diff --git a/examples/chat2/go.sum b/examples/chat2/go.sum
index 3c473a1d..a2ca8f54 100644
--- a/examples/chat2/go.sum
+++ b/examples/chat2/go.sum
@@ -923,6 +923,8 @@ github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2/go.mod h1:ZiWeW+zYFKm7srdB9IoDzzZXaJaI5eL9QjNiN/DM
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0/go.mod h1:8WkrPz2fc9jxqZNCJI/76HCieCp4Q8HaLFoCha5qpdg=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1/go.mod h1:8WkrPz2fc9jxqZNCJI/76HCieCp4Q8HaLFoCha5qpdg=
 github.com/src-d/envconfig v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Q9YQZ7BKITldTBnoxsE5gOeB5y66RyPXeue/R4aaNBc=
+github.com/status-im/go-libp2p-rendezvous v0.0.0-20210929200249-1b6d7e4055e6 h1:nC2lWJGdmLyGqGeIm97fFt3M/F80eLQbrDPH7BpLZVM=
+github.com/status-im/go-libp2p-rendezvous v0.0.0-20210929200249-1b6d7e4055e6/go.mod h1:Q/GA4TCj4QLJCO02GN4O1CgkuTkn8oKbQSn1+yratvE=
 github.com/status-im/go-wakurelay-pubsub v0.4.3-0.20210729162817-adc68830282a h1:eCna/q/PuZVqtmOMBqytw9yzZwMNKpao4au0OJDvesI=
 github.com/status-im/go-wakurelay-pubsub v0.4.3-0.20210729162817-adc68830282a/go.mod h1:LSCVYR7mnBBsxVJghrGpQ3yJAAATEe6XeQQqGCZhwrE=
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diff --git a/examples/chat2/main.go b/examples/chat2/main.go
index 7d1cea15..a40f74fd 100644
--- a/examples/chat2/main.go
+++ b/examples/chat2/main.go
@@ -176,25 +176,6 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		}
 
-		enableDiscovery := *dnsDiscoveryFlag
-		dnsDiscoveryUrl := *dnsDiscoveryUrlFlag
-		dnsDiscoveryNameServer := *dnsDiscoveryNameServerFlag
-
-		if enableDiscovery && dnsDiscoveryUrl != "" {
-			ui.displayMessage(fmt.Sprintf("attempting DNS discovery with %s", dnsDiscoveryUrl))
-			multiaddresses, err := discovery.RetrieveNodes(ctx, dnsDiscoveryUrl, discovery.WithNameserver(dnsDiscoveryNameServer))
-			if err != nil {
-				ui.displayMessage("DNS discovery error: " + err.Error())
-			} else {
-				for _, m := range multiaddresses {
-					err = wakuNode.DialPeerWithMultiAddress(m)
-					if err != nil {
-						ui.displayMessage("error dialing peer: " + err.Error())
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 		if len(storenode) == 0 {
 			ui.displayMessage(fmt.Sprintf("No store node configured. Choosing one at random from %s fleet...", *fleetFlag))
 			storenode = getRandomFleetNode(fleetData, *fleetFlag)
diff --git a/examples/filter2/go.sum b/examples/filter2/go.sum
index ad136e3e..e5523d50 100644
--- a/examples/filter2/go.sum
+++ b/examples/filter2/go.sum
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20180518054509-2e65f85255db/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3 h1:fHPg5GQYlCeLIPB9BZqMVR5nR9A+IM5zcgeTdjMYmLA=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
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 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
@@ -903,6 +904,8 @@ github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2/go.mod h1:ZiWeW+zYFKm7srdB9IoDzzZXaJaI5eL9QjNiN/DM
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0/go.mod h1:8WkrPz2fc9jxqZNCJI/76HCieCp4Q8HaLFoCha5qpdg=
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+github.com/status-im/go-libp2p-rendezvous v0.0.0-20210929200249-1b6d7e4055e6 h1:nC2lWJGdmLyGqGeIm97fFt3M/F80eLQbrDPH7BpLZVM=
+github.com/status-im/go-libp2p-rendezvous v0.0.0-20210929200249-1b6d7e4055e6/go.mod h1:Q/GA4TCj4QLJCO02GN4O1CgkuTkn8oKbQSn1+yratvE=
 github.com/status-im/go-wakurelay-pubsub v0.4.3-0.20210729162817-adc68830282a h1:eCna/q/PuZVqtmOMBqytw9yzZwMNKpao4au0OJDvesI=
 github.com/status-im/go-wakurelay-pubsub v0.4.3-0.20210729162817-adc68830282a/go.mod h1:LSCVYR7mnBBsxVJghrGpQ3yJAAATEe6XeQQqGCZhwrE=
 github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20190316090335-8537d3370df4/go.mod h1:RZLeN1LMWmRsyYjvAu+I6Dm9QmlDaIIt+Y+4Kd7Tp+Q=
@@ -921,6 +924,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5Cc
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ZVVdQEZoIme9iO1Ch2Jdy24qqXrMMOU6lpPAyBWyWuQ=
+github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210305035536-64b5b1c73954 h1:xQdMZ1WLrgkkvOZ/LDQxjVxMLdby7osSh4ZEVa5sIjs=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210305035536-64b5b1c73954/go.mod h1:u2MKkTVTVJWe5D1rCvame8WqhBd88EuIwODJZ1VHCPM=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.0.2/go.mod h1:+d+yLhGm8mzTaHzB+wgMYrodPfmZrzkirds8fDWklFE=
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.5/go.mod h1:MkWzOF4RMCshBAMXuhXJs64Rte09mITnppBXY/rYEFI=
diff --git a/waku/node.go b/waku/node.go
index 00b9d7a0..3476acc9 100644
--- a/waku/node.go
+++ b/waku/node.go
@@ -173,22 +173,6 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			nodeOpts = append(nodeOpts, node.WithRendezvous(peers, pubsub.WithDiscoveryOpts(libp2pdisc.TTL(time.Duration(20)*time.Second))))
 		}
 
-		if enableRendezvousServer {
-			nodeOpts = append(nodeOpts, node.WithRendezvousServer())
-		}
-
-		if enableRendezvous && len(rendezvousPeerIds) > 0 {
-			var peers []peer.ID
-			for _, r := range rendezvousPeerIds {
-				peerId, err := peer.Decode(r)
-				if err != nil {
-					checkError(err, "Rendezvous")
-				}
-				peers = append(peers, peerId)
-			}
-			nodeOpts = append(nodeOpts, node.WithRendezvous(peers, pubsub.WithDiscoveryOpts(libp2pdisc.TTL(time.Duration(20)*time.Second))))
-		}
-
 		if enableRendezvousServer {
 			db, err := leveldb.OpenFile(rendezvousData, &opt.Options{OpenFilesCacheCapacity: 3})
 			checkError(err, "RendezvousDB")