diff --git a/cloudflare/api.go b/cloudflare/api.go
index d0d7a2c4..6a042bc9 100644
--- a/cloudflare/api.go
+++ b/cloudflare/api.go
@@ -102,24 +102,16 @@ func GetAccount(ctx *config.Context) (*Account, error) {
 	return &castResult, err
 }
 
-func UpdateLicenseKey(ctx *config.Context, newPublicKey string) (*openapi.UpdateAccount200Response, *Device, error) {
+func UpdateLicenseKey(ctx *config.Context) (*openapi.UpdateAccount200Response, error) {
 	result, _, err := globalClientAuth(ctx.AccessToken).DefaultApi.
 		UpdateAccount(nil, ctx.DeviceId, ApiVersion).
 		UpdateAccountRequest(openapi.UpdateAccountRequest{License: ctx.LicenseKey}).
 		Execute()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-	// change public key as per official client
-	result2, _, err := globalClientAuth(ctx.AccessToken).DefaultApi.
-		UpdateSourceDevice(nil, ApiVersion, ctx.DeviceId).
-		UpdateSourceDeviceRequest(openapi.UpdateSourceDeviceRequest{Key: newPublicKey}).
-		Execute()
-	castResult := Device(result2)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &result, &castResult, nil
+
+	return &result, nil
 }
 
 type BoundDevice openapi.GetBoundDevices200Response
diff --git a/cmd/update/update.go b/cmd/update/update.go
index 8bea5fe0..4157e986 100644
--- a/cmd/update/update.go
+++ b/cmd/update/update.go
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/ViRb3/wgcf/cmd/shared"
 	"github.com/ViRb3/wgcf/config"
 	"github.com/ViRb3/wgcf/util"
-	"github.com/ViRb3/wgcf/wireguard"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 var deviceName string
@@ -82,17 +80,8 @@ func ensureLicenseKeyUpToDate(ctx *config.Context, thisDevice *cloudflare.Device
 }
 
 func updateLicenseKey(ctx *config.Context) (*cloudflare.Account, *cloudflare.Device, error) {
-	newPrivateKey, err := wireguard.NewPrivateKey()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-	newPublicKey := newPrivateKey.Public()
-	if _, _, err := cloudflare.UpdateLicenseKey(ctx, newPublicKey.String()); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
 
-	viper.Set(config.PrivateKey, newPrivateKey.String())
-	if err := viper.WriteConfig(); err != nil {
+	if _, err := cloudflare.UpdateLicenseKey(ctx); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -108,9 +97,6 @@ func updateLicenseKey(ctx *config.Context) (*cloudflare.Account, *cloudflare.Dev
 	if account.License != ctx.LicenseKey {
 		return nil, nil, errors.New("failed to update license key")
 	}
-	if thisDevice.Key != newPublicKey.String() {
-		return nil, nil, errors.New("failed to update public key")
-	}
 
 	return account, thisDevice, nil
 }