diff --git a/packages/ciphernode/cipher/src/cipher.rs b/packages/ciphernode/cipher/src/cipher.rs
index 3321271f..ded90491 100644
--- a/packages/ciphernode/cipher/src/cipher.rs
+++ b/packages/ciphernode/cipher/src/cipher.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ impl Cipher {
         Ok(Self::new(FilePasswordManager::new(config.key_file())).await?)
     }
 
+    /// Encrypt the given data and zeroize the data after encryption
     pub fn encrypt_data(&self, data: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         encrypt_data(&self.key, data)
     }
diff --git a/packages/ciphernode/net/src/network_manager.rs b/packages/ciphernode/net/src/network_manager.rs
index 24046819..00f3f45f 100644
--- a/packages/ciphernode/net/src/network_manager.rs
+++ b/packages/ciphernode/net/src/network_manager.rs
@@ -91,14 +91,12 @@ impl NetworkManager {
             bytes
         };
 
-        // We need to clone here to ensure bytes are not zeroized locally as this leads to a test failure.
-        let ed25519_keypair = ed25519::Keypair::try_from_bytes(&mut bytes.clone())?;
+        let ed25519_keypair = ed25519::Keypair::try_from_bytes(&mut bytes)?;
         let keypair: libp2p::identity::Keypair = ed25519_keypair.try_into()?;
         let mut peer = NetworkPeer::new(&keypair, peers, None, "tmp-enclave-gossip-topic")?;
         let rx = peer.rx().ok_or(anyhow!("Peer rx already taken"))?;
         let p2p_addr = NetworkManager::setup(bus, peer.tx(), rx);
         let handle = tokio::spawn(async move { Ok(peer.start().await?) });
-        bytes.zeroize();
         Ok((p2p_addr, handle, keypair.public().to_peer_id().to_string()))
     }
 }