diff --git a/contrib/pyln-proto/tests/test_primitives.py b/contrib/pyln-proto/tests/test_primitives.py
index 4c4a14681..daa9b7fd3 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-proto/tests/test_primitives.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-proto/tests/test_primitives.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify
-from pyln.proto import zbase32
+from binascii import unhexlify
 from pyln.proto.primitives import ShortChannelId
 
 
@@ -19,12 +18,3 @@ def test_short_channel_id():
     assert(expected.to_bytes() == b)
     assert(str(expected) == s)
     assert(expected.to_int() == num)
-
-
-def test_zbase32():
-    zb32 = b'd75qtmgijm79rpooshmgzjwji9gj7dsdat8remuskyjp9oq1ugkaoj6orbxzhuo4njtyh96e3aq84p1tiuz77nchgxa1s4ka4carnbiy'
-    b = zbase32.decode(zb32)
-    assert(hexlify(b) == b'1f76e8acd54afbf23610b7166ba689afcc9e8ec3c44e442e765012dfc1d299958827d0205f7e4e1a12620e7fc8ce1c7d3651acefde899c33f12b6958d3304106a0')
-
-    enc = zbase32.encode(b)
-    assert(enc == zb32)
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-proto/tests/test_zbase32.py b/contrib/pyln-proto/tests/test_zbase32.py
index 3bdd60e24..3f8713c7a 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-proto/tests/test_zbase32.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-proto/tests/test_zbase32.py
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ def test_is_zbase32_encoded():
 
 
 def test_encode():
+    message = '1f76e8acd54afbf23610b7166ba689afcc9e8ec3c44e442e765012dfc1d299958827d0205f7e4e1a12620e7fc8ce1c7d3651acefde899c33f12b6958d3304106a0'
+    zbase32_message = b'd75qtmgijm79rpooshmgzjwji9gj7dsdat8remuskyjp9oq1ugkaoj6orbxzhuo4njtyh96e3aq84p1tiuz77nchgxa1s4ka4carnbiy'
+    assert(zbase32.encode(bytes.fromhex(message)) == zbase32_message)
+
     for message, expected_zbase32_message in zip(messages, zbase32_messages):
         zbase32_message = zbase32.encode(message)
         assert isinstance(zbase32_message, bytes)
@@ -87,6 +91,10 @@ def test_encode_wrong_inputs():
 
 
 def test_decode():
+    zbase32_message = b'd75qtmgijm79rpooshmgzjwji9gj7dsdat8remuskyjp9oq1ugkaoj6orbxzhuo4njtyh96e3aq84p1tiuz77nchgxa1s4ka4carnbiy'
+    message = '1f76e8acd54afbf23610b7166ba689afcc9e8ec3c44e442e765012dfc1d299958827d0205f7e4e1a12620e7fc8ce1c7d3651acefde899c33f12b6958d3304106a0'
+    assert(zbase32.decode(zbase32_message) == bytes.fromhex(message))
+
     for expected_message, zbase32_message in zip(messages, zbase32_messages):
         message = zbase32.decode(zbase32_message)
         assert isinstance(message, bytes)