diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/message/version_0.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/message/version_0.ts
index 4715ebe6e3..60748bb4e0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/message/version_0.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/message/version_0.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type {
   IRoutingInfo
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { proto_message as proto } from "@waku/proto";
-import { isAutoShardingRoutingInfo, Logger } from "@waku/utils";
+import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
 
 const log = new Logger("message:version-0");
 const OneMillion = BigInt(1_000_000);
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ export class Encoder implements IEncoder {
  * format to be sent over the Waku network. The resulting encoder can then be
  * pass to { @link @waku/interfaces!ISender.send } to automatically encode outgoing
  * messages.
+ *
+ * Note that a routing info may be tied to a given content topic, this is not checked by the encoder.
  */
 export function createEncoder({
   contentTopic,
@@ -137,10 +139,6 @@ export function createEncoder({
   ephemeral,
   metaSetter
 }: EncoderOptions): Encoder {
-  if (isAutoShardingRoutingInfo(routingInfo)) {
-    if (routingInfo.contentTopic !== contentTopic)
-      throw "Routing Info must have the same content topic as the encoder";
-  }
   return new Encoder(contentTopic, ephemeral, routingInfo, metaSetter);
 }
 
@@ -198,15 +196,13 @@ export class Decoder implements IDecoder<IDecodedMessage> {
  * messages.
  *
  * @param contentTopic The resulting decoder will only decode messages with this content topic.
- * @param routingInfo
+ * @param routingInfo Routing information such as cluster id and shard id on which the message is expected to be received.
+ *
+ * Note that a routing info may be tied to a given content topic, this is not checked by the encoder.
  */
 export function createDecoder(
   contentTopic: string,
   routingInfo: IRoutingInfo
 ): Decoder {
-  if (isAutoShardingRoutingInfo(routingInfo)) {
-    if (routingInfo.contentTopic !== contentTopic)
-      throw "Routing Info must have the same content topic as the encoder";
-  }
   return new Decoder(contentTopic, routingInfo);
 }
diff --git a/packages/interfaces/src/sharding.ts b/packages/interfaces/src/sharding.ts
index 3cbe86d6c7..f204d47ecd 100644
--- a/packages/interfaces/src/sharding.ts
+++ b/packages/interfaces/src/sharding.ts
@@ -22,31 +22,8 @@ export type ShardId = number;
 /**
  * Routing Information for a given message.
  */
-export interface IRoutingInfoAutoSharding {
-  pubsubTopic: string;
+export interface IRoutingInfo {
+  clusterId: ClusterId;
   shardId: ShardId;
-
-  // Is the network config really needed for exposure?
-  // we should probably aim to only expose the above + Cluster Id
-  networkConfig: AutoSharding;
-
-  // This is actually a property of network config, should probably be removed
-  isAutoSharding: boolean;
-  isStaticSharding: boolean;
-
-  // This is only needed for tests, to setup nwaku node
-  // might be a cleaner way to handle it
-  contentTopic: string;
-}
-
-export interface IRoutingInfoStaticSharding {
   pubsubTopic: string;
-  shardId: ShardId;
-  networkConfig: StaticSharding;
-  isAutoSharding: boolean;
-  isStaticSharding: boolean;
 }
-
-export type IRoutingInfo =
-  | IRoutingInfoAutoSharding
-  | IRoutingInfoStaticSharding;
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/peer_manager/peer_manager.ts b/packages/sdk/src/peer_manager/peer_manager.ts
index cb68f3da56..ebf8bc82c5 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/peer_manager/peer_manager.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/peer_manager/peer_manager.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class PeerManager {
   public async getPeers(params: GetPeersParams): Promise<PeerId[]> {
     log.info(
       `Getting peers for protocol: ${params.protocol}, ` +
-        `clusterId: ${params.routingInfo.networkConfig.clusterId},` +
+        `clusterId: ${params.routingInfo.clusterId},` +
         ` shard: ${params.routingInfo.shardId}`
     );
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class PeerManager {
 
       const isOnSameShard = await this.connectionManager.isPeerOnShard(
         peer.id,
-        params.routingInfo.networkConfig.clusterId,
+        params.routingInfo.clusterId,
         params.routingInfo.shardId
       );
       if (!isOnSameShard) {
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/store/store.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/src/store/store.spec.ts
index 983c1ddba1..83ccb08436 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/store/store.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/store/store.spec.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ const TestNetworkingInfo = { clusterId: 0, numShardsInCluster: 8 };
 const MockRoutingInfo: IRoutingInfo = {
   pubsubTopic: "/custom/topic",
   shardId: 1,
-  networkConfig: TestNetworkingInfo,
-  isAutoSharding: false,
-  isStaticSharding: false
+  clusterId: TestNetworkingInfo.clusterId
 };
 
 describe("Store", () => {
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/lib/index.ts b/packages/tests/src/lib/index.ts
index 02b0b77fac..85de368b23 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function applyDefaultArgs(routingInfo: RoutingInfo, args?: Args): Args {
     relay: true
   };
 
-  defaultArgs.clusterId = routingInfo.networkConfig.clusterId;
+  defaultArgs.clusterId = routingInfo.clusterId;
 
   if (isAutoShardingRoutingInfo(routingInfo)) {
     defaultArgs.numShardsInNetwork =
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/utils/nodes.ts b/packages/tests/src/utils/nodes.ts
index 2275f5bd0c..26f29e27c3 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/utils/nodes.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/utils/nodes.ts
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ export async function runMultipleNodes(
   if (customArgs?.shard) {
     const shards = customArgs?.shard ?? [];
     for (const s of shards) {
-      pubsubTopics.push(
-        formatPubsubTopic(routingInfo.networkConfig.clusterId, s)
-      );
+      pubsubTopics.push(formatPubsubTopic(routingInfo.clusterId, s));
     }
   }
 
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ export async function runMultipleNodes(
       pubsubTopics.push(
         contentTopicToPubsubTopic(
           ct,
-          routingInfo.networkConfig.clusterId,
+          routingInfo.clusterId,
           routingInfo.networkConfig.numShardsInCluster
         )
       );
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store/different_static_shards.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store/different_static_shards.spec.ts
index bb71b4a2d4..3c639364bc 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store/different_static_shards.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store/different_static_shards.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createDecoder } from "@waku/core";
 import { IMessage, LightNode, ShardId, StaticSharding } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { Protocols } from "@waku/sdk";
-import { createRoutingInfo } from "@waku/utils";
+import { createRoutingInfo, RoutingInfo } from "@waku/utils";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import {
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ describe("Waku Store, different static shards", function () {
       nwaku,
       totalMsgs,
       TestDecoderShardOne.contentTopic,
-      TestDecoderShardOne.routingInfo
+      TestDecoderShardOne.routingInfo as RoutingInfo
     );
     await sendMessages(
       nwaku2,
       totalMsgs,
       TestDecoderShardTwo.contentTopic,
-      TestDecoderShardTwo.routingInfo
+      TestDecoderShardTwo.routingInfo as RoutingInfo
     );
 
     await waku.dial(await nwaku.getMultiaddrWithId());
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store/message_hash.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store/message_hash.spec.ts
index d97077e747..906fc98ed8 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store/message_hash.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store/message_hash.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { messageHash } from "@waku/core";
 import type { IDecodedMessage, LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { RoutingInfo } from "@waku/utils";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ describe("Waku Store, message hash query", function () {
       nwaku,
       totalMsgs,
       TestDecoder.contentTopic,
-      TestDecoder.routingInfo,
+      TestDecoder.routingInfo as RoutingInfo,
       true
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/common/sharding/routing_info.ts b/packages/utils/src/common/sharding/routing_info.ts
index 1b804ac581..a51de7cfc3 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/common/sharding/routing_info.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/common/sharding/routing_info.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type {
   AutoSharding,
+  ClusterId,
   ContentTopic,
-  IRoutingInfoAutoSharding,
-  IRoutingInfoStaticSharding,
+  IRoutingInfo,
   NetworkConfig,
   PubsubTopic,
   ShardId,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export abstract class BaseRoutingInfo {
 
 export class AutoShardingRoutingInfo
   extends BaseRoutingInfo
-  implements IRoutingInfoAutoSharding
+  implements IRoutingInfo
 {
   public static fromContentTopic(
     contentTopic: ContentTopic,
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ export class AutoShardingRoutingInfo
     super(networkConfig, pubsubTopic, shardId);
   }
 
+  public get clusterId(): number {
+    return this.networkConfig.clusterId;
+  }
+
   public get isAutoSharding(): boolean {
     return true;
   }
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ export class AutoShardingRoutingInfo
 
 export class StaticShardingRoutingInfo
   extends BaseRoutingInfo
-  implements IRoutingInfoStaticSharding
+  implements IRoutingInfo
 {
   /**
    * Create Routing Info for static sharding network, using shard
@@ -129,6 +133,10 @@ export class StaticShardingRoutingInfo
     super(networkConfig, pubsubTopic, shardId);
   }
 
+  public get clusterId(): ClusterId {
+    return this.networkConfig.clusterId;
+  }
+
   public get isAutoSharding(): boolean {
     return false;
   }