diff --git a/src/interface/naming.cairo b/src/interface/naming.cairo
index 3441026..e5caf55 100644
--- a/src/interface/naming.cairo
+++ b/src/interface/naming.cairo
@@ -122,6 +122,4 @@ trait INaming<TContractState> {
     fn blacklist_renewal_contract(ref self: TContractState, contract: ContractAddress);
 
     fn toggle_ar_discount_renew(ref self: TContractState);
-
-    fn update_admin(ref self: TContractState, new_admin: ContractAddress);
 }
diff --git a/src/naming/main.cairo b/src/naming/main.cairo
index 4b6e953..24ec301 100644
--- a/src/naming/main.cairo
+++ b/src/naming/main.cairo
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ mod Naming {
         starknetid_contract: ContractAddress,
         _pricing_contract: ContractAddress,
         _referral_contract: ContractAddress,
-        _admin_address: ContractAddress,
         _domain_data: LegacyMap<felt252, DomainData>,
         _hash_to_domain: LegacyMap<(felt252, usize), felt252>,
         _address_to_domain: LegacyMap<(ContractAddress, usize), felt252>,
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ mod Naming {
         self.starknetid_contract.write(starknetid);
         self._pricing_contract.write(pricing);
         self._referral_contract.write(referral);
-        self._admin_address.write(admin);
         self.ownable.initializer(admin);
     }
 
@@ -709,12 +707,6 @@ mod Naming {
 
         // ADMIN
 
-        fn update_admin(ref self: ContractState, new_admin: ContractAddress) {
-            assert(get_caller_address() == self._admin_address.read(), 'you are not admin');
-            self.ownable.initializer(new_admin);
-            self._admin_address.write(Zeroable::zero());
-        }
-
         fn set_expiry(
             ref self: ContractState, root_domain: felt252, expiry: u64
         ) {
diff --git a/src/tests/naming/test_abuses.cairo b/src/tests/naming/test_abuses.cairo
index e12c42f..7b83f22 100644
--- a/src/tests/naming/test_abuses.cairo
+++ b/src/tests/naming/test_abuses.cairo
@@ -214,20 +214,6 @@ fn test_renewal_period_too_long() {
     naming.renew(th0rgal, 9130, ContractAddressZeroable::zero(), 0, 0);
 }
 
-#[test]
-#[available_gas(2000000000)]
-#[should_panic(expected: ('you are not admin', 'ENTRYPOINT_FAILED'))]
-fn test_non_admin_cannot_set_admin() {
-    // setup
-    let (_, _, _, naming) = deploy();
-    let non_admin_address = contract_address_const::<0x456>();
-    set_contract_address(non_admin_address);
-
-    // A non-admin tries to set a new admin
-    let new_admin = contract_address_const::<0x789>();
-    naming.update_admin(new_admin);
-}
-
 #[test]
 #[available_gas(2000000000)]
 #[should_panic(expected: ('Caller is not the owner', 'ENTRYPOINT_FAILED'))]
diff --git a/src/tests/naming/test_admin_update.cairo b/src/tests/naming/test_admin_update.cairo
index cbd9efe..007bb0e 100644
--- a/src/tests/naming/test_admin_update.cairo
+++ b/src/tests/naming/test_admin_update.cairo
@@ -22,16 +22,28 @@ fn test_update_admin() {
     let new_admin = contract_address_const::<0x456>();
 
     let ownable2Step = IOwnableTwoStepDispatcher { contract_address: naming.contract_address };
-
-    // we call the update_admin function with the new admin
-    set_contract_address(admin);
-    naming.update_admin(new_admin);
-    assert(ownable2Step.owner() == new_admin, 'change of admin failed');
+    assert(ownable2Step.owner() == admin, 'admin not initialized');
 
     // Now we go back to the first admin, this time using the ownable2Step
-    set_contract_address(new_admin);
-    ownable2Step.transfer_ownership(admin);
     set_contract_address(admin);
+    ownable2Step.transfer_ownership(new_admin);
+    set_contract_address(new_admin);
     ownable2Step.accept_ownership();
-    assert(ownable2Step.owner() == admin, 'change of admin failed');
+    assert(ownable2Step.owner() == new_admin, 'change of admin failed');
+}
+
+
+#[test]
+#[available_gas(2000000000)]
+#[should_panic(expected: ('Caller is not the owner', 'ENTRYPOINT_FAILED'))]
+fn test_non_admin_cannot_set_admin() {
+    // setup
+    let (_, _, _, naming) = deploy();
+    let ownable2Step = IOwnableTwoStepDispatcher { contract_address: naming.contract_address };
+    let non_admin_address = contract_address_const::<0x456>();
+    set_contract_address(non_admin_address);
+
+    // A non-admin tries to set a new admin
+    let new_admin = contract_address_const::<0x789>();
+    ownable2Step.transfer_ownership(new_admin);
 }
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