diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtils.java b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtils.java
index 1c9980be..5ae789d4 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtils.java
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtils.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public final class KeyRingUtils {
      * @return modified secret keys
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public static PGPSecretKeyRing deleteUserIdFromSecretKeyRing(PGPSecretKeyRing secretKeys, String userId) {
+    public static PGPSecretKeyRing deleteUserId(PGPSecretKeyRing secretKeys, String userId) {
         PGPSecretKey secretKey = secretKeys.getSecretKey(); // user-ids are located on primary key only
         PGPPublicKey publicKey = secretKey.getPublicKey(); // user-ids are placed on the public key part
         publicKey = PGPPublicKey.removeCertification(publicKey, userId);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public final class KeyRingUtils {
      * @return modified secret keys
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public static PGPPublicKeyRing deleteUserIdFromPublicKeyRing(PGPPublicKeyRing publicKeys, String userId) {
+    public static PGPPublicKeyRing deleteUserId(PGPPublicKeyRing publicKeys, String userId) {
         PGPPublicKey publicKey = publicKeys.getPublicKey(); // user-ids are located on primary key only
         publicKey = PGPPublicKey.removeCertification(publicKey, userId);
         if (publicKey == null) {
diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtilTest.java b/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtilTest.java
index d1384e40..8312bd28 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtilTest.java
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtilTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class KeyRingUtilTest {
                 .done();
         assertEquals(2, CollectionUtils.iteratorToList(secretKeys.getPublicKey().getUserIDs()).size());
 
-        secretKeys = KeyRingUtils.deleteUserIdFromSecretKeyRing(secretKeys, "Bob");
+        secretKeys = KeyRingUtils.deleteUserId(secretKeys, "Bob");
 
         assertEquals(1, CollectionUtils.iteratorToList(secretKeys.getPublicKey().getUserIDs()).size());
     }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class KeyRingUtilTest {
         PGPPublicKeyRing publicKeys = PGPainless.extractCertificate(secretKeys);
         assertEquals(2, CollectionUtils.iteratorToList(publicKeys.getPublicKey().getUserIDs()).size());
 
-        publicKeys = KeyRingUtils.deleteUserIdFromPublicKeyRing(publicKeys, "Alice");
+        publicKeys = KeyRingUtils.deleteUserId(publicKeys, "Alice");
 
         assertEquals(1, CollectionUtils.iteratorToList(publicKeys.getPublicKey().getUserIDs()).size());
     }
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ public class KeyRingUtilTest {
                 .modernKeyRing("Alice", null);
 
         assertThrows(NoSuchElementException.class,
-                () -> KeyRingUtils.deleteUserIdFromSecretKeyRing(secretKeys, "Charlie"));
+                () -> KeyRingUtils.deleteUserId(secretKeys, "Charlie"));
     }
 }