diff --git a/wrappers/aes.go b/wrappers/aes.go
index 18e1d73..45f5922 100644
--- a/wrappers/aes.go
+++ b/wrappers/aes.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func encryptAES(decBytes []byte, passphrase []byte) []byte {
 	io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, salt)
 
 	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
-	key := deriveKeyScrypt(passphrase, salt)
+	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
 
 	// create AES-256 cipher
 	block, _ := aes.NewCipher(key)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func decryptAES(encBytes []byte, passphrase []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	ciphertext := encBytes[saltSize+nonceSizeAES:]
 
 	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
-	key := deriveKeyScrypt(passphrase, salt)
+	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
 
 	// create AES-256 cipher
 	block, _ := aes.NewCipher(key)
diff --git a/wrappers/chacha.go b/wrappers/chacha.go
index 10f44eb..270a277 100644
--- a/wrappers/chacha.go
+++ b/wrappers/chacha.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func encryptCha(data []byte, passphrase []byte) []byte {
 	io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, salt)
 
 	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
-	key := deriveKeyArgon2(passphrase, salt)
+	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
 
 	// create ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher
 	stream, _ := chacha20poly1305.NewX(key)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func decryptCha(encryptedData []byte, passphrase []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	ciphertext := encryptedData[saltSize+nonceSizeCha:]
 
 	// derive key from passphrase using the salt
-	key := deriveKeyArgon2(passphrase, salt)
+	key := deriveKey(passphrase, salt)
 
 	// create ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher
 	stream, _ := chacha20poly1305.NewX(key)
diff --git a/wrappers/keyDeriv.go b/wrappers/keyDeriv.go
index 09d4265..d6f6bce 100644
--- a/wrappers/keyDeriv.go
+++ b/wrappers/keyDeriv.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/argon2"
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/scrypt"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -12,25 +11,14 @@ const (
 	argonTime   = 8          // set to pass 1-second test in dev environment
 	argonMemory = 384 * 1024 // 384 MB
 
-	// parameters for Scrypt
-	scryptN = 262144
-	scryptR = 8 // block size, recommended to be 8
-	scryptP = 1 // parallelization factor, recommended to be 1
-
 	// general constants
 	keyLen   = 32 // 256 bits, key length for both algorithms
 	saltSize = 16 // 128 bits, recommended salt size for both algorithms
 )
 
-var threads = uint8(runtime.NumCPU())
+var argonThreads = uint8(runtime.NumCPU())
 
-// DeriveKeyArgon2 derives an encryption key from a passphrase using Argon2.
-func deriveKeyArgon2(passphrase []byte, salt []byte) []byte {
-	return argon2.IDKey(passphrase, salt, argonTime, argonMemory, threads, keyLen)
-}
-
-// DeriveKeyScrypt derives an encryption key from a passphrase using Scrypt.
-func deriveKeyScrypt(passphrase []byte, salt []byte) []byte {
-	key, _ := scrypt.Key(passphrase, salt, scryptN, scryptR, scryptP, keyLen)
-	return key
+// DeriveKey derives an encryption key from a passphrase using Argon2.
+func deriveKey(passphrase []byte, salt []byte) []byte {
+	return argon2.IDKey(passphrase, salt, argonTime, argonMemory, argonThreads, keyLen)
 }