diff --git a/packages/vue-identicon/src/Identicon.ts b/packages/vue-identicon/src/Identicon.ts
index 72d159fd..bf39aff6 100644
--- a/packages/vue-identicon/src/Identicon.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-identicon/src/Identicon.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import type { Prefix } from '@polkadot/util-crypto/address/types';
 
-import Vue from 'vue';
+import Vue, { VNode } from 'vue';
 
 import { isHex, isU8a, u8aToHex } from '@polkadot/util';
 import { decodeAddress, encodeAddress } from '@polkadot/util-crypto';
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ interface Account {
 interface Data {
   address: string;
   iconSize: number;
+  isAlternative: boolean;
   publicKey: string;
   type: 'beachball' | 'empty' | 'jdenticon' | 'polkadot' | 'substrate';
 }
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export const Identicon = Vue.extend({
     return {
       address: '',
       iconSize: DEFAULT_SIZE,
+      isAlternative: false,
       publicKey: '0x',
       type: 'empty'
     };
@@ -78,22 +80,21 @@ export const Identicon = Vue.extend({
     }
   },
   props: ['prefix', 'isAlternative', 'size', 'theme', 'value'],
-  // FIXME These nested divs are not correct, would like a different way
-  // here so we don't create a div wrapped for the div wrapper of the icon
-  template: `
-    <div v-if="type === 'empty' || address === ''">
-      <Empty :key="address" :size="iconSize" />
-    </div>
-    <div v-else-if="type === 'beachball'">
-      <Beachball :key="address" :address="address" :size="iconSize" />
-    </div>
-    <div v-else-if="type === 'polkadot'">
-      <Polkadot :key="address" :address="address" :isAlternative="isAlternative" :size="iconSize" />
-    </div>
-    <div v-else>
-      <Jdenticon :key="address" :publicKey="publicKey" :size="iconSize" />
-    </div>
-  `,
+  render (h): VNode {
+    const { address, iconSize, isAlternative, publicKey, type } = this.$data as Data;
+
+    if (type === 'empty') {
+      return h('Empty', { attrs: { key: address, size: iconSize } }, []);
+    } else if (type === 'jdenticon') {
+      return h('Jdenticon', { attrs: { key: address, publicKey, size: iconSize } }, []);
+    } else {
+      // handles: beachball and polkadot
+      // TODO: substrate
+      const cmp = type.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + type.slice(1);
+
+      return h(cmp, { attrs: { address, isAlternative, key: address, size: iconSize } }, []);
+    }
+  },
   watch: {
     value: function (): void {
       this.recodeAddress();
diff --git a/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Beachball.ts b/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Beachball.ts
index 5c1bcf57..5aa4e5f7 100644
--- a/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Beachball.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Beachball.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2022 @polkadot/vue-identicon authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { Options } from '@polkadot/ui-shared/icons/types';
-
-import Vue from 'vue';
+import Vue, { VNode } from 'vue';
 
 import { beachballIcon } from '@polkadot/ui-shared';
 
-interface Data {
-  html: string;
+type propsType = {
+  address: string;
+  size: number;
+  isAlternative: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -16,21 +16,12 @@ interface Data {
  * @description The Beachball identicon
  */
 export const Beachball = Vue.extend({
-  created: function (): void {
-    this.createHtml();
-  },
-  data: function (): Data {
-    return {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line quotes
-      html: `<div />`
-    };
-  },
-  methods: {
-    createHtml: function (): void {
-      this.html = beachballIcon(this.address as string, this.size as Options).outerHTML;
-    }
-  },
-  props: ['address', 'size'],
+  props: ['address', 'size', 'isAlternative'],
   // eslint-disable-next-line quotes
-  template: `<div v-html="html" />`
+  render (h): VNode {
+    const { address, isAlternative, size } = this.$props as propsType;
+    const bb = beachballIcon(address, { isAlternative, size });
+
+    return h(Vue.component('VCBeachball', { template: bb.outerHTML }));
+  }
 });
diff --git a/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Jdenticon.ts b/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Jdenticon.ts
index 0690cdb2..1e109a05 100644
--- a/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Jdenticon.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Jdenticon.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import * as jdenticon from 'jdenticon';
-import Vue from 'vue';
+import Vue, { VNode } from 'vue';
 
-interface Data {
-  svgHtml: string;
+type propsType = {
+  publicKey: string,
+  size: number
 }
 
 /**
@@ -13,21 +14,12 @@ interface Data {
  * @description The substrate default via Jdenticon
  */
 export const Jdenticon = Vue.extend({
-  created: function (): void {
-    this.createSvgHtml();
-  },
-  data: function (): Data {
-    return {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line quotes
-      svgHtml: `<svg viewBox="0 0 64 64" />`
-    };
-  },
-  methods: {
-    createSvgHtml: function (): void {
-      this.svgHtml = jdenticon.toSvg((this.publicKey as string).substr(2), this.size as number);
-    }
-  },
   props: ['publicKey', 'size'],
   // eslint-disable-next-line quotes
-  template: `<div v-html="svgHtml" />`
+  render (h): VNode {
+    const { publicKey, size } = this.$props as propsType;
+    const cmp = Vue.component('CJdenticon', { template: jdenticon.toSvg(publicKey.substring(2), size) });
+
+    return h(cmp);
+  }
 });
diff --git a/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Polkadot.ts b/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Polkadot.ts
index 233df52b..04ed02e4 100644
--- a/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Polkadot.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-identicon/src/icons/Polkadot.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2022 @polkadot/vue-identicon authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import Vue from 'vue';
+import Vue, { VNode } from 'vue';
 
 import { polkadotIcon } from '@polkadot/ui-shared';
 
-interface Data {
-  svgHtml: string;
-}
-
-interface This {
+type propsType = {
   address: string;
-  isAlternative?: boolean;
+  isAlternative: boolean;
+  size: number;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -19,25 +16,20 @@ interface This {
  * @description The Polkadot default identicon
  */
 export const Polkadot = Vue.extend({
-  created: function (): void {
-    this.createSvgHtml();
-  },
-  data: function (): Data {
-    return {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line quotes
-      svgHtml: `<svg viewBox="0 0 64 64" />`
-    };
-  },
-  methods: {
-    createSvgHtml: function (): void {
-      const circles = polkadotIcon(this.address as string, { isAlternative: (this as This).isAlternative || false }).map(({ cx, cy, fill, r }) =>
-        `<circle cx=${cx} cy=${cy} fill="${fill}" r=${r} />`
-      ).join('');
-
-      this.svgHtml = `<svg height=${this.size as number} viewBox='0 0 64 64' width=${this.size as number}>${circles}</svg>`;
-    }
-  },
   props: ['address', 'isAlternative', 'size'],
   // eslint-disable-next-line quotes
-  template: `<div v-html="svgHtml" />`
+  render (h): VNode {
+    const { address, isAlternative, size } = this.$props as propsType;
+    const circles = polkadotIcon(address, {
+      isAlternative: isAlternative || false
+    }).map(({ cx,
+      cy,
+      fill,
+      r }) => {
+      return h('circle', { attrs: { cx, cy, fill, r } }, []);
+    }
+    );
+
+    return h('svg', { attrs: { height: size, viewBox: '0 0 64 64', width: size } }, circles);
+  }
 });