diff --git a/web3.js/src/publickey.ts b/web3.js/src/publickey.ts
index cc8b2f8efa98ca..de067020dca30d 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/publickey.ts
+++ b/web3.js/src/publickey.ts
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ export class PublicKey extends Struct {
    * Derive a program address from seeds and a program ID.
    */
   /* eslint-disable require-await */
-  static async createProgramAddress(
+  static createProgramAddress(
     seeds: Array<Buffer | Uint8Array>,
     programId: PublicKey,
-  ): Promise<PublicKey> {
+  ): PublicKey {
     let buffer = Buffer.alloc(0);
     seeds.forEach(function (seed) {
       if (seed.length > MAX_SEED_LENGTH) {
@@ -174,16 +174,16 @@ export class PublicKey extends Struct {
    * iterates a nonce until it finds one that when combined with the seeds
    * results in a valid program address.
    */
-  static async findProgramAddress(
+  static findProgramAddress(
     seeds: Array<Buffer | Uint8Array>,
     programId: PublicKey,
-  ): Promise<[PublicKey, number]> {
+  ): [PublicKey, number] {
     let nonce = 255;
     let address;
     while (nonce != 0) {
       try {
         const seedsWithNonce = seeds.concat(Buffer.from([nonce]));
-        address = await this.createProgramAddress(seedsWithNonce, programId);
+        address = this.createProgramAddress(seedsWithNonce, programId);
       } catch (err) {
         if (err instanceof TypeError) {
           throw err;
diff --git a/web3.js/test/publickey.test.ts b/web3.js/test/publickey.test.ts
index d6a725c4f53e70..1dfedd59ce9a2d 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/publickey.test.ts
+++ b/web3.js/test/publickey.test.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe('PublicKey', function () {
     ).to.be.true;
   });
 
-  it('createProgramAddress', async () => {
+  it('createProgramAddress', () => {
     const programId = new PublicKey(
       'BPFLoader1111111111111111111111111111111111',
     );
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('PublicKey', function () {
       'SeedPubey1111111111111111111111111111111111',
     );
 
-    let programAddress = await PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
+    let programAddress = PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
       [Buffer.from('', 'utf8'), Buffer.from([1])],
       programId,
     );
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ describe('PublicKey', function () {
       ),
     ).to.be.true;
 
-    programAddress = await PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
+    programAddress = PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
       [Buffer.from('☉', 'utf8')],
       programId,
     );
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ describe('PublicKey', function () {
       ),
     ).to.be.true;
 
-    programAddress = await PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
+    programAddress = PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
       [Buffer.from('Talking', 'utf8'), Buffer.from('Squirrels', 'utf8')],
       programId,
     );
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ describe('PublicKey', function () {
       ),
     ).to.be.true;
 
-    programAddress = await PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
+    programAddress = PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
       [publicKey.toBuffer()],
       programId,
     );
@@ -169,18 +169,18 @@ describe('PublicKey', function () {
       ),
     ).to.be.true;
 
-    const programAddress2 = await PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
+    const programAddress2 = PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
       [Buffer.from('Talking', 'utf8')],
       programId,
     );
     expect(programAddress.equals(programAddress2)).to.eq(false);
 
-    await expect(
+    expect(() =>
       PublicKey.createProgramAddress(
         [Buffer.alloc(MAX_SEED_LENGTH + 1)],
         programId,
       ),
-    ).to.be.rejectedWith('Max seed length exceeded');
+    ).to.be.throw('Max seed length exceeded');
 
     // https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/issues/11950
     {
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ describe('PublicKey', function () {
       let programId = new PublicKey(
         '4ckmDgGdxQoPDLUkDT3vHgSAkzA3QRdNq5ywwY4sUSJn',
       );
-      programAddress = await PublicKey.createProgramAddress(seeds, programId);
+      programAddress = PublicKey.createProgramAddress(seeds, programId);
       expect(
         programAddress.equals(
           new PublicKey('12rqwuEgBYiGhBrDJStCiqEtzQpTTiZbh7teNVLuYcFA'),
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ describe('PublicKey', function () {
     const programId = new PublicKey(
       'BPFLoader1111111111111111111111111111111111',
     );
-    let [programAddress, nonce] = await PublicKey.findProgramAddress(
+    let [programAddress, nonce] = PublicKey.findProgramAddress(
       [Buffer.from('', 'utf8')],
       programId,
     );