diff --git a/src/iden3comm/constants.ts b/src/iden3comm/constants.ts
index 43ee3699..379e1007 100644
--- a/src/iden3comm/constants.ts
+++ b/src/iden3comm/constants.ts
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ export enum MediaType {
   SignedMessage = 'application/iden3comm-signed-json'
 }
 
-/**
- * Universal resolver url
- */
-export const UNIVERSAL_RESOLVER_URL = 'https://dev.uniresolver.io/1.0/identifiers';
-
 export const SUPPORTED_PUBLIC_KEY_TYPES = {
   ES256K: [
     'EcdsaSecp256k1VerificationKey2019',
diff --git a/src/iden3comm/packers/jws.ts b/src/iden3comm/packers/jws.ts
index 84e4c74b..965ee266 100644
--- a/src/iden3comm/packers/jws.ts
+++ b/src/iden3comm/packers/jws.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import { BasicMessage, IPacker, PackerParams } from '../types';
 import { MediaType, SUPPORTED_PUBLIC_KEY_TYPES } from '../constants';
-import {
-  extractPublicKeyBytes,
-  resolveVerificationMethods,
-  resolveDIDDocument
-} from '../utils/did';
+import { extractPublicKeyBytes, resolveVerificationMethods } from '../utils/did';
 import { keyPath, KMS } from '../../kms/';
 
 import { Signer, verifyJWS } from 'did-jwt';
@@ -31,13 +27,10 @@ export class JWSPacker implements IPacker {
    * Creates an instance of JWSPacker.
    *
    * @param {KMS} _kms
-   * @param {Resolvable} [_documentResolver={ resolve: resolveDIDDocument }]
+   * @param {Resolvable} _documentResolver
    * @memberof JWSPacker
    */
-  constructor(
-    private readonly _kms: KMS,
-    private readonly _documentResolver: Resolvable = { resolve: resolveDIDDocument }
-  ) {}
+  constructor(private readonly _kms: KMS, private readonly _documentResolver: Resolvable) {}
   /**
    * creates JSON Web Signature token
    *
diff --git a/src/iden3comm/utils/did.ts b/src/iden3comm/utils/did.ts
index 758ed617..242b6572 100644
--- a/src/iden3comm/utils/did.ts
+++ b/src/iden3comm/utils/did.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,10 @@
-import { SUPPORTED_PUBLIC_KEY_TYPES, UNIVERSAL_RESOLVER_URL } from '../constants';
+import { SUPPORTED_PUBLIC_KEY_TYPES } from '../constants';
 import elliptic from 'elliptic';
-import {
-  DIDDocument,
-  DIDResolutionOptions,
-  DIDResolutionResult,
-  VerificationMethod
-} from 'did-resolver';
+import { DIDDocument, VerificationMethod } from 'did-resolver';
 
 import { KmsKeyType } from '../../kms';
 import { base58ToBytes, base64ToBytes, bytesToHex, hexToBytes } from '../../utils';
 
-export const resolveDIDDocument = async (
-  didUrl: string,
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  options?: DIDResolutionOptions
-): Promise<DIDResolutionResult> => {
-  try {
-    const response = await fetch(`${UNIVERSAL_RESOLVER_URL}/${didUrl}`);
-    const data = await response.json();
-    return data as DIDResolutionResult;
-  } catch (error: unknown) {
-    throw new Error(`Can't resolve did document: ${(error as Error).message}`);
-  }
-};
-
 const DIDAuthenticationSection = 'authentication';
 export const resolveVerificationMethods = (didDocument: DIDDocument): VerificationMethod[] => {
   const vms: VerificationMethod[] = didDocument.verificationMethod || [];