diff --git a/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages.nim b/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages.nim
index 46a9117..94bf09f 100644
--- a/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages.nim
+++ b/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages.nim
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 
 import
   std/[hashes, net],
-  stew/arrayops,
-  eth/[rlp, keys],
+  eth/[keys],
   ./enr
 
 type
@@ -104,43 +103,6 @@ template messageKind*(T: typedesc[SomeMessage]): MessageKind =
   elif T is TalkReqMessage: talkReq
   elif T is TalkRespMessage: talkResp
 
-proc read*(rlp: var Rlp, T: type RequestId): T
-    {.raises: [ValueError, RlpError, Defect].} =
-  mixin read
-  var reqId: RequestId
-  reqId.id = rlp.toBytes()
-  if reqId.id.len > 8:
-    raise newException(ValueError, "RequestId is > 8 bytes")
-  rlp.skipElem()
-
-  reqId
-
-proc append*(writer: var RlpWriter, value: RequestId) =
-  writer.append(value.id)
-
-proc read*(rlp: var Rlp, T: type IpAddress): T
-    {.raises: [RlpError, Defect].} =
-  let ipBytes = rlp.toBytes()
-  rlp.skipElem()
-
-  if ipBytes.len == 4:
-    var ip: array[4, byte]
-    discard copyFrom(ip, ipBytes)
-    IpAddress(family: IPv4, address_v4: ip)
-  elif ipBytes.len == 16:
-    var ip: array[16, byte]
-    discard copyFrom(ip, ipBytes)
-    IpAddress(family: IPv6, address_v6: ip)
-  else:
-    raise newException(RlpTypeMismatch,
-      "Amount of bytes for IP address is different from 4 or 16")
-
-proc append*(writer: var RlpWriter, ip: IpAddress) =
-  case ip.family:
-  of IpAddressFamily.IPv4:
-    writer.append(ip.address_v4)
-  of IpAddressFamily.IPv6: writer.append(ip.address_v6)
-
 proc hash*(reqId: RequestId): Hash =
   hash(reqId.id)
 
diff --git a/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages_encoding.nim b/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages_encoding.nim
index 7c13ce2..97f8ce8 100644
--- a/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages_encoding.nim
+++ b/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/messages_encoding.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
+# nim-eth - Node Discovery Protocol v5
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Status Research & Development GmbH
+# Licensed and distributed under either of
+#   * MIT license (license terms in the root directory or at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
+#   * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
+#
+## Discovery v5 packet encoding as specified at
+## https://github.com/ethereum/devp2p/blob/master/discv5/discv5-wire.md#packet-encoding
+
 import
+  std/net,
+  stew/arrayops,
   eth/[rlp],
   "."/[messages, enr]
 
@@ -7,6 +19,43 @@ from stew/objects import checkedEnumAssign
 type
   DecodeResult*[T] = Result[T, cstring]
 
+proc read*(rlp: var Rlp, T: type RequestId): T
+    {.raises: [ValueError, RlpError, Defect].} =
+  mixin read
+  var reqId: RequestId
+  reqId.id = rlp.toBytes()
+  if reqId.id.len > 8:
+    raise newException(ValueError, "RequestId is > 8 bytes")
+  rlp.skipElem()
+
+  reqId
+
+proc append*(writer: var RlpWriter, value: RequestId) =
+  writer.append(value.id)
+
+proc read*(rlp: var Rlp, T: type IpAddress): T
+    {.raises: [RlpError, Defect].} =
+  let ipBytes = rlp.toBytes()
+  rlp.skipElem()
+
+  if ipBytes.len == 4:
+    var ip: array[4, byte]
+    discard copyFrom(ip, ipBytes)
+    IpAddress(family: IPv4, address_v4: ip)
+  elif ipBytes.len == 16:
+    var ip: array[16, byte]
+    discard copyFrom(ip, ipBytes)
+    IpAddress(family: IPv6, address_v6: ip)
+  else:
+    raise newException(RlpTypeMismatch,
+      "Amount of bytes for IP address is different from 4 or 16")
+
+proc append*(writer: var RlpWriter, ip: IpAddress) =
+  case ip.family:
+  of IpAddressFamily.IPv4:
+    writer.append(ip.address_v4)
+  of IpAddressFamily.IPv6: writer.append(ip.address_v6)
+
 proc numFields(T: typedesc): int =
   for k, v in fieldPairs(default(T)): inc result