diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8fac585e29..3d753f4ee3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         "it-pipe": "^2.0.3",
         "js-sha3": "^0.8.0",
         "libp2p": "next",
-        "multiformats": "^9.6.5",
         "p-event": "^5.0.1",
         "protons-runtime": "^1.0.4",
         "uint8arrays": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a7dba6cec0..bae626ec1e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
     "it-pipe": "^2.0.3",
     "js-sha3": "^0.8.0",
     "libp2p": "next",
-    "multiformats": "^9.6.5",
     "p-event": "^5.0.1",
     "protons-runtime": "^1.0.4",
     "uint8arrays": "^3.0.0",