diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1883dc6514..16f8d6fa59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - Examples: Add Relay JavaScript example.
+- **Breaking**: Moved utf-8 conversion functions to `utils`.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5d8e9de24a..85052167d2 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ export * as discovery from "./lib/discovery";
 
 export * as enr from "./lib/enr";
 
-export * as utf8 from "./lib/utf8";
-
 export * as utils from "./lib/utils";
 
 export * as waku from "./lib/waku";
diff --git a/src/lib/discovery/dns_over_https.ts b/src/lib/discovery/dns_over_https.ts
index 97f57b2cba..cbeabb3f65 100644
--- a/src/lib/discovery/dns_over_https.ts
+++ b/src/lib/discovery/dns_over_https.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   query,
 } from "dns-query";
 
-import { bytesToUtf8 } from "../utf8";
+import { bytesToUtf8 } from "../utils";
 
 import { DnsClient } from "./dns";
 
diff --git a/src/lib/discovery/enrtree.ts b/src/lib/discovery/enrtree.ts
index 0626ca339a..6abddae350 100644
--- a/src/lib/discovery/enrtree.ts
+++ b/src/lib/discovery/enrtree.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ import { ecdsaVerify } from "secp256k1";
 import { fromString } from "uint8arrays/from-string";
 
 import { ENR } from "../enr";
-import { utf8ToBytes } from "../utf8";
-import { keccak256Buf } from "../utils";
+import { keccak256Buf, utf8ToBytes } from "../utils";
 
 export type ENRRootValues = {
   eRoot: string;
diff --git a/src/lib/enr/enr.spec.ts b/src/lib/enr/enr.spec.ts
index d18bb0be8f..ee38c2cca1 100644
--- a/src/lib/enr/enr.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/enr/enr.spec.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { assert, expect } from "chai";
 import { Multiaddr } from "multiaddr";
 import PeerId from "peer-id";
 
-import { utf8ToBytes } from "../utf8";
-import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes } from "../utils";
+import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes, utf8ToBytes } from "../utils";
 
 import { ERR_INVALID_ID } from "./constants";
 import { ENR } from "./enr";
diff --git a/src/lib/enr/enr.ts b/src/lib/enr/enr.ts
index 561457cc98..17787e6491 100644
--- a/src/lib/enr/enr.ts
+++ b/src/lib/enr/enr.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import { fromString } from "uint8arrays/from-string";
 import { toString } from "uint8arrays/to-string";
 import { encode as varintEncode } from "varint";
 
-import { bytesToUtf8, utf8ToBytes } from "../utf8";
-import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes } from "../utils";
+import { bytesToHex, bytesToUtf8, hexToBytes, utf8ToBytes } from "../utils";
 
 import { ERR_INVALID_ID, ERR_NO_SIGNATURE, MAX_RECORD_SIZE } from "./constants";
 import {
diff --git a/src/lib/utf8.ts b/src/lib/utf8.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f627566fed..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/utf8.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Decode bytes to utf-8 string.
- */
-import { fromString } from "uint8arrays/from-string";
-import { toString } from "uint8arrays/to-string";
-
-export const bytesToUtf8 = (b: Uint8Array): string => toString(b, "utf8");
-
-/**
- * Encode utf-8 string to byte array
- */
-export const utf8ToBytes = (s: string): Uint8Array => fromString(s, "utf8");
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index 217de7626b..7e64388a4c 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -27,3 +27,13 @@ export const bytesToHex = (bytes: Uint8Array): string =>
 export function keccak256Buf(message: Message): Uint8Array {
   return new Uint8Array(keccak256.arrayBuffer(message));
 }
+
+/**
+ * Decode byte array to utf-8 string.
+ */
+export const bytesToUtf8 = (b: Uint8Array): string => toString(b, "utf8");
+
+/**
+ * Encode utf-8 string to byte array.
+ */
+export const utf8ToBytes = (s: string): Uint8Array => fromString(s, "utf8");
diff --git a/src/lib/waku_message/index.node.spec.ts b/src/lib/waku_message/index.node.spec.ts
index 3d14ecf178..cfc5e14ffc 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku_message/index.node.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku_message/index.node.spec.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import {
   WakuRelayMessage,
 } from "../../test_utils";
 import { delay } from "../../test_utils/delay";
-import { bytesToUtf8, utf8ToBytes } from "../utf8";
-import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes } from "../utils";
+import { bytesToHex, bytesToUtf8, hexToBytes, utf8ToBytes } from "../utils";
 import { Protocols, Waku } from "../waku";
 
 import {
diff --git a/src/lib/waku_message/index.ts b/src/lib/waku_message/index.ts
index 1f7fcdbebc..602d3b9d20 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku_message/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku_message/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Long from "long";
 import { Reader } from "protobufjs/minimal";
 
 import * as proto from "../../proto/waku/v2/message";
-import { bytesToUtf8, utf8ToBytes } from "../utf8";
+import { bytesToUtf8, utf8ToBytes } from "../utils";
 
 import * as version_1 from "./version_1";