diff --git a/src/routes/assets/asset/index.ts b/src/routes/assets/asset/index.ts
index 3fccf1e1..cd23cd07 100644
--- a/src/routes/assets/asset/index.ts
+++ b/src/routes/assets/asset/index.ts
@@ -92,14 +92,10 @@ async function route(fastify: FastifyInstance) {
 
         // retrieve off-chain metadata
         const metadata = await fetchAssetMetadata(request.params.asset);
-        // @ts-expect-error due to using ESM with vitest and some weirdness with cip14 lib we need to call .default
-        // otherwise unit test fails on  ""...is not a function".
-        const fingerprint = AssetFingerprint.default
-          .fromParts(
-            Uint8Array.from(Buffer.from(rows[0].policy_id, 'hex')),
-            Uint8Array.from(Buffer.from(rows[0].asset_name ?? '', 'hex')),
-          )
-          .fingerprint();
+        const fingerprint = AssetFingerprint.fromParts(
+          Uint8Array.from(Buffer.from(rows[0].policy_id, 'hex')),
+          Uint8Array.from(Buffer.from(rows[0].asset_name ?? '', 'hex')),
+        ).fingerprint();
 
         return reply.send({
           ...rows[0],