diff --git a/apollo/src/appleTest/kotlin/org/hyperledger/identus/apollo/ed25519/KMMEdKeyPairTest.kt b/apollo/src/appleTest/kotlin/org/hyperledger/identus/apollo/ed25519/KMMEdKeyPairTest.kt
index 4ba205e5b..6c7a017c1 100644
--- a/apollo/src/appleTest/kotlin/org/hyperledger/identus/apollo/ed25519/KMMEdKeyPairTest.kt
+++ b/apollo/src/appleTest/kotlin/org/hyperledger/identus/apollo/ed25519/KMMEdKeyPairTest.kt
@@ -11,13 +11,8 @@ import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
 import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
 class KMMEdKeyPairTest {
-    private val rawMessage = "Hello".encodeToByteArray()
     private val rawSK = "M7+EvGp9vjLyx5SQ1xiKhRUN+YQ0kjx6d21WgX8P1hE".base64DecodedBytes
     private val rawSKEncoded = rawSK.base64UrlEncoded
-    private val rawPk = "6kXLIS4a3UAzHm/5XTcvjCTGoAQ+yqPTT0YsM76EeuQ".base64DecodedBytes
-    private val rawPKEncoded = rawPk.base64UrlEncoded
-    private val rawSig = "rQHC0fmOclPBFiPVJCK_WJB0NgTAxSqpggPwRotNdncKrhgM2eECtr3j7UBTBmDdPTmpXGwQvyhTRTG8cymeBA".base64UrlDecodedBytes
-
 
     @Test
     fun ed_signature_verify() {
@@ -42,11 +37,4 @@ class KMMEdKeyPairTest {
         assertTrue(key.raw contentEquals rawSK)
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun testSignMessageKnownValue() {
-        val privateKey = KMMEdPrivateKey(rawSK)
-        val sig = privateKey.sign(rawMessage)
-        assertNotNull(sig)
-        assertTrue(sig contentEquals rawSig)
-    }
 }
diff --git a/apollo/src/jsTest/kotlin/org/hyperledger/identus/apollo/utils/KMMEdKeyPairTests.kt b/apollo/src/jsTest/kotlin/org/hyperledger/identus/apollo/utils/KMMEdKeyPairTests.kt
index fcbf76c55..c51c9ba60 100644
--- a/apollo/src/jsTest/kotlin/org/hyperledger/identus/apollo/utils/KMMEdKeyPairTests.kt
+++ b/apollo/src/jsTest/kotlin/org/hyperledger/identus/apollo/utils/KMMEdKeyPairTests.kt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
 import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
 class KMMEdKeyPairTests {
-    private val rawMessage = "Hello".encodeToByteArray()
-    private val rawSK = "M7+EvGp9vjLyx5SQ1xiKhRUN+YQ0kjx6d21WgX8P1hE".base64DecodedBytes
-    private val rawSKEncoded = rawSK.base64UrlEncoded
-    private val rawPk = "6kXLIS4a3UAzHm/5XTcvjCTGoAQ+yqPTT0YsM76EeuQ".base64DecodedBytes
-    private val rawPKEncoded = rawPk.base64UrlEncoded
-    private val rawSig = "rQHC0fmOclPBFiPVJCK_WJB0NgTAxSqpggPwRotNdncKrhgM2eECtr3j7UBTBmDdPTmpXGwQvyhTRTG8cymeBA".base64UrlDecodedBytes
+     val rawMessage = "Hello".encodeToByteArray()
+     val rawSK = "M7+EvGp9vjLyx5SQ1xiKhRUN+YQ0kjx6d21WgX8P1hE".base64DecodedBytes
+     val rawSKEncoded = rawSK.base64UrlEncoded
+     val rawPk = "6kXLIS4a3UAzHm/5XTcvjCTGoAQ+yqPTT0YsM76EeuQ".base64DecodedBytes
+     val rawPKEncoded = rawPk.base64UrlEncoded
+     val rawSig = "rQHC0fmOclPBFiPVJCK_WJB0NgTAxSqpggPwRotNdncKrhgM2eECtr3j7UBTBmDdPTmpXGwQvyhTRTG8cymeBA".base64UrlDecodedBytes
 
     @Test
     fun testGenerateKeyPair() {