diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d522b1fa9ed..125dfa392b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ protocol for future versions of Polkadot.
 - Introduce conditional compilation for messages, constructors and events ‒ [#1458](https://github.com/paritytech/ink/pull/1458)
 - Add `Mapping::take()` function allowing to get a value removing it from storage ‒ [#1461](https://github.com/paritytech/ink/pull/1461)
 
+
 ### Changed
 - Update `scale-info` requirement to `2.3` ‒ [#1467](https://github.com/paritytech/ink/pull/1467)
+- Merge `Mapping::insert(key, val)` and `Mapping::insert_return_size(key, val)` into one method - [#1463](https://github.com/paritytech/ink/pull/1463)
 
 ### Removed
 - Remove `ink_env::random` function ‒ [#1442](https://github.com/paritytech/ink/pull/1442)
diff --git a/crates/storage/src/lazy/mapping.rs b/crates/storage/src/lazy/mapping.rs
index 11634aa1c3d..88e77617754 100644
--- a/crates/storage/src/lazy/mapping.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/src/lazy/mapping.rs
@@ -130,21 +130,11 @@ where
     V: Packed,
     KeyType: StorageKey,
 {
-    /// Insert the given `value` to the contract storage.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn insert<Q, R>(&mut self, key: Q, value: &R)
-    where
-        Q: scale::EncodeLike<K>,
-        R: Storable + scale::EncodeLike<V>,
-    {
-        ink_env::set_contract_storage(&(&KeyType::KEY, key), value);
-    }
-
     /// Insert the given `value` to the contract storage.
     ///
-    /// Returns the size of the pre-existing value at the specified key if any.
+    /// Returns the size in bytes of the pre-existing value at the specified key if any.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn insert_return_size<Q, R>(&mut self, key: Q, value: &R) -> Option<u32>
+    pub fn insert<Q, R>(&mut self, key: Q, value: &R) -> Option<u32>
     where
         Q: scale::EncodeLike<K>,
         R: Storable + scale::EncodeLike<V>,