diff --git a/apps/liteprotocoltester/liteprotocoltester.nim b/apps/liteprotocoltester/liteprotocoltester.nim
index 58f6bd2e3..991e9ba78 100644
--- a/apps/liteprotocoltester/liteprotocoltester.nim
+++ b/apps/liteprotocoltester/liteprotocoltester.nim
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ when isMainModule:
   wakuConf.restPort = conf.restPort
   wakuConf.restAllowOrigin = conf.restAllowOrigin
 
-  wakuConf.dnsAddrs = true
   wakuConf.dnsAddrsNameServers = @[parseIpAddress("8.8.8.8"), parseIpAddress("1.1.1.1")]
 
   wakuConf.shards = @[conf.shard]
diff --git a/waku/factory/builder.nim b/waku/factory/builder.nim
index d1cede969..18f1535ea 100644
--- a/waku/factory/builder.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/builder.nim
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ proc withNetworkConfigurationDetails*(
     wssEnabled: bool = false,
     wakuFlags = none(CapabilitiesBitfield),
     dns4DomainName = none(string),
+    dnsNameServers = @[parseIpAddress("1.1.1.1"), parseIpAddress("1.0.0.1")],
 ): WakuNodeBuilderResult {.
     deprecated: "use 'builder.withNetworkConfiguration()' instead"
 .} =
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ proc withNetworkConfigurationDetails*(
       wssEnabled = wssEnabled,
       wakuFlags = wakuFlags,
       dns4DomainName = dns4DomainName,
+      dnsNameServers = dnsNameServers,
     )
   builder.withNetworkConfiguration(netConfig)
   ok()
@@ -166,6 +168,10 @@ proc build*(builder: WakuNodeBuilder): Result[WakuNode, string] =
   if builder.netConfig.isNone():
     return err("network configuration is required")
 
+  let netConfig = builder.netConfig.get()
+  if netConfig.dnsNameServers.len == 0:
+    return err("DNS name servers are required for WakuNode")
+
   if builder.record.isNone():
     return err("node record is required")
 
@@ -196,8 +202,6 @@ proc build*(builder: WakuNodeBuilder): Result[WakuNode, string] =
   except CatchableError:
     return err("failed to create switch: " & getCurrentExceptionMsg())
 
-  let netConfig = builder.netConfig.get()
-
   let peerManager = PeerManager.new(
     switch = switch,
     storage = builder.peerStorage.get(nil),
diff --git a/waku/factory/conf_builder/dns_discovery_conf_builder.nim b/waku/factory/conf_builder/dns_discovery_conf_builder.nim
index 8ac33a18f..dbb2c5fd3 100644
--- a/waku/factory/conf_builder/dns_discovery_conf_builder.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/conf_builder/dns_discovery_conf_builder.nim
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ proc withEnabled*(b: var DnsDiscoveryConfBuilder, enabled: bool) =
 proc withEnrTreeUrl*(b: var DnsDiscoveryConfBuilder, enrTreeUrl: string) =
   b.enrTreeUrl = some(enrTreeUrl)
 
-proc withNameServers*(b: var DnsDiscoveryConfBuilder, nameServers: seq[IpAddress]) =
-  b.nameServers = concat(b.nameServers, nameServers)
-
 proc build*(b: DnsDiscoveryConfBuilder): Result[Option[DnsDiscoveryConf], string] =
   if not b.enabled.get(false):
     return ok(none(DnsDiscoveryConf))
diff --git a/waku/factory/conf_builder/waku_conf_builder.nim b/waku/factory/conf_builder/waku_conf_builder.nim
index ab53a965f..f1f0ba471 100644
--- a/waku/factory/conf_builder/waku_conf_builder.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/conf_builder/waku_conf_builder.nim
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ type WakuConfBuilder* = object
   extMultiAddrs: seq[string]
   extMultiAddrsOnly: Option[bool]
 
-  dnsAddrs: Option[bool]
   dnsAddrsNameServers: seq[IpAddress]
 
   peerPersistence: Option[bool]
@@ -193,9 +192,6 @@ proc withRemotePeerExchangeNode*(
 ) =
   b.remotePeerExchangeNode = some(remotePeerExchangeNode)
 
-proc withDnsAddrs*(b: var WakuConfBuilder, dnsAddrs: bool) =
-  b.dnsAddrs = some(dnsAddrs)
-
 proc withPeerPersistence*(b: var WakuConfBuilder, peerPersistence: bool) =
   b.peerPersistence = some(peerPersistence)
 
@@ -208,7 +204,7 @@ proc withMaxConnections*(b: var WakuConfBuilder, maxConnections: int) =
 proc withDnsAddrsNameServers*(
     b: var WakuConfBuilder, dnsAddrsNameServers: seq[IpAddress]
 ) =
-  b.dnsAddrsNameServers = concat(b.dnsAddrsNameServers, dnsAddrsNameServers)
+  b.dnsAddrsNameServers.insert(dnsAddrsNameServers)
 
 proc withLogLevel*(b: var WakuConfBuilder, logLevel: logging.LogLevel) =
   b.logLevel = some(logLevel)
@@ -541,13 +537,6 @@ proc build*(
       warn "Whether to only announce external multiaddresses is not specified, defaulting to false"
       false
 
-  let dnsAddrs =
-    if builder.dnsAddrs.isSome():
-      builder.dnsAddrs.get()
-    else:
-      warn "Whether to resolve DNS multiaddresses was not specified, defaulting to false."
-      false
-
   let dnsAddrsNameServers =
     if builder.dnsAddrsNameServers.len != 0:
       builder.dnsAddrsNameServers
@@ -627,7 +616,6 @@ proc build*(
     ),
     portsShift: portsShift,
     webSocketConf: webSocketConf,
-    dnsAddrs: dnsAddrs,
     dnsAddrsNameServers: dnsAddrsNameServers,
     peerPersistence: peerPersistence,
     peerStoreCapacity: builder.peerStoreCapacity,
diff --git a/waku/factory/conf_builder/web_socket_conf_builder.nim b/waku/factory/conf_builder/web_socket_conf_builder.nim
index 25ff6461d..5ed3d230a 100644
--- a/waku/factory/conf_builder/web_socket_conf_builder.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/conf_builder/web_socket_conf_builder.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import chronicles, std/[net, options], results
-import ../network_conf
+import ../networks_config
 
 logScope:
   topics = "waku conf builder websocket"
diff --git a/waku/factory/external_config.nim b/waku/factory/external_config.nim
index 2b156fc8e..9617d4403 100644
--- a/waku/factory/external_config.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/external_config.nim
@@ -245,12 +245,6 @@ type WakuNodeConf* = object
     .}: bool
 
     ## DNS addrs config
-    dnsAddrs* {.
-      desc: "Enable resolution of `dnsaddr`, `dns4` or `dns6` multiaddrs",
-      defaultValue: true,
-      name: "dns-addrs"
-    .}: bool
-
     dnsAddrsNameServers* {.
       desc:
         "DNS name server IPs to query for DNS multiaddrs resolution. Argument may be repeated.",
@@ -567,12 +561,6 @@ with the drawback of consuming some more bandwidth.""",
       name: "dns-discovery-url"
     .}: string
 
-    dnsDiscoveryNameServers* {.
-      desc: "DNS name server IPs to query. Argument may be repeated.",
-      defaultValue: @[parseIpAddress("1.1.1.1"), parseIpAddress("1.0.0.1")],
-      name: "dns-discovery-name-server"
-    .}: seq[IpAddress]
-
     ## Discovery v5 config
     discv5Discovery* {.
       desc: "Enable discovering nodes via Node Discovery v5.",
@@ -962,7 +950,6 @@ proc toWakuConf*(n: WakuNodeConf): ConfResult[WakuConf] =
     b.withPeerStoreCapacity(n.peerStoreCapacity.get())
 
   b.withPeerPersistence(n.peerPersistence)
-  b.withDnsAddrs(n.dnsAddrs)
   b.withDnsAddrsNameServers(n.dnsAddrsNameServers)
   b.withDns4DomainName(n.dns4DomainName)
   b.withCircuitRelayClient(n.isRelayClient)
@@ -1024,7 +1011,6 @@ proc toWakuConf*(n: WakuNodeConf): ConfResult[WakuConf] =
 
   b.dnsDiscoveryConf.withEnabled(n.dnsDiscovery)
   b.dnsDiscoveryConf.withEnrTreeUrl(n.dnsDiscoveryUrl)
-  b.dnsDiscoveryConf.withNameServers(n.dnsDiscoveryNameServers)
 
   if n.discv5Discovery.isSome():
     b.discv5Conf.withEnabled(n.discv5Discovery.get())
diff --git a/waku/factory/internal_config.nim b/waku/factory/internal_config.nim
index 72af28340..4f252fd00 100644
--- a/waku/factory/internal_config.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/internal_config.nim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import
   ../waku_enr,
   ../waku_core,
   ./waku_conf,
-  ./network_conf
+  ./networks_config
 
 proc enrConfiguration*(
     conf: WakuConf, netConfig: NetConfig
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ proc networkConfiguration*(
     dns4DomainName = conf.dns4DomainName,
     discv5UdpPort = discv5UdpPort,
     wakuFlags = some(wakuFlags),
+    dnsNameServers = dnsAddrsNameServers,
   )
 
   return netConfigRes
diff --git a/waku/factory/network_conf.nim b/waku/factory/network_conf.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index c5179e53a..000000000
--- a/waku/factory/network_conf.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import std/[net, options, strutils]
-import libp2p/multiaddress
-
-type WebSocketSecureConf* {.requiresInit.} = object
-  keyPath*: string
-  certPath*: string
-
-type WebSocketConf* = object
-  port*: Port
-  secureConf*: Option[WebSocketSecureConf]
-
-type NetworkConf* = object
-  natStrategy*: string # TODO: make enum
-  p2pTcpPort*: Port
-  dns4DomainName*: Option[string]
-  p2pListenAddress*: IpAddress
-  extMultiAddrs*: seq[MultiAddress]
-  extMultiAddrsOnly*: bool
-  webSocketConf*: Option[WebSocketConf]
-
-proc validateNoEmptyStrings(networkConf: NetworkConf): Result[void, string] =
-  if networkConf.dns4DomainName.isSome() and
-      isEmptyOrWhiteSpace(networkConf.dns4DomainName.get().string):
-    return err("dns4DomainName is an empty string, set it to none(string) instead")
-
-    if networkConf.webSocketConf.isSome() and
-        networkConf.webSocketConf.get().secureConf.isSome():
-      let secureConf = networkConf.webSocketConf.get().secureConf.get()
-      if isEmptyOrWhiteSpace(secureConf.keyPath):
-        return err("websocket.secureConf.keyPath is an empty string")
-      if isEmptyOrWhiteSpace(secureConf.certPath):
-        return err("websocket.secureConf.certPath is an empty string")
-
-  return ok()
diff --git a/waku/factory/networks_config.nim b/waku/factory/networks_config.nim
index 8b5f4a628..619a1a7c5 100644
--- a/waku/factory/networks_config.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/networks_config.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 {.push raises: [].}
 
-import stint
+import stint, std/[nativesockets, options]
+
+type WebSocketSecureConf* {.requiresInit.} = object
+  keyPath*: string
+  certPath*: string
+
+type WebSocketConf* = object
+  port*: Port
+  secureConf*: Option[WebSocketSecureConf]
 
 # TODO: Rename this type to match file name
 
diff --git a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
index a03e2a1e1..5dc549317 100644
--- a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
@@ -67,17 +67,6 @@ proc initNode(
   ## file. Optionally include persistent peer storage.
   ## No protocols are mounted yet.
 
-  var dnsResolver: DnsResolver
-  if conf.dnsAddrs:
-    # Support for DNS multiaddrs
-    var nameServers: seq[TransportAddress]
-    for ip in conf.dnsAddrsNameServers:
-      nameServers.add(initTAddress(ip, Port(53))) # Assume all servers use port 53
-
-    dnsResolver = DnsResolver.new(nameServers)
-
-  var node: WakuNode
-
   let pStorage =
     if peerStore.isNone():
       nil
@@ -91,6 +80,9 @@ proc initNode(
     else:
       (none(string), none(string))
 
+  let nameResolver =
+    DnsResolver.new(conf.dnsAddrsNameServers.mapIt(initTAddress(it, Port(53))))
+
   # Build waku node instance
   var builder = WakuNodeBuilder.init()
   builder.withRng(rng)
@@ -102,7 +94,7 @@ proc initNode(
     maxConnections = some(conf.maxConnections.int),
     secureKey = secureKey,
     secureCert = secureCert,
-    nameResolver = dnsResolver,
+    nameResolver = nameResolver,
     sendSignedPeerRecord = conf.relayPeerExchange,
       # We send our own signed peer record when peer exchange enabled
     agentString = some(conf.agentString),
@@ -132,7 +124,7 @@ proc initNode(
   builder.withRateLimit(conf.rateLimits)
   builder.withCircuitRelay(relay)
 
-  node =
+  let node =
     ?builder.build().mapErr(
       proc(err: string): string =
         "failed to create waku node instance: " & err
diff --git a/waku/factory/waku_conf.nim b/waku/factory/waku_conf.nim
index 94b89a26e..caf925ff2 100644
--- a/waku/factory/waku_conf.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/waku_conf.nim
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import
   ../node/waku_metrics,
   ../common/logging,
   ../waku_enr/capabilities,
-  ./network_conf
+  ./networks_config
 
 export RlnRelayConf, RlnRelayCreds, RestServerConf, Discv5Conf, MetricsServerConf
 
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ type WakuConf* {.requiresInit.} = ref object
   webSocketConf*: Option[WebSocketConf]
 
   portsShift*: uint16
-  dnsAddrs*: bool
   dnsAddrsNameServers*: seq[IpAddress]
   networkConf*: NetworkConfig
   wakuFlags*: CapabilitiesBitfield
diff --git a/waku/node/net_config.nim b/waku/node/net_config.nim
index a45d95f92..4802694c4 100644
--- a/waku/node/net_config.nim
+++ b/waku/node/net_config.nim
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ proc init*(
     discv5UdpPort = none(Port),
     clusterId: uint16 = 0,
     wakuFlags = none(CapabilitiesBitfield),
-    dnsNameServers = newSeq[IpAddress](),
+    dnsNameServers = @[parseIpAddress("1.1.1.1"), parseIpAddress("1.0.0.1")],
 ): NetConfigResult =
   ## Initialize and validate waku node network configuration
 
diff --git a/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim b/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
index 40a13b601..707738e5f 100644
--- a/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
+++ b/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ proc new*(
     maxFailedAttempts = MaxFailedAttempts,
     colocationLimit = DefaultColocationLimit,
     shardedPeerManagement = false,
-    dnsNameServers = newSeq[IpAddress](),
+    dnsNameServers = @[parseIpAddress("1.1.1.1"), parseIpAddress("1.0.0.1")],
 ): PeerManager {.gcsafe.} =
   let capacity = switch.peerStore.capacity
   let maxConnections = switch.connManager.inSema.size