diff --git a/connect/authenticated.go b/connect/authenticated.go
index 6a311978d78333ec9709151e7528c7da7f55657f..c45489fbc78ab87ab1115ab6da02d2b0fe5167f4 100644
--- a/connect/authenticated.go
+++ b/connect/authenticated.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func ConnectWithAuthentication(recipient contact.Contact, user *xxdk.E2e,
 
 	// Build the authenticated connection and return
 	identity := user.GetReceptionIdentity()
-	privKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivatePem()
+	privKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivateKey()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/ud/addFact.go b/ud/addFact.go
index 719e7d137ab1f9c3e5ce4d414c9db08876d668a4..2022b82e03482dbbe5d172ff6fc95a533c1d87d2 100644
--- a/ud/addFact.go
+++ b/ud/addFact.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (m *Manager) addFact(inFact fact.Fact, myId *id.ID,
 	fHash := factID.Fingerprint(f)
 
 	// Sign our inFact for putting into the request
-	privKey, err := m.user.GetReceptionIdentity().GetRSAPrivatePem()
+	privKey, err := m.user.GetReceptionIdentity().GetRSAPrivateKey()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/ud/register.go b/ud/register.go
index 495d50da5e1fb51dd0e9d0e9d0211547d3314946..48074cf1ac491fb5496d1160d1ef7cda54138edb 100644
--- a/ud/register.go
+++ b/ud/register.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (m *Manager) register(username string, networkSignature []byte,
 
 	// Retrieve data used for registration
 	identity := m.user.GetReceptionIdentity()
-	privKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivatePem()
+	privKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivateKey()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/ud/remove.go b/ud/remove.go
index ebb809c0022ab0bbc81237c092c106bcbf946bd2..691d9792f4468093ed2468b654b829ec60353c35 100644
--- a/ud/remove.go
+++ b/ud/remove.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (m *Manager) removeFact(f fact.Fact,
 
 	// Sign our inFact for putting into the request
 	identity := m.user.GetReceptionIdentity()
-	privKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivatePem()
+	privKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivateKey()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (m *Manager) PermanentDeleteAccount(f fact.Fact) error {
 			"a username. Cannot remove fact %q", f.Fact))
 	}
 	identity := m.user.GetReceptionIdentity()
-	privKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivatePem()
+	privKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivateKey()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/xxdk/e2e.go b/xxdk/e2e.go
index 4c2b9e22ca2e800e77489f69690092e13f6db6bc..cd0d7f00c2931b192d20ba6206e4b21067e6740f 100644
--- a/xxdk/e2e.go
+++ b/xxdk/e2e.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func loginLegacy(net *Cmix, callbacks AuthCallbacks,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	rsaKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivatePem()
+	rsaKey, err := identity.GetRSAPrivateKey()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func login(net *Cmix, callbacks AuthCallbacks, identity ReceptionIdentity,
 	kv *versioned.KV, params E2EParams) (m *E2e, err error) {
 
 	// Verify the passed-in ReceptionIdentity matches its properties
-	privatePem, err := identity.GetRSAPrivatePem()
+	privatePem, err := identity.GetRSAPrivateKey()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (m *E2e) ConstructProtoUserFile() ([]byte, error) {
 
 	transIdentity := m.Cmix.GetTransmissionIdentity()
 	receptionIdentity := m.GetReceptionIdentity()
-	privatePem, err := receptionIdentity.GetRSAPrivatePem()
+	privatePem, err := receptionIdentity.GetRSAPrivateKey()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/xxdk/identity.go b/xxdk/identity.go
index 9d646785fd71c713398036fd4dc8ae66ecbbc447..1b2dd605dfa9f6bd63daeff49967dcdcd9fb459e 100644
--- a/xxdk/identity.go
+++ b/xxdk/identity.go
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ func (r ReceptionIdentity) GetDHKeyPrivate() (*cyclic.Int, error) {
 	return dhKeyPriv, err
 }
 
-// GetRSAPrivatePem returns the RSAPrivatePem.
-func (r ReceptionIdentity) GetRSAPrivatePem() (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) {
+// GetRSAPrivateKey returns the RSAPrivatePem.
+func (r ReceptionIdentity) GetRSAPrivateKey() (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) {
 	return rsa.LoadPrivateKeyFromPem(r.RSAPrivatePem)
 }