diff --git a/generator.cpp b/generator.cpp
index 85793ea..0a14999 100644
--- a/generator.cpp
+++ b/generator.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "generator.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-#include <cryptopp/osrng.h>
 #include <cryptopp/hex.h>
 #include <cryptopp/filters.h>
 #include <cryptopp/serpent.h>
@@ -77,12 +76,6 @@ auto Generator::do_crypto() -> std::string {
 	using CryptoPP::Serpent;
 	using CryptoPP::CTR_Mode;
 
-	CryptoPP::AutoSeededRandomPool prng;
-	// use 256bit key
-	CryptoPP::SecByteBlock key(CryptoPP::Serpent::MAX_KEYLENGTH);
-
-	prng.GenerateBlock(key,key.size());
-
 	// William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
 	std::string plain{"Oh, I am fortune's fool!"};
 	std::string cipher, encoded_c;