diff --git a/web3.js/src/bpf-loader.js b/web3.js/src/bpf-loader.js
index e016bd1ac4..054a2ba3dd 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/bpf-loader.js
+++ b/web3.js/src/bpf-loader.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class BpfLoader {
     payer: Account,
     program: Account,
     elf: Buffer | Uint8Array | Array<number>,
-  ): Promise<PublicKey> {
+  ): Promise<void> {
     return Loader.load(connection, payer, program, BpfLoader.programId, elf);
   }
 }
diff --git a/web3.js/src/loader.js b/web3.js/src/loader.js
index 5da3c69051..a49294a140 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/loader.js
+++ b/web3.js/src/loader.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class Loader {
     program: Account,
     programId: PublicKey,
     data: Buffer | Uint8Array | Array<number>,
-  ): Promise<PublicKey> {
+  ): Promise<void> {
     {
       const balanceNeeded = await connection.getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption(
         data.length,
@@ -145,6 +145,5 @@ export class Loader {
       });
       await sendAndConfirmTransaction(connection, transaction, payer, program);
     }
-    return program.publicKey;
   }
 }
diff --git a/web3.js/test/bpf-loader.test.js b/web3.js/test/bpf-loader.test.js
index 84087f7ab7..92a0ef1cd2 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/bpf-loader.test.js
+++ b/web3.js/test/bpf-loader.test.js
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ test('load BPF C program', async () => {
   const from = await newAccountWithLamports(connection, fees + balanceNeeded);
 
   const program = new Account();
-  const programId = await BpfLoader.load(connection, from, program, data);
+  await BpfLoader.load(connection, from, program, data);
   const transaction = new Transaction().add({
     keys: [{pubkey: from.publicKey, isSigner: true, isWritable: true}],
-    programId,
+    programId: program.publicKey,
   });
   await sendAndConfirmTransaction(connection, transaction, from);
 });
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ test('load BPF Rust program', async () => {
   const from = await newAccountWithLamports(connection, fees + balanceNeeded);
 
   const program = new Account();
-  const programId = await BpfLoader.load(connection, from, program, data);
+  await BpfLoader.load(connection, from, program, data);
   const transaction = new Transaction().add({
     keys: [{pubkey: from.publicKey, isSigner: true, isWritable: true}],
-    programId,
+    programId: program.publicKey,
   });
   await sendAndConfirmTransaction(connection, transaction, from);
 });