diff --git a/sop-java-testfixtures/src/main/java/sop/testsuite/operation/MergeCertsTest.java b/sop-java-testfixtures/src/main/java/sop/testsuite/operation/MergeCertsTest.java
index 7bc99d1..b577017 100644
--- a/sop-java-testfixtures/src/main/java/sop/testsuite/operation/MergeCertsTest.java
+++ b/sop-java-testfixtures/src/main/java/sop/testsuite/operation/MergeCertsTest.java
@@ -25,18 +25,15 @@ public class MergeCertsTest extends AbstractSOPTest {
     @MethodSource("provideInstances")
     public void testMergeWithItself(SOP sop) throws IOException {
         byte[] key = sop.generateKey()
-                .noArmor()
                 .userId("Alice <alice@pgpainless.org>")
                 .generate()
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] cert = sop.extractCert()
-                .noArmor()
                 .key(key)
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] merged = sop.mergeCerts()
-                .noArmor()
                 .updates(cert)
                 .baseCertificates(cert)
                 .getBytes();
@@ -69,20 +66,17 @@ public class MergeCertsTest extends AbstractSOPTest {
     @MethodSource("provideInstances")
     public void testMergeWithItselfViaBase(SOP sop) throws IOException {
         byte[] key = sop.generateKey()
-                .noArmor()
                 .userId("Alice <alice@pgpainless.org>")
                 .generate()
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] cert = sop.extractCert()
-                .noArmor()
                 .key(key)
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] certs = ArraysKt.plus(cert, cert);
 
         byte[] merged = sop.mergeCerts()
-                .noArmor()
                 .updates(cert)
                 .baseCertificates(certs)
                 .getBytes();
@@ -94,23 +88,19 @@ public class MergeCertsTest extends AbstractSOPTest {
     @MethodSource("provideInstances")
     public void testApplyBaseToUpdate(SOP sop) throws IOException {
         byte[] key = sop.generateKey()
-                .noArmor()
                 .userId("Alice <alice@pgpainless.org>")
                 .generate()
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] cert = sop.extractCert()
-                .noArmor()
                 .key(key)
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] update = sop.revokeKey()
-                .noArmor()
                 .keys(key)
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] merged = sop.mergeCerts()
-                .noArmor()
                 .updates(cert)
                 .baseCertificates(update)
                 .getBytes();
@@ -122,23 +112,19 @@ public class MergeCertsTest extends AbstractSOPTest {
     @MethodSource("provideInstances")
     public void testApplyUpdateToBase(SOP sop) throws IOException {
         byte[] key = sop.generateKey()
-                .noArmor()
                 .userId("Alice <alice@pgpainless.org>")
                 .generate()
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] cert = sop.extractCert()
-                .noArmor()
                 .key(key)
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] update = sop.revokeKey()
-                .noArmor()
                 .keys(key)
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] merged = sop.mergeCerts()
-                .noArmor()
                 .updates(update)
                 .baseCertificates(cert)
                 .getBytes();
@@ -150,29 +136,24 @@ public class MergeCertsTest extends AbstractSOPTest {
     @MethodSource("provideInstances")
     public void testApplyUpdateToMissingBaseDoesNothing(SOP sop) throws IOException {
         byte[] aliceKey = sop.generateKey()
-                .noArmor()
                 .userId("Alice <alice@pgpainless.org>")
                 .generate()
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] aliceCert = sop.extractCert()
-                .noArmor()
                 .key(aliceKey)
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] bobKey = sop.generateKey()
-                .noArmor()
                 .userId("Bob <bob@pgpainless.org>")
                 .generate()
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] bobCert = sop.extractCert()
-                .noArmor()
                 .key(bobKey)
                 .getBytes();
 
         byte[] merged = sop.mergeCerts()
-                .noArmor()
                 .updates(bobCert)
                 .baseCertificates(aliceCert)
                 .getBytes();