diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/package.json b/packages/message-encryption/package.json
index 1faca460f2..4dc5498ef3 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/package.json
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/package.json
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
     "./symmetric": {
       "types": "./dist/symmetric.d.ts",
       "import": "./dist/symmetric.js"
-    },
-    "./crypto": {
-      "types": "./dist/crypto/index.d.ts",
-      "import": "./dist/crypto/index.js"
     }
   },
   "typesVersions": {
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/misc.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/constants.ts
similarity index 69%
rename from packages/message-encryption/src/misc.ts
rename to packages/message-encryption/src/constants.ts
index 9491453b7a..586a792fe5 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/misc.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/constants.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ export const Symmetric = {
 export const Asymmetric = {
   keySize: 32
 };
-
-export const OneMillion = BigInt(1_000_000);
-
-export const Version = 1;
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/ecies.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/ecies.ts
index a53d3ef558..d8f16557b2 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/ecies.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/ecies.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as secp from "@noble/secp256k1";
 import { concat, hexToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
 
-import { getSubtle, randomBytes, sha256 } from "./utils.js";
+import { getSubtle, randomBytes, sha256 } from "./index.js";
 /**
  * HKDF as implemented in go-ethereum.
  */
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/index.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/index.ts
index 7c247f255f..78e23d7774 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/index.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,76 @@
-export * from "./utils.js";
-export * as ecies from "./ecies.js";
-export * as symmetric from "./symmetric.js";
+import nodeCrypto from "crypto";
+
+import * as secp from "@noble/secp256k1";
+import { concat } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
+import sha3 from "js-sha3";
+
+import { Asymmetric, Symmetric } from "../constants.js";
+
+declare const self: Record<string, any> | undefined;
+const crypto: { node?: any; web?: any } = {
+  node: nodeCrypto,
+  web: typeof self === "object" && "crypto" in self ? self.crypto : undefined
+};
+
+export function getSubtle(): SubtleCrypto {
+  if (crypto.web) {
+    return crypto.web.subtle;
+  } else if (crypto.node) {
+    return crypto.node.webcrypto.subtle;
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(
+      "The environment doesn't have Crypto Subtle API (if in the browser, be sure to use to be in a secure context, ie, https)"
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export const randomBytes = secp.utils.randomBytes;
+export const sha256 = secp.utils.sha256;
+
+/**
+ * Generate a new private key to be used for asymmetric encryption.
+ *
+ * Use {@link getPublicKey} to get the corresponding Public Key.
+ */
+export function generatePrivateKey(): Uint8Array {
+  return randomBytes(Asymmetric.keySize);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generate a new symmetric key to be used for symmetric encryption.
+ */
+export function generateSymmetricKey(): Uint8Array {
+  return randomBytes(Symmetric.keySize);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return the public key for the given private key, to be used for asymmetric
+ * encryption.
+ */
+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, new Uint8Array([recoveryId])],
+    signature.length + 1
+  );
+}
+
+export function keccak256(input: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
+  return new Uint8Array(sha3.keccak256.arrayBuffer(input));
+}
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/symmetric.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/symmetric.ts
index faaeb4acb0..35f69f4558 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/symmetric.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/symmetric.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { Symmetric } from "../misc.js";
+import { Symmetric } from "../constants.js";
 
-import { getSubtle, randomBytes } from "./utils.js";
+import { getSubtle, randomBytes } from "./index.js";
 
 export async function encrypt(
   iv: Uint8Array,
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/utils.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/utils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fd57811bd4..0000000000
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/crypto/utils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import nodeCrypto from "crypto";
-
-import * as secp from "@noble/secp256k1";
-import { concat } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
-import sha3 from "js-sha3";
-
-import { Asymmetric, Symmetric } from "../misc.js";
-
-declare const self: Record<string, any> | undefined;
-const crypto: { node?: any; web?: any } = {
-  node: nodeCrypto,
-  web: typeof self === "object" && "crypto" in self ? self.crypto : undefined
-};
-
-export function getSubtle(): SubtleCrypto {
-  if (crypto.web) {
-    return crypto.web.subtle;
-  } else if (crypto.node) {
-    return crypto.node.webcrypto.subtle;
-  } else {
-    throw new Error(
-      "The environment doesn't have Crypto Subtle API (if in the browser, be sure to use to be in a secure context, ie, https)"
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export const randomBytes = secp.utils.randomBytes;
-export const sha256 = secp.utils.sha256;
-
-/**
- * Generate a new private key to be used for asymmetric encryption.
- *
- * Use {@link getPublicKey} to get the corresponding Public Key.
- */
-export function generatePrivateKey(): Uint8Array {
-  return randomBytes(Asymmetric.keySize);
-}
-
-/**
- * Generate a new symmetric key to be used for symmetric encryption.
- */
-export function generateSymmetricKey(): Uint8Array {
-  return randomBytes(Symmetric.keySize);
-}
-
-/**
- * Return the public key for the given private key, to be used for asymmetric
- * encryption.
- */
-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, new Uint8Array([recoveryId])],
-    signature.length + 1
-  );
-}
-
-export function keccak256(input: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
-  return new Uint8Array(sha3.keccak256.arrayBuffer(input));
-}
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/ecies.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/ecies.ts
index 24d7aa0fee..7b6f35410f 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/ecies.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/ecies.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,34 @@
 import { DefaultPubsubTopic } from "@waku/core";
 import { Decoder as DecoderV0 } from "@waku/core/lib/message/version_0";
+import { IMetaSetter, PubsubTopic } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import type {
   EncoderOptions as BaseEncoderOptions,
   IDecoder,
   IEncoder,
   IMessage,
-  IMetaSetter,
   IProtoMessage,
-  PubsubTopic,
   SingleShardInfo
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { WakuMessage } from "@waku/proto";
 import { Logger, singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 
-import { generatePrivateKey } from "./crypto/utils.js";
 import { DecodedMessage } from "./decoded_message.js";
 import {
   decryptAsymmetric,
   encryptAsymmetric,
   postCipher,
   preCipher
-} from "./encryption.js";
-import { OneMillion, Version } from "./misc.js";
+} from "./waku_payload.js";
 
-export {
-  decryptAsymmetric,
-  encryptAsymmetric,
-  postCipher,
-  preCipher,
-  generatePrivateKey
-};
+import {
+  generatePrivateKey,
+  getPublicKey,
+  OneMillion,
+  Version
+} from "./index.js";
+
+export { generatePrivateKey, getPublicKey };
+export type { Encoder, Decoder, DecodedMessage };
 
 const log = new Logger("message-encryption:ecies");
 
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/index.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/index.ts
index 765c85dfc3..1bcc3934d7 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/index.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@ import {
 } from "./crypto/index.js";
 import { DecodedMessage } from "./decoded_message.js";
 
+export const OneMillion = BigInt(1_000_000);
+
 export { generatePrivateKey, generateSymmetricKey, getPublicKey };
 export type { DecodedMessage };
 
 export * as ecies from "./ecies.js";
 export * as symmetric from "./symmetric.js";
-export * as crypto from "./crypto";
+
+export const Version = 1;
+
+export type Signature = {
+  signature: Uint8Array;
+  publicKey: Uint8Array | undefined;
+};
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/symmetric.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/symmetric.ts
index 9854f5c665..137acacc07 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/symmetric.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/symmetric.ts
@@ -13,23 +13,18 @@ import type {
 import { WakuMessage } from "@waku/proto";
 import { Logger, singleShardInfoToPubsubTopic } from "@waku/utils";
 
-import { generateSymmetricKey } from "./crypto/utils.js";
 import { DecodedMessage } from "./decoded_message.js";
 import {
   decryptSymmetric,
   encryptSymmetric,
   postCipher,
   preCipher
-} from "./encryption.js";
-import { OneMillion, Version } from "./misc.js";
+} from "./waku_payload.js";
 
-export {
-  decryptSymmetric,
-  encryptSymmetric,
-  postCipher,
-  preCipher,
-  generateSymmetricKey
-};
+import { generateSymmetricKey, OneMillion, Version } from "./index.js";
+
+export { generateSymmetricKey };
+export type { DecodedMessage, Encoder, Decoder };
 
 const log = new Logger("message-encryption:symmetric");
 
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/encryption.spec.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/waku_payload.spec.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/message-encryption/src/encryption.spec.ts
rename to packages/message-encryption/src/waku_payload.spec.ts
index 67e0ca13d8..379b068197 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/encryption.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/waku_payload.spec.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import {
   encryptSymmetric,
   postCipher,
   preCipher
-} from "./encryption.js";
+} from "./waku_payload.js";
 
-describe("Waku Encryption", function () {
+describe("Waku Payload", function () {
   this.timeout(20000);
   it("Asymmetric encrypt & decrypt", async function () {
     await fc.assert(
diff --git a/packages/message-encryption/src/encryption.ts b/packages/message-encryption/src/waku_payload.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/message-encryption/src/encryption.ts
rename to packages/message-encryption/src/waku_payload.ts
index de0b2ac0bb..8da80da4be 100644
--- a/packages/message-encryption/src/encryption.ts
+++ b/packages/message-encryption/src/waku_payload.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import * as secp from "@noble/secp256k1";
 import { concat, hexToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
 
-import {
-  ecies,
-  keccak256,
-  randomBytes,
-  sign,
-  symmetric
-} from "./crypto/index.js";
-import { Symmetric } from "./misc.js";
+import { Symmetric } from "./constants.js";
+import * as ecies from "./crypto/ecies.js";
+import { keccak256, randomBytes, sign } from "./crypto/index.js";
+import * as symmetric from "./crypto/symmetric.js";
+
+import { Signature } from "./index.js";
 
 const FlagsLength = 1;
 const FlagMask = 3; // 0011
@@ -212,11 +210,6 @@ export async function preCipher(
   return envelope;
 }
 
-type Signature = {
-  signature: Uint8Array;
-  publicKey: Uint8Array | undefined;
-};
-
 /**
  * Decode a decrypted payload.
  *
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts
index b8c0115e3d..3f301b9b53 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/ephemeral.node.spec.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ import {
 } from "@waku/core";
 import { IFilterSubscription, Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import type { LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
-import {
-  generatePrivateKey,
-  generateSymmetricKey,
-  getPublicKey
-} from "@waku/message-encryption";
 import {
   createDecoder as eciesDecoder,
-  createEncoder as eciesEncoder
+  createEncoder as eciesEncoder,
+  generatePrivateKey,
+  getPublicKey
 } from "@waku/message-encryption/ecies";
 import {
+  generateSymmetricKey,
   createDecoder as symDecoder,
   createEncoder as symEncoder
 } from "@waku/message-encryption/symmetric";
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe.node.spec.ts
index 68b89e3d72..5853158221 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/filter/subscribe.node.spec.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from "@waku/core";
 import type { IFilterSubscription, LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
-import {
-  ecies,
-  generatePrivateKey,
-  generateSymmetricKey,
-  getPublicKey,
-  symmetric
-} from "@waku/message-encryption";
+import { ecies, symmetric } from "@waku/message-encryption";
 import { utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
@@ -73,8 +67,8 @@ describe("Waku Filter V2: Subscribe", function () {
   });
 
   it("Subscribe and receive ecies encrypted messages via lightPush", async function () {
-    const privateKey = generatePrivateKey();
-    const publicKey = getPublicKey(privateKey);
+    const privateKey = ecies.generatePrivateKey();
+    const publicKey = ecies.getPublicKey(privateKey);
     const encoder = ecies.createEncoder({
       contentTopic: TestContentTopic,
       publicKey
@@ -95,7 +89,7 @@ describe("Waku Filter V2: Subscribe", function () {
   });
 
   it("Subscribe and receive symmetrically encrypted messages via lightPush", async function () {
-    const symKey = generateSymmetricKey();
+    const symKey = symmetric.generateSymmetricKey();
     const encoder = symmetric.createEncoder({
       contentTopic: TestContentTopic,
       symKey
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/relay/index.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/relay/index.node.spec.ts
index d6bb19fcff..31f955ab7c 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/relay/index.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/relay/index.node.spec.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 import { createDecoder, createEncoder, DecodedMessage } from "@waku/core";
 import { RelayNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
-import {
-  generatePrivateKey,
-  generateSymmetricKey,
-  getPublicKey
-} from "@waku/message-encryption";
 import {
   createDecoder as createEciesDecoder,
-  createEncoder as createEciesEncoder
+  createEncoder as createEciesEncoder,
+  generatePrivateKey,
+  getPublicKey
 } from "@waku/message-encryption/ecies";
 import {
   createDecoder as createSymDecoder,
-  createEncoder as createSymEncoder
+  createEncoder as createSymEncoder,
+  generateSymmetricKey
 } from "@waku/message-encryption/symmetric";
 import { createRelayNode } from "@waku/sdk";
 import { bytesToUtf8, utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/store/index.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/store/index.node.spec.ts
index c2347e54e0..78429d3efe 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/store/index.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/store/index.node.spec.ts
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@ import {
 } from "@waku/core";
 import type { IMessage, LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
-import {
-  generatePrivateKey,
-  generateSymmetricKey,
-  getPublicKey
-} from "@waku/message-encryption";
 import {
   createDecoder as createEciesDecoder,
-  createEncoder as createEciesEncoder
+  createEncoder as createEciesEncoder,
+  generatePrivateKey,
+  getPublicKey
 } from "@waku/message-encryption/ecies";
 import {
   createDecoder as createSymDecoder,
-  createEncoder as createSymEncoder
+  createEncoder as createSymEncoder,
+  generateSymmetricKey
 } from "@waku/message-encryption/symmetric";
 import { bytesToUtf8, utf8ToBytes } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
 import { expect } from "chai";
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/waku.node.spec.ts b/packages/tests/tests/waku.node.spec.ts
index e7aa69f176..6b399718fc 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/waku.node.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/waku.node.spec.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import {
 } from "@waku/core";
 import type { LightNode, RelayNode, Waku } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { Protocols } from "@waku/interfaces";
-import { generateSymmetricKey } from "@waku/message-encryption";
 import {
   createDecoder,
-  createEncoder
+  createEncoder,
+  generateSymmetricKey
 } from "@waku/message-encryption/symmetric";
 import {
   createLightNode,