diff --git a/api/publish.go b/api/publish.go
index 7aa5afca..5ab7ccdb 100644
--- a/api/publish.go
+++ b/api/publish.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func apiPublishRepoOrSnapshot(c *gin.Context) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			resources = append(resources, string(snapshot.ResourceKey()))
+			resources = append(resources, string(snapshot.Key()))
 			sources = append(sources, snapshot)
 		}
 	} else if b.SourceKind == deb.SourceLocalRepo {
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func apiPublishUpdateSwitch(c *gin.Context) {
 				AbortWithJSONError(c, http.StatusNotFound, err2)
 				return
 			}
-			resources = append(resources, string(snapshot.ResourceKey()))
+			resources = append(resources, string(snapshot.Key()))
 		}
 	} else {
 		AbortWithJSONError(c, http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Errorf("unknown published repository type"))
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ func apiPublishUpdate(c *gin.Context) {
 				AbortWithJSONError(c, http.StatusNotFound, err2)
 				return
 			}
-			resources = append(resources, string(snapshot.ResourceKey()))
+			resources = append(resources, string(snapshot.Key()))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/repos.go b/api/repos.go
index b8136403..fb002039 100644
--- a/api/repos.go
+++ b/api/repos.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func apiReposCreate(c *gin.Context) {
 			AbortWithJSONError(c, http.StatusNotFound, fmt.Errorf("source snapshot not found: %s", err))
 			return
 		}
-		resources = append(resources, string(snapshot.ResourceKey()))
+		resources = append(resources, string(snapshot.Key()))
 	}
 
 	taskName := fmt.Sprintf("Create repository %s", b.Name)
diff --git a/api/snapshot.go b/api/snapshot.go
index 151c1fb1..7b6422f0 100644
--- a/api/snapshot.go
+++ b/api/snapshot.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func apiSnapshotsCreate(c *gin.Context) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		resources = append(resources, string(sources[i].ResourceKey()))
+		resources = append(resources, string(sources[i].Key()))
 	}
 
 	maybeRunTaskInBackground(c, "Create snapshot "+b.Name, resources, func(_ aptly.Progress, _ *task.Detail) (*task.ProcessReturnValue, error) {
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func apiSnapshotsUpdate(c *gin.Context) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	resources := []string{string(snapshot.ResourceKey())}
+	resources := []string{string(snapshot.Key())}
 	taskName := fmt.Sprintf("Update snapshot %s", name)
 
 	maybeRunTaskInBackground(c, taskName, resources, func(_ aptly.Progress, _ *task.Detail) (*task.ProcessReturnValue, error) {
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ func apiSnapshotsDrop(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	resources := []string{string(snapshot.ResourceKey())}
+	resources := []string{string(snapshot.Key())}
 	taskName := fmt.Sprintf("Delete snapshot %s", name)
 
 	maybeRunTaskInBackground(c, taskName, resources, func(_ aptly.Progress, _ *task.Detail) (*task.ProcessReturnValue, error) {
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ func apiSnapshotsMerge(c *gin.Context) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		resources[i] = string(sources[i].ResourceKey())
+		resources[i] = string(sources[i].Key())
 	}
 
 	maybeRunTaskInBackground(c, "Merge snapshot "+name, resources, func(_ aptly.Progress, _ *task.Detail) (*task.ProcessReturnValue, error) {
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ func apiSnapshotsPull(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	resources := []string{string(sourceSnapshot.ResourceKey()), string(toSnapshot.ResourceKey())}
+	resources := []string{string(sourceSnapshot.Key()), string(toSnapshot.Key())}
 	taskName := fmt.Sprintf("Pull snapshot %s into %s and save as %s", body.Source, name, body.Destination)
 	maybeRunTaskInBackground(c, taskName, resources, func(_ aptly.Progress, _ *task.Detail) (*task.ProcessReturnValue, error) {
 		// Phase 2: Inside task lock - create fresh factory
diff --git a/deb/snapshot.go b/deb/snapshot.go
index f79a50d2..c308403c 100644
--- a/deb/snapshot.go
+++ b/deb/snapshot.go
@@ -143,12 +143,6 @@ func (s *Snapshot) Key() []byte {
 	return []byte("S" + s.UUID)
 }
 
-// ResourceKey is a unique identifier of the resource
-// this snapshot uses. Instead of uuid it uses name
-// which needs to be unique as well.
-func (s *Snapshot) ResourceKey() []byte {
-	return []byte("S" + s.Name)
-}
 
 // RefKey is a unique id for package reference list
 func (s *Snapshot) RefKey() []byte {