Methods of manufacturing an optic of an accommodating intraocular lens to have an aspheric lens surface, including providing an optic comprising an anterior element and a posterior element that at least partially define an optic fluid chamber, wherein at least one of the anterior element and the posterior element has an external surface that is spherical; and prior to inserting the accommodating intraocular lens into an eye, changing the shape of the at least one of the anterior element and the posterior element from the spherical configuration to an aspherical configuration.