diff --git a/src/adapters/index.ts b/src/adapters/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6409c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/adapters/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "./smartContractQueriesAdapter";
diff --git a/src/adaptors/smartContractQueriesAdaptor.ts b/src/adapters/smartContractQueriesAdapter.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from src/adaptors/smartContractQueriesAdaptor.ts
rename to src/adapters/smartContractQueriesAdapter.ts
index b8c2151f..61e52704 100644
--- a/src/adaptors/smartContractQueriesAdaptor.ts
+++ b/src/adapters/smartContractQueriesAdapter.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,11 @@ import { Address } from "../address";
 import { IAddress } from "../interface";
 import { IContractQueryResponse } from "../interfaceOfNetwork";
 import { SmartContractQuery, SmartContractQueryResponse } from "../smartContractQuery";
-import { ContractFunction, EndpointDefinition } from "../smartcontracts";
 
 interface INetworkProvider {
     queryContract(query: ILegacyQuery): Promise<IContractQueryResponse>;
 }
 
-interface IAbi {
-    getEndpoint(name: string | ContractFunction): EndpointDefinition;
-}
-
 interface ILegacyQuery {
     address: IAddress;
     caller?: IAddress;
@@ -20,12 +15,10 @@ interface ILegacyQuery {
     getEncodedArguments(): string[];
 }
 
-export class SmartContractQueriesAdaptor {
-    abi?: IAbi;
+export class SmartContractQueriesAdapter {
     networkProvider: INetworkProvider;
 
-    constructor(options: { abi?: IAbi; networkProvider: INetworkProvider }) {
-        this.abi = options.abi;
+    constructor(options: { networkProvider: INetworkProvider }) {
         this.networkProvider = options.networkProvider;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/adaptors/index.ts b/src/adaptors/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fa9c9a3..00000000
--- a/src/adaptors/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export * from "./smartContractQueriesAdaptor";
diff --git a/src/smartContractQueriesController.spec.ts b/src/smartContractQueriesController.spec.ts
index 915c0c64..36d71a33 100644
--- a/src/smartContractQueriesController.spec.ts
+++ b/src/smartContractQueriesController.spec.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import { SmartContractQueryResponse } from "./smartContractQuery";
 import { AbiRegistry, BigUIntValue, BooleanValue, BytesValue, Tuple, U16Value, U64Value } from "./smartcontracts";
 import { bigIntToBuffer } from "./smartcontracts/codec/utils";
 import { MockNetworkProvider, loadAbiRegistry } from "./testutils";
-import { SmartContractQueriesAdaptor } from "./adaptors/smartContractQueriesAdaptor";
+import { SmartContractQueriesAdapter } from "./adapters/smartContractQueriesAdapter";
 
 describe("test smart contract queries controller", () => {
     describe("createQuery", () => {
         it("works without ABI, when arguments are buffers", function () {
-            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdaptor({ networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider() });
+            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdapter({ networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider() });
             const controller = new SmartContractQueriesController({
                 queryRunner: adapter,
             });
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe("test smart contract queries controller", () => {
         });
 
         it("works without ABI, when arguments are typed values", function () {
-            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdaptor({ networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider() });
+            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdapter({ networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider() });
             const controller = new SmartContractQueriesController({
                 queryRunner: adapter,
             });
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe("test smart contract queries controller", () => {
         });
 
         it("fails without ABI, when arguments aren't buffers, nor typed values", function () {
-            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdaptor({ networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider() });
+            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdapter({ networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider() });
             const controller = new SmartContractQueriesController({
                 queryRunner: adapter,
             });
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ describe("test smart contract queries controller", () => {
         });
 
         it("works with ABI, when arguments are native JS objects", async function () {
-            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdaptor({
-                abi: await loadAbiRegistry("src/testdata/lottery-esdt.abi.json"),
+            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdapter({
                 networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider(),
             });
             const controller = new SmartContractQueriesController({
+                abi: await loadAbiRegistry("src/testdata/lottery-esdt.abi.json"),
                 queryRunner: adapter,
             });
 
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ describe("test smart contract queries controller", () => {
         });
 
         it("works with ABI, when arguments typed values", async function () {
-            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdaptor({
-                abi: await loadAbiRegistry("src/testdata/lottery-esdt.abi.json"),
+            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdapter({
                 networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider(),
             });
             const controller = new SmartContractQueriesController({
+                abi: await loadAbiRegistry("src/testdata/lottery-esdt.abi.json"),
                 queryRunner: adapter,
             });
 
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ describe("test smart contract queries controller", () => {
                 ],
             });
 
-            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdaptor({
-                abi: abi,
+            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdapter({
                 networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider(),
             });
             const controller = new SmartContractQueriesController({
+                abi: abi,
                 queryRunner: adapter,
             });
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe("test smart contract queries controller", () => {
     describe("runQuery", () => {
         it("calls queryContract on the network provider", async function () {
             const networkProvider = new MockNetworkProvider();
-            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdaptor({
+            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdapter({
                 networkProvider: networkProvider,
             });
             const controller = new SmartContractQueriesController({
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe("test smart contract queries controller", () => {
 
     describe("parseQueryResponse", () => {
         it("works without ABI", function () {
-            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdaptor({
+            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdapter({
                 networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider(),
             });
             const controller = new SmartContractQueriesController({
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ describe("test smart contract queries controller", () => {
         });
 
         it("works with ABI", async function () {
-            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdaptor({
-                abi: await loadAbiRegistry("src/testdata/lottery-esdt.abi.json"),
+            const adapter = new SmartContractQueriesAdapter({
                 networkProvider: new MockNetworkProvider(),
             });
             const controller = new SmartContractQueriesController({
+                abi: await loadAbiRegistry("src/testdata/lottery-esdt.abi.json"),
                 queryRunner: adapter,
             });
 
diff --git a/src/smartContractQueriesController.ts b/src/smartContractQueriesController.ts
index afcf0521..aceb1b57 100644
--- a/src/smartContractQueriesController.ts
+++ b/src/smartContractQueriesController.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { Address } from "./address";
 import { Err } from "./errors";
 import { IAddress } from "./interface";
 import { IContractQueryResponse } from "./interfaceOfNetwork";
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ interface ILegacyQuery {
 }
 
 interface IQueryRunner {
-    abi?: IAbi;
     networkProvider: INetworkProvider;
     queryContract(query: SmartContractQuery): Promise<SmartContractQueryResponse>;
 }
@@ -32,8 +30,8 @@ export class SmartContractQueriesController {
     private readonly queryRunner: IQueryRunner;
     private readonly legacyResultsParser: ResultsParser;
 
-    constructor(options: { queryRunner: IQueryRunner }) {
-        this.abi = options.queryRunner.abi;
+    constructor(options: { abi?: IAbi; queryRunner: IQueryRunner }) {
+        this.abi = options.abi;
         this.queryRunner = options.queryRunner;
         this.legacyResultsParser = new ResultsParser();
     }