diff --git a/packages/interfaces/src/protocols.ts b/packages/interfaces/src/protocols.ts
index 00d330152e..20cdcc77ee 100644
--- a/packages/interfaces/src/protocols.ts
+++ b/packages/interfaces/src/protocols.ts
@@ -24,17 +24,11 @@ export type NetworkConfig = StaticSharding | AutoSharding;
 
 export type ProtocolCreateOptions = {
   /**
-   * Configuration for determining the network in use.
+   * Set the user agent string to be used in identification of the node.
    *
-   * If using Static Sharding:
-   * Default value is configured for The Waku Network.
-   * The format to specify a shard is: clusterId: number, shards: number[]
-   * To learn more about the sharding specification, see [Relay Sharding](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/51/).
-   *
-   * If using Auto Sharding:
-   * See [Waku v2 Topic Usage Recommendations](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/main/waku/informational/23/topics.md#content-topics) for details.
-   * You cannot add or remove content topics after initialization of the node.
+   * @default "js-waku"
    */
+  userAgent?: string;
 
   /**
    * Configuration for determining the network in use.
diff --git a/packages/relay/src/create.ts b/packages/relay/src/create.ts
index 448598162b..34e795b3f8 100644
--- a/packages/relay/src/create.ts
+++ b/packages/relay/src/create.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-import type { RelayNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
-import {
-  createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions,
-  CreateWakuNodeOptions,
-  WakuNode,
-  WakuOptions
-} from "@waku/sdk";
+import type { ProtocolCreateOptions, RelayNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions, WakuNode } from "@waku/sdk";
 
 import { RelayCreateOptions, wakuGossipSub, wakuRelay } from "./relay.js";
 
@@ -19,7 +14,7 @@ import { RelayCreateOptions, wakuGossipSub, wakuRelay } from "./relay.js";
  * or use this function with caution.
  */
 export async function createRelayNode(
-  options: CreateWakuNodeOptions & Partial<RelayCreateOptions>
+  options: ProtocolCreateOptions & Partial<RelayCreateOptions>
 ): Promise<RelayNode> {
   options = {
     ...options,
@@ -36,7 +31,7 @@ export async function createRelayNode(
 
   return new WakuNode(
     pubsubTopics,
-    options as WakuOptions,
+    options as ProtocolCreateOptions,
     libp2p,
     {},
     relay
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/create/create.ts b/packages/sdk/src/create/create.ts
index 155fee3403..331d1c2862 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/create/create.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/create/create.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { type LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import type { LightNode, ProtocolCreateOptions } from "@waku/interfaces";
 
-import { CreateWakuNodeOptions, WakuNode } from "../waku/index.js";
+import { WakuNode } from "../waku/index.js";
 
 import { createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions } from "./libp2p.js";
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions } from "./libp2p.js";
  * Uses Waku Filter V2 by default.
  */
 export async function createLightNode(
-  options: CreateWakuNodeOptions = {}
+  options: ProtocolCreateOptions = {}
 ): Promise<LightNode> {
   const { libp2p, pubsubTopics } = await createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions(options);
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/create/libp2p.ts b/packages/sdk/src/create/libp2p.ts
index e979487f9b..6efb17d1e7 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/create/libp2p.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/create/libp2p.ts
@@ -12,17 +12,12 @@ import {
   type IMetadata,
   type Libp2p,
   type Libp2pComponents,
+  type ProtocolCreateOptions,
   PubsubTopic
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { derivePubsubTopicsFromNetworkConfig, Logger } from "@waku/utils";
 import { createLibp2p } from "libp2p";
 
-import {
-  CreateWakuNodeOptions,
-  DefaultPingMaxInboundStreams,
-  DefaultUserAgent
-} from "../waku/index.js";
-
 import { defaultPeerDiscoveries } from "./discovery.js";
 
 type MetadataService = {
@@ -31,6 +26,9 @@ type MetadataService = {
 
 const log = new Logger("sdk:create");
 
+const DefaultUserAgent = "js-waku";
+const DefaultPingMaxInboundStreams = 10;
+
 export async function defaultLibp2p(
   pubsubTopics: PubsubTopic[],
   options?: Partial<CreateLibp2pOptions>,
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ export async function defaultLibp2p(
 }
 
 export async function createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions(
-  options: CreateWakuNodeOptions
+  options: ProtocolCreateOptions
 ): Promise<{ libp2p: Libp2p; pubsubTopics: PubsubTopic[] }> {
   const { networkConfig } = options;
   const pubsubTopics = derivePubsubTopicsFromNetworkConfig(
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/waku/waku.ts b/packages/sdk/src/waku/waku.ts
index 96706e1a13..4700c372e9 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/waku/waku.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/waku/waku.ts
@@ -24,22 +24,8 @@ import { ReliabilityMonitorManager } from "../reliability_monitor/index.js";
 
 import { waitForRemotePeer } from "./wait_for_remote_peer.js";
 
-export const DefaultUserAgent = "js-waku";
-export const DefaultPingMaxInboundStreams = 10;
-
 const log = new Logger("waku");
 
-export interface WakuOptions {
-  /**
-   * Set the user agent string to be used in identification of the node.
-   * @default {@link @waku/core.DefaultUserAgent}
-   */
-  userAgent?: string;
-}
-
-export type CreateWakuNodeOptions = ProtocolCreateOptions &
-  Partial<WakuOptions>;
-
 type ProtocolsEnabled = {
   filter?: boolean;
   lightpush?: boolean;
@@ -59,7 +45,7 @@ export class WakuNode implements IWaku {
 
   public constructor(
     public readonly pubsubTopics: PubsubTopic[],
-    options: CreateWakuNodeOptions,
+    options: ProtocolCreateOptions,
     libp2p: Libp2p,
     protocolsEnabled: ProtocolsEnabled,
     relay?: IRelay