diff --git a/nip19/nip19_test.go b/nip19/nip19_test.go
index 378eba2..d07fccc 100644
--- a/nip19/nip19_test.go
+++ b/nip19/nip19_test.go
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ func TestEncodeNsec(t *testing.T) {
 	skh := "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d"
 	var sk [32]byte
 	hex.Decode(sk[:], []byte(skh))
-	nsec, err := EncodeNsec(sk)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	nsec := EncodeNsec(sk)
 	assert.Equal(t, "nsec180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsgyumg0", nsec, "produced an unexpected nsec string")
 }