Simplify PKCS8::copy_key

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/pubkey/pkcs8.cpp b/src/pubkey/pkcs8.cpp
index 00993223f..243d3a6b3 100644
--- a/src/pubkey/pkcs8.cpp
+++ b/src/pubkey/pkcs8.cpp
@@ -257,13 +257,7 @@ Private_Key* load_key(const std::string& fsname,
 Private_Key* copy_key(const Private_Key& key,
                       RandomNumberGenerator& rng)
    {
-   Pipe bits;
-
-   bits.start_msg();
-   PKCS8::encode(key, bits);
-   bits.end_msg();
-
-   DataSource_Memory source(bits.read_all());
+   DataSource_Memory source(PEM_encode(key));
    return PKCS8::load_key(source, rng);
    }