diff --git a/src/lib/crypto.ts b/src/lib/crypto.ts
index ffd98757a0..d37a8ab7ae 100644
--- a/src/lib/crypto.ts
+++ b/src/lib/crypto.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import nodeCrypto from "crypto";
 
 import * as secp from "@noble/secp256k1";
 import * as sha3 from "js-sha3";
+import { concat } from "uint8arrays/concat";
 
 import * as symmetric from "./waku_message/symmetric";
 import { PrivateKeySize } from "./waku_message/version_1";
@@ -49,6 +50,25 @@ export function generateSymmetricKey(): Uint8Array {
  */
 export const getPublicKey = secp.getPublicKey;
 
+/**
+ * ECDSA Sign a message with the given private key.
+ *
+ *  @param message The message to sign, usually a hash.
+ *  @param privateKey The ECDSA private key to use to sign the message.
+ *
+ *  @returns The signature and the recovery id concatenated.
+ */
+export async function sign(
+  message: Uint8Array,
+  privateKey: Uint8Array
+): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+  const [signature, recoveryId] = await secp.sign(message, privateKey, {
+    recovered: true,
+    der: false,
+  });
+  return concat([signature, [recoveryId]], signature.length + 1);
+}
+
 export function keccak256(input: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
   return new Uint8Array(sha3.keccak256.arrayBuffer(input));
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/enr/keypair/secp256k1.ts b/src/lib/enr/keypair/secp256k1.ts
index 1b2cdded6a..781af5db69 100644
--- a/src/lib/enr/keypair/secp256k1.ts
+++ b/src/lib/enr/keypair/secp256k1.ts
@@ -69,14 +69,6 @@ export const Secp256k1Keypair: IKeypairClass = class Secp256k1Keypair
     return true;
   }
 
-  async sign(msg: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array> {
-    const [signature, recid] = await secp.sign(msg, this.privateKey, {
-      recovered: true,
-      der: false,
-    });
-    return concat([signature, [recid]], signature.length + 1);
-  }
-
   verify(msg: Uint8Array, sig: Uint8Array): boolean {
     try {
       const _sig = secp.Signature.fromCompact(sig.slice(0, 64));
diff --git a/src/lib/enr/keypair/types.ts b/src/lib/enr/keypair/types.ts
index 1673d13bf4..f6f13b3656 100644
--- a/src/lib/enr/keypair/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/enr/keypair/types.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export interface IKeypair {
   publicKey: Uint8Array;
   privateKeyVerify(): boolean;
   publicKeyVerify(): boolean;
-  sign(msg: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array>;
   verify(msg: Uint8Array, sig: Uint8Array): boolean;
   hasPrivateKey(): boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/waku_message/version_1.ts b/src/lib/waku_message/version_1.ts
index 6903e2b935..89e2c7e1c2 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku_message/version_1.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku_message/version_1.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as secp from "@noble/secp256k1";
 import { concat } from "uint8arrays/concat";
 
-import { keccak256, randomBytes } from "../crypto";
+import { keccak256, randomBytes, sign } from "../crypto";
 import { hexToBytes } from "../utils";
 
 import * as ecies from "./ecies";
@@ -61,12 +61,8 @@ export async function clearEncode(
   if (sigPrivKey) {
     envelope[0] |= IsSignedMask;
     const hash = keccak256(envelope);
-    const [hexSignature, recid] = await secp.sign(hash, sigPrivKey, {
-      recovered: true,
-      der: false,
-    });
-    const bytesSignature = hexToBytes(hexSignature);
-    envelope = concat([envelope, bytesSignature, [recid]]);
+    const bytesSignature = await sign(hash, sigPrivKey);
+    envelope = concat([envelope, bytesSignature]);
     sig = {
       signature: bytesSignature,
       publicKey: secp.getPublicKey(sigPrivKey, false),