diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/getPeers.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/getPeers.spec.ts
index 723e180c19..dc13ee243e 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/getPeers.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/getPeers.spec.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ import {
   ShardInfo
 } from "@waku/sdk";
 import { shardInfoToPubsubTopics } from "@waku/utils";
-import { getPeersForProtocolAndShard } from "@waku/utils/libp2p";
+import { getConnectedPeersForProtocolAndShard } from "@waku/utils/libp2p";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { makeLogFileName } from "../src/log_file.js";
 import { NimGoNode } from "../src/node/node.js";
 import { tearDownNodes } from "../src/teardown.js";
 
-describe("getPeersForProtocolAndShard", function () {
+describe("getConnectedPeersForProtocolAndShard", function () {
   let waku: LightNode;
   let serviceNode1: NimGoNode;
   let serviceNode2: NimGoNode;
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ describe("getPeersForProtocolAndShard", function () {
     await waku.start();
     await waku.libp2p.dialProtocol(serviceNodeMa, LightPushCodec);
     await waitForRemotePeer(waku, [Protocols.LightPush]);
-    const peers = await getPeersForProtocolAndShard(
+    const peers = await getConnectedPeersForProtocolAndShard(
+      waku.libp2p.getConnections(),
       waku.libp2p.peerStore,
       waku.libp2p.getProtocols(),
       shardInfo
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ describe("getPeersForProtocolAndShard", function () {
     await waku.start();
     await waitForRemotePeer(waku, [Protocols.LightPush]);
 
-    const peers = await getPeersForProtocolAndShard(
+    const peers = await getConnectedPeersForProtocolAndShard(
+      waku.libp2p.getConnections(),
       waku.libp2p.peerStore,
       waku.libp2p.getProtocols(),
       shardInfo
@@ -131,7 +133,8 @@ describe("getPeersForProtocolAndShard", function () {
     await waku.start();
     await waitForRemotePeer(waku, [Protocols.LightPush]);
 
-    const peers = await getPeersForProtocolAndShard(
+    const peers = await getConnectedPeersForProtocolAndShard(
+      waku.libp2p.getConnections(),
       waku.libp2p.peerStore,
       waku.libp2p.getProtocols(),
       shardInfo2
@@ -180,7 +183,8 @@ describe("getPeersForProtocolAndShard", function () {
     await waku.start();
     await waitForRemotePeer(waku, [Protocols.LightPush]);
 
-    const peers = await getPeersForProtocolAndShard(
+    const peers = await getConnectedPeersForProtocolAndShard(
+      waku.libp2p.getConnections(),
       waku.libp2p.peerStore,
       waku.libp2p.getProtocols(),
       shardInfo2
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/utils.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/utils.spec.ts
index 5f82879f01..3eac491d9e 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/utils.spec.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,12 @@ import type { PeerStore } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-store";
 import type { Peer } from "@libp2p/interface/peer-store";
 import { createSecp256k1PeerId } from "@libp2p/peer-id-factory";
 import { createDecoder, createEncoder, waitForRemotePeer } from "@waku/core";
-import { LightPushCodec } from "@waku/core";
 import { DefaultPubsubTopic, LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { createLightNode } from "@waku/sdk";
 import { toAsyncIterator } from "@waku/utils";
 import { bytesToUtf8, utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
-import {
-  getConnectedPeersForProtocol,
-  selectPeerForProtocol
-} from "@waku/utils/libp2p";
+import { selectPeerForProtocol } from "@waku/utils/libp2p";
 import chai, { expect } from "chai";
 import chaiAsPromised from "chai-as-promised";
 import sinon from "sinon";
@@ -288,14 +284,4 @@ describe("getConnectedPeersForProtocol", function () {
     this.timeout(10000);
     await tearDownNodes(nwaku, waku);
   });
-
-  it("returns all connected peers that support the protocol", async function () {
-    const peers = await getConnectedPeersForProtocol(
-      waku.libp2p.getConnections(),
-      waku.libp2p.peerStore,
-      [LightPushCodec]
-    );
-
-    expect(peers.length).to.eq(1);
-  });
 });