diff --git a/trie/database.go b/trie/database.go
index 5b673938f0..7c136e5bb3 100644
--- a/trie/database.go
+++ b/trie/database.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var (
 var secureKeyPrefix = []byte("secure-key-")
 
 // secureKeyLength is the length of the above prefix + 32byte hash.
-const secureKeyLength = 11 + 32
+const secureKeyLength = 0
 
 // Database is an intermediate write layer between the trie data structures and
 // the disk database. The aim is to accumulate trie writes in-memory and only