diff --git a/src/keystore.ts b/src/keystore.ts
index e933a0d..c61b051 100644
--- a/src/keystore.ts
+++ b/src/keystore.ts
@@ -40,23 +40,19 @@ export class KeyStore {
 
   constructor(opts?: KeyStoreOpts) {
     opts = opts || {}
-    if (opts.encryption) {
-      if (!Array.isArray(opts.encryption.keys) || opts.encryption.keys.length === 0) {
-        throw new Error("keys are required for encryption")
-      }
-    }
-    if (opts.signing) {
-      if (!Array.isArray(opts.signing.keys) || opts.signing.keys.length === 0) {
-        throw new Error("keys are required for signing")
-      }
-    }
+
     this.encryption = Object.assign({
       algorithm: 'aes-192-ccm',
       authTagLength: 16,
-      encoding: 'hex', keys: []
+      encoding: 'hex',
+      keys: []
     }, opts.encryption || {} as any)
 
-    this.signing = Object.assign({encoding: 'base64', algorithm: 'sha1', keys: []}, opts.signing || {} as any)
+    this.signing = Object.assign({
+      encoding: 'base64',
+      algorithm: 'sha1',
+      keys: []
+    }, opts.signing || {} as any)
 
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/keystore.spec.ts b/tests/keystore.spec.ts
index a26289a..71c51a1 100644
--- a/tests/keystore.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/keystore.spec.ts
@@ -13,38 +13,6 @@ describe('[constructor]', () => {
     new KeyStore(null)
   })
 
-  it('should check encryption keys', () => {
-    expect(() => {
-      // @ts-expect-error
-      new KeyStore({encryption: {}})
-    }).toThrow(Error)
-
-    expect(() => {
-      new KeyStore({encryption: {keys: []}})
-    }).toThrow(Error)
-
-    expect(() => {
-      // @ts-expect-error
-      new KeyStore({encryption: {keys: {}}})
-    }).toThrow(Error)
-  })
-
-  it('should check signing keys', () => {
-    expect(() => {
-      // @ts-expect-error
-      new KeyStore({signing: {}})
-    }).toThrow(Error)
-
-    expect(() => {
-      new KeyStore({signing: {keys: []}})
-    }).toThrow(Error)
-
-    expect(() => {
-      // @ts-expect-error
-      new KeyStore({signing: {keys: {}}})
-    }).toThrow(Error)
-  })
-
   it('should assign encryption defaults', () => {
     const ks = new KeyStore({encryption: {keys: [genRandom()]}})