diff --git a/aries/aries_vcx_wallet/src/wallet/askar/askar_did_wallet.rs b/aries/aries_vcx_wallet/src/wallet/askar/askar_did_wallet.rs
index c175b3c8cf..bb773e64b2 100644
--- a/aries/aries_vcx_wallet/src/wallet/askar/askar_did_wallet.rs
+++ b/aries/aries_vcx_wallet/src/wallet/askar/askar_did_wallet.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ use super::{
 use crate::{
     errors::error::{VcxWalletError, VcxWalletResult},
     wallet::{
-        base_wallet::{did_data::DidData, did_wallet::DidWallet, record_category::RecordCategory},
+        base_wallet::{
+            base58_string::Base58String, did_data::DidData, did_wallet::DidWallet,
+            record_category::RecordCategory,
+        },
         structs_io::UnpackMessageOutput,
+        utils::bytes_to_string,
     },
 };
 
@@ -32,22 +36,23 @@ impl DidWallet for AskarWallet {
             .len())
     }
 
+    // Creates an Indy DID from a 'seed', which is the non-expanded ed25519 secret key.
     async fn create_and_store_my_did(
         &self,
         seed: Option<&str>,
         _did_method_name: Option<&str>,
     ) -> VcxWalletResult<DidData> {
-        let mut tx = self.transaction().await?;
-        let (did, local_key) = self
-            .insert_key(
-                &mut tx,
-                KeyAlg::Ed25519,
-                seed_from_opt(seed).as_bytes(),
-                RngMethod::RandomDet,
-            )
-            .await?;
+        let mut tx = self.session().await?;
 
+        let base58_seed = Base58String::from_bytes(&seed_from_opt(seed).as_bytes());
+        let secret_bytes = &base58_seed.decode()?[0..32];
+        let local_key = LocalKey::from_secret_bytes(KeyAlg::Ed25519, &secret_bytes)?;
         let verkey = local_key_to_public_key(&local_key)?;
+
+        let base58_did = Base58String::from_bytes(&local_key.to_public_bytes()?[0..16]);
+        let did = bytes_to_string(base58_did.as_bytes())?;
+
+        self.insert_key(&mut tx, &did, &local_key).await?;
         self.insert_did(
             &mut tx,
             &did,
@@ -78,14 +83,12 @@ impl DidWallet for AskarWallet {
     async fn replace_did_key_start(&self, did: &str, seed: Option<&str>) -> VcxWalletResult<Key> {
         let mut tx = self.transaction().await?;
         if self.find_current_did(&mut tx, did).await?.is_some() {
-            let (_, local_key) = self
-                .insert_key(
-                    &mut tx,
-                    KeyAlg::Ed25519,
-                    seed_from_opt(seed).as_bytes(),
-                    RngMethod::RandomDet,
-                )
-                .await?;
+            let local_key = LocalKey::from_seed(
+                KeyAlg::Ed25519,
+                seed_from_opt(seed).as_bytes(),
+                RngMethod::RandomDet.into(),
+            )?;
+            self.insert_key(&mut tx, &did, &local_key).await?;
 
             let verkey = local_key_to_public_key(&local_key)?;
             self.insert_did(
diff --git a/aries/aries_vcx_wallet/src/wallet/askar/mod.rs b/aries/aries_vcx_wallet/src/wallet/askar/mod.rs
index 15cbb113dc..56b9779762 100644
--- a/aries/aries_vcx_wallet/src/wallet/askar/mod.rs
+++ b/aries/aries_vcx_wallet/src/wallet/askar/mod.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ use aries_askar::{
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use public_key::Key;
 
-use self::{
-    askar_utils::local_key_to_bs58_public_key, askar_wallet_config::AskarWalletConfig,
-    rng_method::RngMethod,
-};
+use self::askar_wallet_config::AskarWalletConfig;
 use super::{
     base_wallet::{
         did_value::DidValue, key_value::KeyValue, record_category::RecordCategory, BaseWallet,
@@ -142,16 +139,13 @@ impl AskarWallet {
     async fn insert_key(
         &self,
         session: &mut Session,
-        alg: KeyAlg,
-        seed: &[u8],
-        rng_method: RngMethod,
-    ) -> VcxWalletResult<(String, LocalKey)> {
-        let key = LocalKey::from_seed(alg, seed, rng_method.into())?;
-        let key_name = local_key_to_bs58_public_key(&key)?.into_inner();
+        key_name: &str,
+        local_key: &LocalKey,
+    ) -> VcxWalletResult<()> {
         session
-            .insert_key(&key_name, &key, None, None, None)
+            .insert_key(&key_name, &local_key, None, None, None)
             .await?;
-        Ok((key_name, key))
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     async fn find_did(
diff --git a/aries/misc/test_utils/src/devsetup.rs b/aries/misc/test_utils/src/devsetup.rs
index 5265a40394..7adc976f7d 100644
--- a/aries/misc/test_utils/src/devsetup.rs
+++ b/aries/misc/test_utils/src/devsetup.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ pub async fn dev_build_featured_wallet(key_seed: &str) -> (String, impl BaseWall
     {
         use crate::{constants::INSTITUTION_DID, mock_wallet::MockWallet};
 
-        return (INSTITUTION_DID.to_owned(), MockWallet);
+        (INSTITUTION_DID.to_owned(), MockWallet)
     }
 }