diff --git a/libretroshare/src/services/autoproxy/p3i2pbob.cc b/libretroshare/src/services/autoproxy/p3i2pbob.cc
index a170d08ca..f9eb3d9b3 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/services/autoproxy/p3i2pbob.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/services/autoproxy/p3i2pbob.cc
@@ -945,13 +945,9 @@ void p3I2pBob::finalizeSettings_locked()
 	// setup commands
 	// new lines are appended later!
 
-	// generate random suffix for name
-	// RSRandom::random_alphaNumericString can return very weird looking strings like: ,,@z+M
-	// use base32 instead
-	size_t len = 5; // 5 characters = 8 base32 symbols
-	std::vector<uint8_t> tmp(len);
-	RSRandom::random_bytes(tmp.data(), len);
-	const std::string location = Radix32::encode(tmp.data(), len);
+	// generate 8 characater long random suffix for name
+	constexpr size_t len = 8;
+	const std::string location = RsRandom::alphaNumeric(len);
 	RS_DBG4("using suffix ", location);
 	mTunnelName = "RetroShare-" + location;
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/i2pcommon.cpp b/libretroshare/src/util/i2pcommon.cpp
index eef359576..ec2ebfd6b 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/i2pcommon.cpp
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/i2pcommon.cpp
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@
 
 namespace i2p {
 
-const std::string generateNameSuffix(const size_t len) {
-	std::vector<uint8_t> tmp(len);
-	RsRandom::random_bytes(tmp.data(), len);
-	const std::string location = Radix32::encode(tmp.data(), len);
-
-	return location;
-}
-
 std::string keyToBase32Addr(const std::string &key)
 {
 	std::string copy(key);
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/i2pcommon.h b/libretroshare/src/util/i2pcommon.h
index 63f1ba5af..01d655bf9 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/i2pcommon.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/i2pcommon.h
@@ -184,19 +184,6 @@ static const std::array<std::pair<uint16_t, uint16_t>, 12> signingKeyLengths {
 	/*SigningKeyType::RedDSA_SHA512_Ed25519  */ std::make_pair<uint16_t, uint16_t>( 32,  32),
 };
 
-
-/**
- * @brief generateNameSuffix Generates a base32 name suffix for tunnel identification
- * @param len lenght of random bytes, will be expanded by base32 encoding
- * @return base32 string
- *
- * RSRandom::random_alphaNumericString can return very weird looking strings like: ,,@z+M
- * -> so use base32 instead
- *
- * 5 characters = 8 base32 symbols
- */
-const std::string generateNameSuffix(const size_t len = 5);
-
 /**
  * @brief makeOption Creates the string "lhs=rhs" used by BOB and SAM. Converts rhs
  * @param lhs option to set