# must fail: playlist_receipt_sig_key_identity playlist_receipt_sig_key_identity_long playlist_receipt_sig_r_small_order
# keys read as the library reads them, and the equation checked leniently (wai::sig)
diff --git a/wai/wai-rs/src/sig.rs b/wai/wai-rs/src/sig.rs
index 48a10219..7a770fae 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/src/sig.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/src/sig.rs
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ fn below_l(s: &[u8; 32]) -> bool {
 /// large order.
 pub fn strict_key(bytes: &[u8; 32]) -> Result<VerifyingKey, SigError> {
     let key = VerifyingKey::from_bytes(bytes).map_err(|_| SigError::BadKey)?;
-    if key.to_edwards().compress().to_bytes() != *bytes || key.is_weak() {
-        return Err(SigError::BadKey);
-    }
     Ok(key)
 }
 
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ pub fn verify_strict(pubkey: &[u8; 32], msg: &[u8], sig: &[u8; 64]) -> Result<()
     if !below_l(s) {
         return Err(SigError::BadSignature);
     }
-    key.verify_strict(msg, &Signature::from_bytes(sig)).map_err(|_| SigError::BadSignature)
+    ed25519_dalek::Verifier::verify(&key, msg, &Signature::from_bytes(sig)).map_err(|_| SigError::BadSignature)
 }
 
 /// The identity point, canonically encoded (y = 1).