diff --git a/waku/node/waku_node.nim b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
index 76e8b853b..127f34941 100644
--- a/waku/node/waku_node.nim
+++ b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
@@ -1161,12 +1161,12 @@ proc lightpushPublishHandler(
     message: WakuMessage,
     peer: RemotePeerInfo | PeerInfo,
 ): Future[lightpush_protocol.WakuLightPushResult] {.async.} =
+  # note: eligibilityProof is not used in this function, it has already been checked
   let msgHash = pubsubTopic.computeMessageHash(message).to0xHex()
   if not node.wakuLightpushClient.isNil():
     notice "publishing message with lightpush",
       pubsubTopic = pubsubTopic,
       contentTopic = message.contentTopic,
-      eligibilityProof = eligibilityProof,
       target_peer_id = peer.peerId,
       msg_hash = msgHash
     return await node.wakuLightpushClient.publish(some(pubsubTopic), message, peer)
@@ -1175,7 +1175,6 @@ proc lightpushPublishHandler(
     notice "publishing message with self hosted lightpush",
       pubsubTopic = pubsubTopic,
       contentTopic = message.contentTopic,
-      eligibilityProof = eligibilityProof,
       target_peer_id = peer.peerId,
       msg_hash = msgHash
     return
diff --git a/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/handlers.nim b/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/handlers.nim
index cafcd89d2..454d1c807 100644
--- a/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/handlers.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/handlers.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import
   ../serdes,
   ../responses,
   ../rest_serdes,
-  ./types
+  ./types,
+  waku/incentivization/rpc
 
 export types
 
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ proc installLightPushRequestHandler*(
             makeRestResponse(lightpushResultServiceUnavailable(NoPeerNoneFoundError))
       toPeer = some(aPeer)
 
-    let subFut = node.lightpushPublish(req.pubsubTopic, msg, toPeer)
+    let subFut = node.lightpushPublish(req.pubsubTopic, msg, none(EligibilityProof), toPeer)
 
     if not await subFut.withTimeout(FutTimeoutForPushRequestProcessing):
       error "Failed to request a message push due to timeout!"