diff --git a/cmd/clef/main.go b/cmd/clef/main.go
index 5a97726557..72dfd5016b 100644
--- a/cmd/clef/main.go
+++ b/cmd/clef/main.go
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func initInternalApi(c *cli.Context) (*core.UIServerAPI, core.UIClientAPI, error
 		ksLoc                     = c.String(keystoreFlag.Name)
 		lightKdf                  = c.Bool(utils.LightKDFFlag.Name)
 	)
-	am := core.StartClefAccountManager(ksLoc, true, lightKdf, "")
+	am := core.StartClefAccountManager(ksLoc, lightKdf, "")
 	api := core.NewSignerAPI(am, 0, ui, nil, false, pwStorage)
 	internalApi := core.NewUIServerAPI(api)
 	return internalApi, ui, nil
diff --git a/signer/core/api_test.go b/signer/core/api_test.go
index ed4fdc5096..7c5cefdf8c 100644
--- a/signer/core/api_test.go
+++ b/signer/core/api_test.go
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ func setup(t *testing.T) (*core.SignerAPI, *headlessUi) {
 		t.Fatal(err.Error())
 	}
 	ui := &headlessUi{make(chan string, 20), make(chan string, 20)}
-	am := core.StartClefAccountManager(tmpDirName(t), true, true, "")
-	api := core.NewSignerAPI(am, 1337, true, ui, db, true, &storage.NoStorage{})
+	am := core.StartClefAccountManager(tmpDirName(t), true, "")
+	api := core.NewSignerAPI(am, 1337, ui, db, true, &storage.NoStorage{})
 	return api, ui
 }
 func createAccount(ui *headlessUi, api *core.SignerAPI, t *testing.T) {