diff --git a/templates/accounts.go b/templates/accounts.go
index 7cb71a78b..3bef10afb 100644
--- a/templates/accounts.go
+++ b/templates/accounts.go
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ type Contract struct {
 	Source string
 }
 
+// Deprecated
 // SourceBytes returns the UTF-8 encoded source code (Source) of the contract.
 func (c Contract) SourceBytes() []byte {
 	return []byte(c.Source)
 }
 
+// Deprecated
 // SourceHex returns the UTF-8 encoded source code (Source) of the contract as a hex string.
 func (c Contract) SourceHex() string {
 	return hex.EncodeToString(c.SourceBytes())
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ func CreateAccountAndFund(
 	for i, contract := range contracts {
 		contractKeyPairs[i] = cadence.KeyValuePair{
 			Key:   cadence.String(contract.Name),
-			Value: cadence.String(contract.SourceHex()),
+			Value: cadence.String(contract.Source),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ func CreateAccountAndFund(
 // UpdateAccountContract generates a transaction that updates a contract deployed at an account.
 func UpdateAccountContract(address flow.Address, contract Contract) *flow.Transaction {
 	cadenceName := cadence.String(contract.Name)
-	cadenceCode := cadence.String(contract.SourceHex())
+	cadenceCode := cadence.String(contract.Source)
 
 	return flow.NewTransaction().
 		SetScript([]byte(templates.UpdateContract)).
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ func UpdateAccountContract(address flow.Address, contract Contract) *flow.Transa
 // AddAccountContract generates a transaction that deploys a contract to an account.
 func AddAccountContract(address flow.Address, contract Contract) *flow.Transaction {
 	cadenceName := cadence.String(contract.Name)
-	cadenceCode := cadence.String(contract.SourceHex())
+	cadenceCode := cadence.String(contract.Source)
 
 	return flow.NewTransaction().
 		SetScript([]byte(templates.AddContract)).
diff --git a/templates/accounts_test.go b/templates/accounts_test.go
index 5b4d8b616..e775bb6ea 100644
--- a/templates/accounts_test.go
+++ b/templates/accounts_test.go
@@ -31,14 +31,12 @@ func TestCreateAccount(t *testing.T) {
 	// Converting transaction arguments to Cadence values can increase their size.
 	// If this is not taken into account the transaction can quickly grow over the maximum transaction size limit.
 	t.Run("Transaction should not grow uncontrollably in size", func(t *testing.T) {
-		contractLen := 1000
-		contractCode := make([]byte, contractLen)
-
+		testContractBody := "test contract"
 		tx, err := templates.CreateAccount(
 			[]*flow.AccountKey{},
 			[]templates.Contract{{
 				Name:   "contract",
-				Source: string(contractCode),
+				Source: testContractBody,
 			}},
 			flow.HexToAddress("01"))
 
@@ -50,8 +48,7 @@ func TestCreateAccount(t *testing.T) {
 			argumentsSize += len(argument)
 		}
 		require.Less(t, txSize, 1000, "The create account script should not grow over 1kB.")
-		require.Less(t, argumentsSize, contractLen*2+500,
-			"The create account argument size should not grow over "+
-				"2 times the contract code (converted to hex) + 500 bytes of extra data.")
+		require.Less(t, argumentsSize, len(testContractBody)+500,
+			"The create account argument size should not grow over 500 bytes of extra data.")
 	})
 }