diff --git a/src/lib/enr/create.ts b/src/lib/enr/create.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cf9b8936bc..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/enr/create.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { bytesToHex } from "../utils";
-
-import { NodeId } from "./types";
-
-export function createNodeId(bytes: Uint8Array): NodeId {
-  if (bytes.length !== 32) {
-    throw new Error("NodeId must be 32 bytes in length");
-  }
-  return bytesToHex(bytes);
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/enr/index.ts b/src/lib/enr/index.ts
index d5e1296911..92a4208eee 100644
--- a/src/lib/enr/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/enr/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ export const v4 = v4Crypto;
 export * from "./constants";
 export * from "./enr";
 export * from "./types";
-export * from "./create";
 export * from "./keypair";
 export * from "./waku2_codec";
diff --git a/src/lib/enr/v4.ts b/src/lib/enr/v4.ts
index f711361f9c..55f280ef8e 100644
--- a/src/lib/enr/v4.ts
+++ b/src/lib/enr/v4.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import * as secp from "@noble/secp256k1";
 import { keccak256 } from "../crypto";
 import { bytesToHex } from "../utils";
 
-import { createNodeId } from "./create";
 import { NodeId } from "./types";
 
 export function compressPublicKey(publicKey: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
@@ -33,6 +32,13 @@ export function verify(
   }
 }
 
+function createNodeId(bytes: Uint8Array): NodeId {
+  if (bytes.length !== 32) {
+    throw new Error("NodeId must be 32 bytes in length");
+  }
+  return bytesToHex(bytes);
+}
+
 export function nodeId(pubKey: Uint8Array): NodeId {
   const publicKey = secp.Point.fromHex(pubKey);
   const uncompressedPubkey = publicKey.toRawBytes(false);