diff --git a/src/manager.cpp b/src/manager.cpp
index 4528d2df1..37ec6c774 100644
--- a/src/manager.cpp
+++ b/src/manager.cpp
@@ -2774,11 +2774,7 @@ Manager::setAccountDetails(const std::string& accountID,
 std::mt19937_64
 Manager::getSeededRandomEngine()
 {
-    std::array<std::mt19937_64::result_type, std::mt19937_64::state_size> sub_seeds;
-    for (auto& sub_seed : sub_seeds)
-        sub_seed = rand_();
-    std::seed_seq seed(sub_seeds.begin(), sub_seeds.end());
-    return std::mt19937_64(seed);
+    return dht::crypto::getDerivedRandomEngine(rand_);
 }
 
 std::string