diff --git a/packages/util-crypto/package.json b/packages/util-crypto/package.json
index 463a3fe54..793e34260 100644
--- a/packages/util-crypto/package.json
+++ b/packages/util-crypto/package.json
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/polkadot-js/common.git"
   },
   "sideEffects": [
-    "./cryptoInit.js",
-    "./cryptoInit.cjs",
+    "./bundleInit.js",
+    "./bundleInit.cjs",
     "./detectPackage.js",
     "./detectPackage.cjs"
   ],
diff --git a/packages/util-crypto/src/bundle.ts b/packages/util-crypto/src/bundle.ts
index bf2cd879e..610986ac3 100644
--- a/packages/util-crypto/src/bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/util-crypto/src/bundle.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2022 @polkadot/util-crypto authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import './cryptoInit';
+import './bundleInit';
 
 export { packageInfo } from './packageInfo';
 
diff --git a/packages/util-crypto/src/cryptoInit.ts b/packages/util-crypto/src/bundleInit.ts
similarity index 75%
rename from packages/util-crypto/src/cryptoInit.ts
rename to packages/util-crypto/src/bundleInit.ts
index ec2996cdd..ab12673e0 100644
--- a/packages/util-crypto/src/cryptoInit.ts
+++ b/packages/util-crypto/src/bundleInit.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { utils as utilsNobleSecp256k1 } from '@noble/secp256k1';
 
 import { u8aConcat } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-import { cryptoWaitReady } from './crypto';
+// import { cryptoWaitReady } from './crypto';
 import { hmacSha256AsU8a } from './hmac';
 
 // Set overrides on the secp256k1 utils
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { hmacSha256AsU8a } from './hmac';
 utilsNobleSecp256k1.hmacSha256Sync = (key: Uint8Array, ...messages: Uint8Array[]) =>
   hmacSha256AsU8a(key, u8aConcat(...messages));
 
-// start init process immediately
-cryptoWaitReady().catch((): void => {
-  // shouldn't happen, logged above
-});
+// // start init process immediately
+// cryptoWaitReady().catch((): void => {
+//   // shouldn't happen, logged above
+// });
diff --git a/packages/util-crypto/src/secp256k1/signVerify.spec.ts b/packages/util-crypto/src/secp256k1/signVerify.spec.ts
index c601019fa..98f8290fa 100644
--- a/packages/util-crypto/src/secp256k1/signVerify.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/util-crypto/src/secp256k1/signVerify.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2022 @polkadot/util-crypto authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import '../cryptoInit';
+import '../bundleInit';
 
 import { stringToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';
 
diff --git a/packages/util-crypto/src/secp256k1/verify.spec.ts b/packages/util-crypto/src/secp256k1/verify.spec.ts
index 97d3df116..fbcb7c272 100644
--- a/packages/util-crypto/src/secp256k1/verify.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/util-crypto/src/secp256k1/verify.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2022 @polkadot/util-crypto authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import '../cryptoInit';
+import '../bundleInit';
 
 import { hexToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';
 import { waitReady } from '@polkadot/wasm-crypto';