diff --git a/packages/ipfs/src/core/ipns/resolver.js b/packages/ipfs/src/core/ipns/resolver.js
index 96eaae99e9..e17fb46999 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs/src/core/ipns/resolver.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs/src/core/ipns/resolver.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const ipns = require('ipns')
-const crypto = require('libp2p-crypto')
 const PeerId = require('peer-id')
 const errcode = require('err-code')
 const debug = require('debug')
diff --git a/packages/ipfs/test/core/name-pubsub.js b/packages/ipfs/test/core/name-pubsub.js
index 02fddc716c..a663f7f34c 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs/test/core/name-pubsub.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs/test/core/name-pubsub.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* eslint-env mocha */
 'use strict'
 
-const { nanoid } = require('nanoid')
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer')
 const { expect } = require('interface-ipfs-core/src/utils/mocha')
 const base64url = require('base64url')
diff --git a/packages/ipfs/test/core/name.spec.js b/packages/ipfs/test/core/name.spec.js
index 993fd868ba..d7ddb36dfc 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs/test/core/name.spec.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs/test/core/name.spec.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const { Key } = require('interface-datastore')
 const last = require('it-last')
 const PeerId = require('peer-id')
 const errCode = require('err-code')
+const ipns = require('ipns')
 const getIpnsRoutingConfig = require('../../src/core/ipns/routing/config')
 const IpnsPublisher = require('../../src/core/ipns/publisher')
 const IpnsRepublisher = require('../../src/core/ipns/republisher')
@@ -199,6 +200,20 @@ describe('name', function () {
   })
 
   describe('resolver', () => {
+    it('should resolve an inlined public key', async () => {
+      const peerId = await PeerId.create({ keyType: 'ed25519' })
+      const value = `/ipfs/${peerId.toB58String()}`
+      const record = await ipns.create(peerId.privKey, value, 1, 10e3)
+
+      const routing = {
+        get: sinon.stub().returns(ipns.marshal(record))
+      }
+      const resolver = new IpnsResolver(routing)
+
+      const resolved = await resolver.resolve(`/ipns/${peerId.toB58String()}`)
+      expect(resolved).to.equal(value)
+    })
+
     it('should fail to resolve if the received name is not a string', () => {
       const resolver = new IpnsResolver()
       return expect(resolver.resolve(false))