::string &pubkey, std::string &seckey)
 {
     // Generate key pair using libsodium default algorithm.
     // Currently using ed25519. So append prefix byte to represent that.
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ void generate_signing_keys(std::string &pubkey, std::string &seckey, std::string
     seckey[0] = KEYPFX_ed25519;
 
     crypto_sign_keypair(
-        reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(pubkey.data() + 1),
-        reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(seckey.data() + 1));
-
-    keytype = crypto_sign_primitive();
+        reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(pubkey.data() + 1),   // +1 to skip the prefix byte.
+        reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(seckey.data() + 1));  // +1 to skip the prefix byte.
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/crypto.hpp b/src/crypto.hpp
index d1591f28..e86324c3 100644
--- a/src/crypto.hpp
+++ b/src/crypto.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static size_t PFXD_SECKEY_BYTES = crypto_sign_SECRETKEYBYTES + 1;
 
 int init();
 
-void generate_signing_keys(std::string &pubkey, std::string &seckey, std::string &keytype);
+void generate_signing_keys(std::string &pubkey, std::string &seckey);
 
 std::string sign(std::string_view msg, std::string_view seckey);