diff --git a/packages/common/package.json b/packages/common/package.json
index 16b215423c..42e97a6157 100644
--- a/packages/common/package.json
+++ b/packages/common/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@quiet/types": "^1.8.1",
-    "@peculiar/webcrypto": "1.4.3",
     "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/common/src/auth.test.ts b/packages/common/src/auth.test.ts
index 72a9d5f3fc..3d00770d7b 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/auth.test.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/auth.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { encodeSecret, generateSecret, verifyToken } from './auth'
+import { encodeSecret, verifyToken } from './auth'
 
 describe('Auth', () => {
   it('correctly create secret, encode and decode', () => {
-    const secret = generateSecret()
+    const secret = 'secret'
     const token = encodeSecret(secret)
     const decodedSecret = verifyToken(secret, token)
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe('Auth', () => {
   })
 
   it('create token with wrong secret', () => {
-    const secret = generateSecret()
+    const secret = 'secret'
     const token = encodeSecret('test')
     const decodedSecret = verifyToken(secret, token)
 
diff --git a/packages/common/src/auth.ts b/packages/common/src/auth.ts
index 3a55525746..41bd90449e 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/auth.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-import { Crypto } from '@peculiar/webcrypto'
-
-const webcrypto = new Crypto()
-
-const array = new Uint32Array(5)
-
-export const generateSecret = () => webcrypto.getRandomValues(array).join('')
-
 export const encodeSecret = (secret: string) => Buffer.from(secret).toString('base64')
 
 export const verifyToken = (secret: string, token: string): boolean => {
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main/main.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main/main.ts
index bcd0e5e9a9..ff8bfe6ad4 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/main.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Crypto } from '@peculiar/webcrypto'
 import logger from './logger'
 import { DATA_DIR, DEV_DATA_DIR } from '../shared/static'
 import { fork, ChildProcess } from 'child_process'
-import { generateSecret, getFilesData } from '@quiet/common'
+import { getFilesData } from '@quiet/common'
 import { updateDesktopFile, processInvitationCode } from './invitation'
 import { argvInvitationCode, retrieveInvitationCode } from '@quiet/common'
 const ElectronStore = require('electron-store')
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ setEngine(
   })
 )
 
-const SOCKET_IO_SECRET = generateSecret()
+const SOCKET_IO_SECRET = webcrypto.getRandomValues(new Uint32Array(5)).join('')
 
 export const isBrowserWindow = (window: BrowserWindow | null): window is BrowserWindow => {
   return window instanceof BrowserWindow