diff --git a/nip04/nip04.go b/nip04/nip04.go
index b3c10e6..1923cd6 100644
--- a/nip04/nip04.go
+++ b/nip04/nip04.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	mrand "math/rand"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2"
@@ -56,18 +55,12 @@ func Encrypt(message string, key []byte) (string, error) {
 
 	// add padding
 	base := len(plaintext)
-	extra := 0
-	var padding int
-	if base < 100 {
-		// add some random padding to this message since it is too small
-		extra = mrand.Intn(230) // the total padding will be padding + extra, which can't be more than 256
-	}
 
 	// this will be a number between 1 and 16 (including), never 0
-	padding = block.BlockSize() - (base+extra)%block.BlockSize()
+	padding := block.BlockSize() - base%block.BlockSize()
 
 	// encode the padding in all the padding bytes themselves
-	padtext := bytes.Repeat([]byte{byte(padding + extra)}, padding+extra)
+	padtext := bytes.Repeat([]byte{byte(padding)}, padding)
 
 	paddedMsgBytes := append(plaintext, padtext...)