diff --git a/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/configuration.ts b/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/configuration.ts
index 0b3ff8df28f..c854ae3d704 100644
--- a/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/configuration.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/configuration.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export async function deployInitialTestAccounts(pxe: PXE) {
 
   const sentTxs: DeploySentTx[] = [];
   for (const { account } of accounts) {
-    const deploymentMethod = await account.getDeployMethod();
+    const deploymentMethod = account.getDeployMethod();
 
     // pxe needs to prove txs one-by-one
     // this is because the tx use capsules and the capsule stack is a shared resource
diff --git a/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/create_account.ts b/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/create_account.ts
index b47305c28d3..0d4327ddc4d 100644
--- a/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/create_account.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/create_account.ts
@@ -28,16 +28,15 @@ export async function createAccounts(pxe: PXE, numberOfAccounts = 1): Promise<Ac
     // Unfortunately the function below is not stateless and we call it here because it takes a long time to run and
     // the results get stored within the account object. By calling it here we increase the probability of all the
     // accounts being deployed in the same block because it makes the deploy() method basically instant.
-    await account.getDeployMethod().then(d =>
-      d.prove({
-        contractAddressSalt: account.salt,
-      }),
-    );
+    const d = account.getDeployMethod();
+    await d.prove({
+      contractAddressSalt: account.salt,
+    });
     accounts.push(account);
   }
 
   // Send them and await them to be mined
-  const txs = await Promise.all(accounts.map(account => account.deploy()));
+  const txs = accounts.map(account => account.deploy());
   await Promise.all(txs.map(tx => tx.wait({ interval: 0.1 })));
   return Promise.all(accounts.map(account => account.getWallet()));
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract.ts
index 0711292bbac..6c49a3b5cf0 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { type CompleteAddress } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
 import { type ContractArtifact } from '@aztec/foundation/abi';
 import { type NodeInfo } from '@aztec/types/interfaces';
 
-import { type AccountInterface } from './interface.js';
+import { type AccountInterface, type AuthWitnessProvider } from './interface.js';
 
 // docs:start:account-contract-interface
 /**
@@ -29,5 +29,11 @@ export interface AccountContract {
    * @returns An account interface instance for creating tx requests and authorizing actions.
    */
   getInterface(address: CompleteAddress, nodeInfo: NodeInfo): AccountInterface;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the auth witness provider for the given address.
+   * @param address - Address for which to create auth witnesses.
+   */
+  getAuthWitnessProvider(address: CompleteAddress): AuthWitnessProvider;
 }
 // docs:end:account-contract-interface
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account_manager/deploy_account_sent_tx.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account_manager/deploy_account_sent_tx.ts
index cfaa577ea8e..ad299a68b5b 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account_manager/deploy_account_sent_tx.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account_manager/deploy_account_sent_tx.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { type TxHash, type TxReceipt } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
+import { type PXE, type TxHash, type TxReceipt } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
 import { type FieldsOf } from '@aztec/foundation/types';
 
 import { type Wallet } from '../account/index.js';
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ export type DeployAccountTxReceipt = FieldsOf<TxReceipt> & {
  * A deployment transaction for an account contract sent to the network, extending SentTx with methods to get the resulting wallet.
  */
 export class DeployAccountSentTx extends SentTx {
-  constructor(private wallet: Wallet, txHashPromise: Promise<TxHash>) {
-    super(wallet, txHashPromise);
+  constructor(pxe: PXE, txHashPromise: Promise<TxHash>, private getWalletPromise: Promise<Wallet>) {
+    super(pxe, txHashPromise);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ export class DeployAccountSentTx extends SentTx {
    */
   public async wait(opts: WaitOpts = DefaultWaitOpts): Promise<DeployAccountTxReceipt> {
     const receipt = await super.wait(opts);
-    await waitForAccountSynch(this.pxe, this.wallet.getCompleteAddress(), opts);
-    return { ...receipt, wallet: this.wallet };
+    const wallet = await this.getWalletPromise;
+    await waitForAccountSynch(this.pxe, wallet.getCompleteAddress(), opts);
+    return { ...receipt, wallet };
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account_manager/index.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account_manager/index.ts
index 18e84a0acf3..9715011f0e6 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account_manager/index.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account_manager/index.ts
@@ -119,14 +119,13 @@ export class AccountManager {
    * grained control on when to create, simulate, and send the deployment tx.
    * @returns A DeployMethod instance that deploys this account contract.
    */
-  public async getDeployMethod() {
+  public getDeployMethod() {
     if (!this.deployMethod) {
       if (!this.isDeployable()) {
         throw new Error(
           `Account contract ${this.accountContract.getContractArtifact().name} does not require deployment.`,
         );
       }
-      await this.#register();
       const encryptionPublicKey = this.getEncryptionPublicKey();
       // We use a signerless wallet so we hit the account contract directly and it deploys itself.
       // If we used getWallet, the deployment would get routed via the account contract entrypoint
@@ -134,10 +133,11 @@ export class AccountManager {
       const args = this.accountContract.getDeploymentArgs() ?? [];
       this.deployMethod = new DeployAccountMethod(
         this.pxe,
-        await this.getAccount(),
+        this.accountContract.getAuthWitnessProvider(this.getCompleteAddress()),
         encryptionPublicKey,
         this.accountContract.getContractArtifact(),
         args,
+        () => this.#register(),
       );
     }
     return this.deployMethod;
@@ -151,14 +151,13 @@ export class AccountManager {
    * @param fee - Fee to be paid for the deployment.
    * @returns A SentTx object that can be waited to get the associated Wallet.
    */
-  public async deploy(fee?: FeeOptions): Promise<DeployAccountSentTx> {
-    const deployMethod = await this.getDeployMethod();
-    const wallet = await this.getWallet();
+  public deploy(fee?: FeeOptions): DeployAccountSentTx {
+    const deployMethod = this.getDeployMethod();
     const sentTx = deployMethod.send({
       contractAddressSalt: this.salt,
       fee,
     });
-    return new DeployAccountSentTx(wallet, sentTx.getTxHash());
+    return new DeployAccountSentTx(this.pxe, sentTx.getTxHash(), this.getWallet());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ export class AccountManager {
    * @returns A Wallet instance.
    */
   public async waitSetup(opts: WaitOpts = DefaultWaitOpts): Promise<AccountWalletWithPrivateKey> {
-    await (this.isDeployable() ? this.deploy().then(tx => tx.wait(opts)) : this.register());
+    await (this.isDeployable() ? this.deploy().wait(opts) : this.register());
     return this.getWallet();
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/deploy_account_method.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/deploy_account_method.ts
index 8e4c32f30d6..d9436af9fba 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/deploy_account_method.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/deploy_account_method.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export class DeployAccountMethod<TContract extends ContractBase = Contract> exte
     private publicKey: PublicKey,
     private artifact: ContractArtifact,
     private args: any[] = [],
+    private registerFn: () => Promise<void>,
     initializerNameOrArtifact?: string | FunctionArtifact,
   ) {
     super(pxe);
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ export class DeployAccountMethod<TContract extends ContractBase = Contract> exte
       throw new Error('Account contract can not be initialized without an initializer');
     }
 
+    await this.registerFn();
+
     const feePayload = await EntrypointPayload.fromFeeOptions(options.fee);
     const feeAuthWit = await this.authWitnessProvider.createAuthWit(feePayload.hash());
     await this.pxe.addCapsule(feePayload.toFields());
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/create_account.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/create_account.ts
index 09cdadc361a..e3e72287d92 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/create_account.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/create_account.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export async function createAccount(
 
   const account = getSchnorrAccount(client, actualPrivateKey, actualPrivateKey, Fr.ZERO);
   const { address, publicKey, partialAddress } = account.getCompleteAddress();
-  const tx = await account.deploy();
+  const tx = account.deploy();
   const txHash = await tx.getTxHash();
   debugLogger(`Account contract tx sent with hash ${txHash}`);
   if (wait) {
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_fees.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_fees.test.ts
index 6a11aa8ef78..d793005739b 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_fees.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_fees.test.ts
@@ -680,12 +680,12 @@ describe('e2e_fees', () => {
     });
 
     it('pays fee natively', async () => {
-      await (
-        await accountManager.deploy({
+      await accountManager
+        .deploy({
           maxFee,
           paymentMethod: await NativeFeePaymentMethod.create(await accountManager.getWallet()),
         })
-      ).wait();
+        .wait();
 
       await expect(gasBalances(accountManager.getCompleteAddress().address, sequencerAddress)).resolves.toEqual([
         initialGas - actualFee,
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p_network.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p_network.test.ts
index 3f7cc1c469e..6fe02b1a53f 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p_network.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p_network.test.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe('e2e_p2p_network', () => {
   const submitTxsTo = async (pxe: PXEService, account: AztecAddress, numTxs: number) => {
     const txs: SentTx[] = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < numTxs; i++) {
-      const tx = await getSchnorrAccount(pxe, GrumpkinScalar.random(), GrumpkinScalar.random(), Fr.random()).deploy();
+      const tx = getSchnorrAccount(pxe, GrumpkinScalar.random(), GrumpkinScalar.random(), Fr.random()).deploy();
       logger(`Tx sent with hash ${await tx.getTxHash()}`);
       const receipt = await tx.getReceipt();
       expect(receipt).toEqual(