diff --git a/libp2pdht.nimble b/libp2pdht.nimble
index 80f43ca..54cd671 100644
--- a/libp2pdht.nimble
+++ b/libp2pdht.nimble
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ requires "nim >= 1.2.0",
          "bearssl >= 0.1.5 & < 0.2.0",
          "chronicles >= 0.10.2 & < 0.11.0",
          "chronos >= 3.0.11 & < 3.1.0",
-         "eth >= 1.0.0 & < 1.1.0", # to be removed in https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p-dht/issues/2
          "libp2p#c7504d2446717a48a79c8b15e0f21bbfc84957ba",
          "metrics",
          "protobufserialization >= 0.2.0 & < 0.3.0",
diff --git a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/node.nim b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/node.nim
index aa9654c..0ee7327 100644
--- a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/node.nim
+++ b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/node.nim
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import
   nimcrypto,
   stew/shims/net,
   stint,
-  eth/net/utils,
   ./crypto,
   ./spr
 
@@ -123,6 +122,11 @@ func shortLog*(id: NodeId): string =
       result.add(sid[i])
 chronicles.formatIt(NodeId): shortLog(it)
 
+func hash*(ip: ValidIpAddress): Hash =
+  case ip.family
+  of IpAddressFamily.IPv6: hash(ip.address_v6)
+  of IpAddressFamily.IPv4: hash(ip.address_v4)
+
 func hash*(a: Address): hashes.Hash =
   let res = a.ip.hash !& a.port.hash
   !$res
diff --git a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
index 31e8eb0..fbd0ef3 100644
--- a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
+++ b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
 import
   std/[tables, sets, options, math, sequtils, algorithm],
   stew/shims/net as stewNet, json_serialization/std/net,
-  stew/[base64, endians2, results], chronicles, chronos, chronos/timer, stint, bearssl,
-  metrics, eth/async_utils,
+  stew/[base64, endians2, results], chronicles, chronicles/chronos_tools, chronos, chronos/timer, stint, bearssl,
+  metrics,
   libp2p/[crypto/crypto, routing_record],
   "."/[transport, messages, messages_encoding, node, routing_table, spr, random2, ip_vote, nodes_verification]
 
diff --git a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/routing_table.nim b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/routing_table.nim
index d5542d2..eb80210 100644
--- a/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/routing_table.nim
+++ b/libp2pdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/routing_table.nim
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 {.push raises: [Defect].}
 
 import
-  std/[algorithm, times, sequtils, bitops, sets, options],
+  std/[algorithm, times, sequtils, bitops, sets, options, tables],
   stint, chronicles, metrics, bearssl, chronos, stew/shims/net as stewNet,
-  eth/net/utils,
   "."/[node, random2, spr]
 
 export options
@@ -28,6 +27,11 @@ type
     calculateLogDistance*: LogDistanceProc
     calculateIdAtDistance*: IdAtDistanceProc
 
+  IpLimits* = object
+    limit*: uint
+    ips: Table[ValidIpAddress, uint]
+
+
   RoutingTable* = object
     localNode*: Node
     buckets*: seq[KBucket]
@@ -92,7 +96,21 @@ type
     ReplacementExisting
     NoAddress
 
-# xor distance functions
+func inc*(ipLimits: var IpLimits, ip: ValidIpAddress): bool =
+  let val = ipLimits.ips.getOrDefault(ip, 0)
+  if val < ipLimits.limit:
+    ipLimits.ips[ip] = val + 1
+    true
+  else:
+    false
+
+func dec*(ipLimits: var IpLimits, ip: ValidIpAddress) =
+  let val = ipLimits.ips.getOrDefault(ip, 0)
+  if val == 1:
+    ipLimits.ips.del(ip)
+  elif val > 1:
+    ipLimits.ips[ip] = val - 1
+
 func distance*(a, b: NodeId): UInt256 =
   ## Calculate the distance to a NodeId.
   a xor b