diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6603baf..fea1eca 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ dependencies {
     checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.4'
     // dependencies
     implementation 'org.bitcoinj:bitcoinj-core:0.16.3'
-    implementation 'net.i2p.crypto:eddsa:0.3.0'
 
     // test support dependencies
     testSupportImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.19.8'
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/lmax/solana4j/encoding/SolanaProgramDerivedAddress.java b/src/main/java/com/lmax/solana4j/encoding/SolanaProgramDerivedAddress.java
index d7d738e..e63b0a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/lmax/solana4j/encoding/SolanaProgramDerivedAddress.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/lmax/solana4j/encoding/SolanaProgramDerivedAddress.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.lmax.solana4j.api.ProgramDerivedAddress;
 import com.lmax.solana4j.api.PublicKey;
-import net.i2p.crypto.eddsa.math.GroupElement;
+import com.lmax.solana4j.util.Ed25519;
 import org.bitcoinj.core.Sha256Hash;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import static com.lmax.solana4j.api.PublicKey.PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
-import static net.i2p.crypto.eddsa.spec.EdDSANamedCurveTable.ED_25519_CURVE_SPEC;
 
 final class SolanaProgramDerivedAddress implements ProgramDerivedAddress
 {
@@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ private static boolean isOffCurve(final byte[] programAddress)
     {
         try
         {
-            final GroupElement point = ED_25519_CURVE_SPEC.getCurve().createPoint(programAddress, false);
-            return !point.isOnCurve();
+            return !Ed25519.isOnCurve(programAddress);
         }
         catch (final IllegalArgumentException e)
         {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/lmax/solana4j/util/Ed25519.java b/src/main/java/com/lmax/solana4j/util/Ed25519.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6de3208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/lmax/solana4j/util/Ed25519.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package com.lmax.solana4j.util;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class Ed25519
+{
+    private static final BigInteger P = new BigInteger("7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffed", 16);
+    private static final BigInteger D = new BigInteger("52036cee2b6ffe738cc740797779e89800700a4d4141d8ab75eb4dca135978a3", 16);
+    private static final BigInteger PM5D8 = P.subtract(BigInteger.valueOf(5)).divide(BigInteger.valueOf(8));
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the public key represented by a 32-byte array is on the Ed25519 curve.
+     *
+     * @param publicKeyBytes The 32-byte array representing the public key.
+     * @return true if the point is on the curve, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public static boolean isOnCurve(final byte[] publicKeyBytes)
+    {
+        if (publicKeyBytes.length != 32)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Public key must be 32 bytes long");
+        }
+
+        // elliptic curve equation dx^2y^2 + x^2 = y^2 - 1 (mod P)
+        // let x^2 = u/v where u = y^2 - 1 & v = dy^2 + 1 (mod P)
+        byte[] yBytes = publicKeyBytes.clone();
+        yBytes[31] &= 0x7F;
+        // publicKey is in little endian encoding, so we must reverse the byte array before we "math"
+        final BigInteger y = new BigInteger(1, reverseByteArray(yBytes));
+        final BigInteger y2 = y.multiply(y).mod(P);
+
+        final BigInteger u = y2.subtract(BigInteger.ONE).mod(P);
+        final BigInteger v = D.multiply(y2).add(BigInteger.ONE).mod(P);
+
+        final BigInteger x1 = calculateCandidateRoot(u, v);
+
+        return isCandidateRootValid(x1, v, u);
+    }
+
+    private static BigInteger calculateCandidateRoot(final BigInteger u, final BigInteger v)
+    {
+        final BigInteger v3 = v.modPow(BigInteger.TEN, P).multiply(v).mod(P);
+        final BigInteger v7 = v3.multiply(v3).multiply(v).mod(P);
+
+        final BigInteger uv3 = u.multiply(v3).mod(P);
+
+        final BigInteger uv7 = u.multiply(v7).mod(P);
+        final BigInteger uv7Pow22523 = uv7.modPow(PM5D8, P);
+
+        // after some transformations, given the properties of the e25519 curve we can say
+        // x^2 = (u/v)
+        // x1 = (u/v)^(P+3/8) where x1 is the candidate root
+        // x1 = uv^3(uv^7)^(P-5/8)
+        return uv3.multiply(uv7Pow22523).mod(P);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isCandidateRootValid(final BigInteger x1, final BigInteger v, final BigInteger u)
+    {
+        // given x1 = uv^3(uv^7)^(P-5/8) we can check to see if the candidate root satisfies
+        // vx^2 = u (mod P) for x = x1 is a candidate root
+        // vx^2 = -u (mod P) for x = x1 is a candidate root
+        // if no roots then the point does not lie on the curve
+        final BigInteger vx12 = v.multiply(x1.modPow(BigInteger.TWO, P)).mod(P);
+
+        if (vx12.equals(u))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return vx12.equals(u.negate().mod(P));
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] reverseByteArray(final byte[] array)
+    {
+        final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(array.length);
+
+        for (int i = array.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+        {
+            buffer.put(array[i]);
+        }
+
+        buffer.flip();
+
+        return buffer.array();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/module-info.java b/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 5f86b5f..27e14f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 module com.lmax.solana4j {
     requires org.bitcoinj.core;
-    requires net.i2p.crypto.eddsa;
 
     exports com.lmax.solana4j;
     exports com.lmax.solana4j.api;